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5, April 2020
Queen Elizabeth calls for ‘self-discipline’ in coronavirus fight 0
Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare broadcast to the nation. In what was only the fifth televised address of her 68-year reign, Elizabeth called […]
5, April 2020
France reports 357 new coronavirus hospital deaths in 24-hour period 0
France on Sunday reported 357 coronavirus deaths in hospital in 24 hours, a lower tally than in each of the previous two days, bringing the country’s total death toll to 8,078. The total death tally included 5,889 patients who died in hospital, and 2,189 people in old age homes and other medical facilities, a government […]
5, April 2020
The Present Continuous Tense of Palm Sunday 0
Ste Anne’s Parish, Salem MA, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Palm Sunday Catechesis: (April 5, 2020) The Present Continuous Tense of Palm Sunday: “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord” (Mark 11:9) Dear Holy People of God, Today, we celebrate the liturgy of Palm Sunday, in which we enter in a […]
5, April 2020
Queen Elizabeth will ask Britain to show resolve against coronavirus in rare address 0
Queen Elizabeth will call on Britons to show the same resolve as their forebears and take on the challenge and disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak with good-humoured resolve when she makes an extremely rare address to rally the nation on Sunday. In what will only be her fifth special televised message to the country […]
5, April 2020
Angolans defy coronavirus lockdown saying ‘Better die of this disease than starve’ 0
It is a cry from the heart and the stomach that is reverberating across African towns and cities reeling under lockdowns and curfews to contain the spread of the coronavirus. “How can anyone stay home without anything to eat?” asked Garcia Landu, a motorcycle taxi driver in the bustling Angolan seaside capital of Luanda. He […]
5, April 2020
War looms as Biya and Obiang of Malabo feud over border wall 0
The Francophone dominated government in Yaoundé has launched an unprecedented attack against the regime in Equatorial Guinea for starting the construction of a six kilometers road inside Cameroonian territory. Two senior Cameroon government ministers in charge of security issues recently travelled to the borders with Equatorial Guinea to assess the situation and hundreds of Cameroonian […]
5, April 2020
Coronavirus pandemic ‘amplifying’ poverty in UK 0
The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according to experts. Official data shows that more than 14 million people in the UK are classed as living in poverty, or nearly one-quarter of the population. Some 4.2 million children […]
5, April 2020
COVID-19: Biya faces rising criticism over his public absence 0
The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their own impose dramatic travel restrictions, they might have to take their chances at home. For years, leaders from Benin to […]
4, April 2020
UK: Keir Starmer replaces Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader 0
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party named Keir Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions who opposed the country’s exit from the European Union, as its leader on Saturday. Starmer, who has tried to carry the socialist supporters of outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn while also keeping more centrist Labour members on board, beat Rebecca Long-Bailey, an […]
5, April 2020
Coronavirus deaths rise above 65,000 worldwide as registered cases surpass 1.2 million 0
by soter • Headline News, Health, Life
More than 1,206,480 declared cases have been registered in 190 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. Of these cases, at least 233,300 are now considered recovered. The tallies, using data collected by AFP offices from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a […]