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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: United States Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, wife of one of President Donald Trump’s top advisers, tested positive for the coronavirus, alarming the possible spread of the virus within the House’s inner circle. Blanca. Trump revealed the diagnosis of Katie Miller, who is married to White House …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: China and the United States supported a draft United Nations Security Council resolution facing the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday (May 7) and it was “shocking and regrettable” that Washington changed its mind on Friday, a Chinese diplomat. A US diplomat contested the Chinese comment, saying there was …

[ad_1] Load factor fell off a cliff When SIA reported its March 2020 operating results, the damage from the pandemic became clearer. During the month, the number of passengers carried on all SIA passenger flights fell 65% year on year to 1.1 million. Passenger load factor, the ratio of passengers …

[ad_1] REUTERS: A 5-year old boy has died in New York from a rare inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to the novel coronavirus, highlighting a potential new risk for children in the pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday (May 8). Cuomo told a daily briefing that the boy …

[ad_1] The first wave of a massive exercise to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Indians trapped abroad began on Thursday, with two flights landing in India from the United Arab Emirates. Delhi banned all incoming international flights in late March as it imposed one of the strictest virus blocks in …

[ad_1] DUBAI: The first wave of a massive exercise to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Indians trapped abroad began on Thursday (May 7), with two flights landing in India from the United Arab Emirates. Delhi banned all incoming international flights in late March as it imposed one of the strictest …

[ad_1] JAKARTA – Indonesia’s enforcement of its ban on the annual Hari Raya Idul Fitri exodus takes on additional importance, as a series of Covid-19 broadcasts have been linked to those who returned home earlier. A poll cited by the government said 7 percent of people had gone home early, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, banks prepare for a wave of delinquent loans as the coronavirus pandemic shakes business cash flows and creates difficulties in paying down debt. Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. said on Friday that its net profit for the first quarter ending in …

[ad_1] GENEVA: More than 1,000 people queued on Saturday (May 9) to get free food packages in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on poor workers and undocumented immigrants, including in wealthy Switzerland. The line of people stretched more than 1 km outside an ice rink where volunteers …

[ad_1] Publish Date: Friday May 8, 2020 7:59 AM Real Madrid have decided not to follow a move for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba due to concerns about his salary, reports in Spain report. Madrid has been touted as one of the two most likely destinations if Pogba leaves Old …