EU ministers make breakthrough on coronavirus economic response

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Finance ministers of eurozone countries reached an “excellent accord” on fighting the pandemic-triggered recession. Europe has proven itself to be “a match” for the crisis, said French representative Bruno La Maire. After hours of talks on Thursday, representatives of 19 … Read More

EU’s one trillion euro coronavirus plan most important in its history – France’s Le Maire

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PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said European Union member states had agreed to mobilize 1 trillion euros to shore up the economy in response to the coronavirus crisis, in the most important economic plan in the … Read More

Could Italy tear Europe apart?

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Euroscepticism is running high as the EU abandons the beleaguered country to its pandemic fate. Europe is heading into its most severe economic crisis for decades. Its two biggest economies — Germany and France — are already in freefall. Germany … Read More

Even as COVID-19 Poses Huge Challenges to Responders, the Risks for Natural Disasters Are Rising

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Abnormally warm sea temperatures are raising the risks for hurricanes, while the central and southeastern U.S. face flooding, and parts of the West are forecast to see heightened wildfire activity. Sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic and the Gulf … Read More

Italy closes ports to rescue ships, targeting migrants

The decree comes as the German-flagged vessel Alan Kurdi is currently in international waters of the coast of Libya with 150 shipwreck survivors Rome (CNN)Non-national migrant rescue ships will no longer be able to dock in Italy after the country … Read More

‘Catastrophe is coming’: Disaster looms as coronavirus reaches Greek refugee camps

Life for refugees in Greece is already fraught with uncertainty and hardship, but fears have spiraled since the coronavirus pandemic reached the camps. COVID-19 has reached the refugee camps of Greece, with two different migrant facilities in the country now closed to … Read More

Israeli COVID-19 treatment shows 100% survival rate – preliminary data

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Not only have all the patients survived, according to Pluristem, but four of them showed improvement in respiratory parameters. Biologists work in a laboratory at Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. in Haifa – (photo credit: BAZ RATNER/REUTERS) Six critically ill coronavirus patients in Israel … Read More

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia warns it may reach up to 200,000 infections

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In a rare televised address, the health minister said some people were not taking the danger of infection seriously. The coronavirus could eventually infect between 10,000 and 200,000 people in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s health minister has said, urging the public to … Read More

Japan’s Shinzo Abe declares a state of emergency

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centres and unveiled a stimulus package he described as among the world’s biggest to soften the economic blow. Abe announced the … Read More

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