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Germany Accuses US of ‘Modern Day Piracy’ for Seizing a Shipment of Medical Equipment

A senior German politician on Friday accused the Trump administration of “modern piracy” after nearly 200,000 face masks ordered by Germany were seized by US authorities. Andreas Geisel, the interior minister for Berlin state, confirmed media reports that about 200,000 FFP2 masks purchased for the Berlin police were seized at ...

April 4, 2020

Europe

Putin Says Russia Ready to Cooperate on Cutting Oil Production

Russia is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia and the United States to cut oil production, President Vladimir Putin said Friday. Putin said Russia was willing to make agreements within the framework of the OPEC+ group and that “we are ready for cooperation with the United States of America on ...

April 3, 2020

Europe

Coronavirus Death Toll in Europe Tops 40,000

The new coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of them in Italy, Spain and France, according to a report compiled by AFP from official sources at 1620 GMT on Friday. With a total of 40,768 deaths (out of 574,525 cases), Europe is the ...

April 3, 2020

Americas

New York Has Seen “Highest Single Increase” In Deaths from Coronavirus: Governor

New York state had it deadliest day yet stemming from the coronavirus, with more than 500 fatalities, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. The death toll has gone up from 2,373 to 2,935 in the last 24 hours, Cuomo told reporters during a late morning press conference. He described it as ...

April 3, 2020

African countries

Tunisia ‘Robocop’ Enforces Coronavirus Lockdown

Tunisia’s interior ministry has deployed a police robot to patrol the streets of the capital and enforce a lockdown imposed last month as the country battles the spread of coronavirus. Known as PGuard, the ‘robocop’ is remotely operated and equipped with infrared and thermal imaging cameras, in addition to a ...

April 3, 2020

Int'l Organizations

Coronavirus: ‘Worst Yet to Come’ for Countries in Conflict, Says UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Friday renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic “The worst is yet to come,” Guterres said, referring to countries beset with fighting like Syria, Libya and Yemen “The ...

April 3, 2020

Europe

More than 900 Virus Deaths in Spain for Second Day

More than 900 people died in Spain over the past 24 hours for the second day running, government figures showed on Friday, although the rate of new infections and deaths continued to slow. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy with the virus so far claiming 10,935 lives ...

April 3, 2020

Europe

Italy PM: EU Ideas on Coronavirus ‘Not Worthy’ of Europe, We Need More ‘Courage’!

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday extended his feud about coronavirus money with EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in the pages of a newspaper. “Dear Ursula,” he wrote in a letter to La Repubblica, “I hear ideas (from you) not worthy of Europe. The decisions we make ...

April 3, 2020

Europe

Russia on Alleged Coronavirus Disinformation: Strange to Play Blame Game at Time Like This

Russia’s permanent representative to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, has denounced in an interview recent claims by a European Parliament political group about Russia’s disinformation campaign on the coronavirus, saying that it is strange to engage in accusations amid the ongoing crisis. “This document would not deserve any reaction, were ...

April 3, 2020

Europe

West Opposes Russia’s Proposal in UN General Assembly to Reject Sanctions

The refusal of a number of western countries to pass the proposals on easing unilateral sanctions will make it more difficult to give a global and solidary response to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s permanent mission to the United Nations said in a statement when commenting the refusal ...

April 3, 2020