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Spain's COVID-19 toll rises by 832 in 24 hours, total number is 5690
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Mar 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Spain's death toll from coronavirus-related complications reached 5,690 people on Saturday after the Health Ministry reported that another 832 patients had died over the past 24 hours.
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Six dead after taliban clash with Afghan police in Kandahar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Clashes occurred between the Afghan National Police and the Taliban radical group overnight Saturday in the Spin Buldak district of the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan, Sputnik has learned from local sources.
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Taliban reject Afghan govt's negotiation team
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Taliban have rejected the Afghan government's negotiation team, claiming that the list of negotiators goes sideways with the previous agreement between the Taliban and the United States, the militant group said on Saturday in a press release.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in UK rises by some 3,000, toll reaches 759
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people infected with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom has increased from 11,658 to 14,543 within the past 24 hours, while the death toll has risen by 181 to 759, the Department of Health said.
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Israel strikes Hamas facilities in Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Islarel], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Israel has hit facilities of the Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian exclave, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
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France has 32,964 coronavirus cases, increase of almost 4,000 in 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): France has 32,964 cases of the coronavirus infection, up from 29,155 announced a day earlier, Jerome Salomon, the head of France's public health service, said Friday.
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US house passes USD 2 trillion coronavirus rescue package
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a USD 2 trillion coronavirus (COVID-19) rescue package, which will head to President Donald Trump for signature.
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COVID-19 cases rise to 93,000 in US
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has almost 93,000 confirmed coronavirus cases with 1,380 deaths of the disease, Johns Hopkins University revealed on its website on Friday.
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Paris hospitals to reach saturation point within 48 hours after COVID-19 s
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Mar 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Hospitals in Paris and around the city, which have accepted over a quarter of more than 29,000 confirmed COVID-19 patients in the country, will reach their saturation point within the next 24 to 48 hours, Frederic Valletoux, the head of the French Hospi
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Spain's COVID-19 toll surpasses 4,850
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Mar 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Spain's COVID-19 toll surpassed 4,850 on Friday after the Health Ministry reported that 769 patients died over the past 24 hours.
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Singapore unveils extra $33.4 billion funds to shield economy from coronav
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Singapore[Singapore], Mar 26 (Sputnik/ANI) - Singapore's Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced on Thursday an additional stimulus package worth $33.4 billion to protect the economy from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Saudi King urges G20 to take responsibility for funding COVID-19 treatment
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 26 (Sputnik/ANI) - G20 countries have a responsibility to fund scientific research that will lead to the development of pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and maintain their supply and delivery, Saudi Arabia's King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said
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