“We have decided to implement perimeter controls around Segrià (county) in response to data confirming a significant growth in the number of Covid-19 cases,” Catalan regional president Quim Torra announced at a press conference. The running of the bulls started at noon on Saturday and includes the provincial capital of …
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A health worker wearing a protective mask stands at the emergency entrance of the Arnau de Vilanova hospital, after the government of Catalonia imposed new restrictions in an effort to control a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lleida, Spain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS / Nacho Doce MADRID …
Read More »Former Wirecard Marsalek COO’s entry to the Philippines was falsified, says minister
MANILA (Reuters) – Immigration records showing former Wirecard chief operating officer Jan Marsalek arrived in the Philippines on June 23 and left for China the next day were forged, the Philippine attorney general said Saturday, Menardo Guevarra. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and …
Read More »Cracks in Trump-Europe relationship are turning into a chasm
Earlier this week, the European Union declined to include the US on its “safe countries” list, meaning that American travelers will not be welcome within the bloc for the foreseeable future, due to numbers of infection by US coronavirus Controversially, the list includes China, the country where the virus originated, …
Read More »Botswana senior veterinarian defends investigations into unexplained elephant deaths
GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s top wildlife veterinarian on Friday rejected accusations by some conservationists that the government had not moved fast enough to investigate the unexplained deaths of at least 275 elephants. Authorities said Thursday they were still trying to find out what killed the elephants around two months after …
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