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Mauritius PM thanks PM Modi for medical supplies

Port Louis [Mauritius], April 16 (ANI): Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for donating medical supplies to the country, which were delivered by a special Air India flight on Wednesday.

2020-04-16T12:11:36.634411+00:00 IST

Australia to keep coronavirus restrictions for 4 more weeks despite recovery

Sydney [Australia], April 16 (ANI): Restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus could be eased next month, prime minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, preparing to develop new policies to "super-charge" the Australian economy to drive down unemployment and fix the federal budget.

2020-04-16T09:52:44.905928+00:00 IST

As humans stay indoors amid COVID-19 pandemic, animals thrive once again

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], April 16 (ANI): As humans across the world are staying indoors to prevent themselves from catching and spreading the deadly coronavirus, animals are now beginning to thrive.

2020-04-16T06:06:50.897839+00:00 IST

Air India flight carrying four tonnes of medical items arrives in Seychelles

Victoria [Seychelles], April 15 (ANI): An Air India flight carrying four tonnes of medical items including essential lifesaving medicines being gifted to Seychelles arrived at Victoria airport here.

2020-04-15T17:32:21.934672+00:00 IST

India provides half-a-million hydroxychloroquine tablets to Mauritius

Port Louis [Mauritius], April 15 (ANI): India provided half a million tablets of hydroxychloroquine to the Government of Mauritius, as per their request, said the Indian High Commission here on Wednesday.

2020-04-15T17:15:36.704027+00:00 IST

Rio de Janeiro governor tests positive for coronavirus

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], April 15 (ANI): Wilson Witzel, the governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, has been tested positive for coronavirus.

2020-04-15T01:03:38.043381+00:00 IST

China fabricated info about COVID-19 spread, say experts

Montreal [Canada], April 14 (ANI): Experts have criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping for concealing, destroying and fabricating information about the rampant spread of COVID-19 and suppressing the data by silencing and criminalising dissent.

2020-04-14T08:45:07.032753+00:00 IST

South Africa sees rapid rise in COVID-19 cases

Cape Town [South Africa], April 13 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in South Africa has risen to 2,173 after 145 new cases were reported, the country's health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday (local time).

2020-04-13T03:04:18.838756+00:00 IST

We welcome any news that brings stability to global oil markets: Canada's Natural Resources Minister on oil deal

Ottawa [Canada], April 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Canada's Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan says Canada welcomes the new OPEC+ oil production cut deal and hopes that it will stabilize the markets.

2020-04-13T01:53:38.531365+00:00 IST

Turkish President refuses to accept Interior Minister's resignation

Ankara [Turkey], April 13 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to accept Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu's resignation, according to the country's Presidential administration.

2020-04-12T23:31:30.239632+00:00 IST

Turkish Interior Minister resigns over short-notice curfew

Ankara [Turkey], April 13 (ANI): Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Sunday announced his resignation from the post taking full responsibility for the hasty implementation of a two-day curfew, aimed to check the outbreak of coronavirus.

2020-04-12T19:49:29.707827+00:00 IST

Passengers of another virus-hit cruise ship 'allowed to disembark' without checks in Australia harbour

Sydney [Australia], April 11 (Xinhua/ANI): Passengers of another cruise ship hit by coronavirus were allowed to disembark in Sydney despite informing authorities that there were 13 people who were infected with the virus on board, local media reported.

2020-04-11T06:54:07.823503+00:00 IST

Combating COVID-19: South Africa to extend lockdown by two weeks, announces President Ramaphosa

Pretoria [South Africa], April 10 (ANI): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday extended a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus by two weeks.

2020-04-09T23:32:51.206605+00:00 IST

Brazil's Supreme Court bars President Bolsonaro from easing restrictions to curb spread of coronavirus

Brasillia [Brazil], April 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled to bar President Jair Bolsonaro from loosening measures taken by state authorities in a bid to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.

2020-04-09T21:39:38.644546+00:00 IST

After Trump, Brazil's Bolsonaro thanks PM Modi for supplying hydroxychroloquine raw materials

Brasilia [Brazil], April 9 (ANI): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing the export of raw materials to his country to produce hydroxychroloquine - an anti-malaria drug - seen as useful in the treatment of COVID-19.

2020-04-09T08:22:01.367717+00:00 IST

Australian police seize black box in raid on Ruby Princess cruise ship

Sydney [Australia], April 9 (ANI): The Australian police on Thursday said it has seized the black box of Ruby Princess, as part of a raid on the cruise ship that has become the biggest single source of coronavirus cases in Australia.

2020-04-09T04:12:35.807826+00:00 IST

Australia 'exposed' to global medical supply shortage, warns finance minister

Canberra [Sydney], April 8 (ANI): Australia's Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on Wednesday warned that the nation's medical stockpile has been "somewhat exposed" to international shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020-04-08T07:33:58.650554+00:00 IST

Former Chad President granted 2-month leave over COVID-19

Dakar [Senegal], April 8 (ANI): A judge in Senegal has granted former Chad President Hissene Habre a two-month leave from the jail owing to coronavirus crisis.

2020-04-08T02:21:54.858701+00:00 IST

UN condemns rocket attack on Tripoli hospital as Libya braces for COVID-19

Tripoli [Libya], April 8 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has condemned the shelling of a hospital here which it termed a "clear violation of international law", as Libya struggles to prepare for an outbreak of the new coronavirus.

2020-04-08T01:46:05.683201+00:00 IST

Cardinal George Pell walks free after Australian court overturns child sex conviction

Brisbane [Australia], April 7 (ANI): Cardinal George Pell walked out of jail as a free man on Tuesday after Australia's highest court overturned his child sex abuse convictions.

2020-04-07T06:33:41.269161+00:00 IST

Over 20 soldiers killed in attack on military camp in Mali

Bamako [Mali], Apr 06 (Sputnik/ANI): Unidentified gunmen attacked on Monday a military campsite in Mali's northeastern Gao region, killing a total of 23 soldiers, media reported, citing local sources.

2020-04-06T15:51:51.458491+00:00 IST