At the end of last January, when the coronavirus was spreading across China but had not yet reached Europe, British Airways decided to suspend all its flights with the Asian country. It was the first airline to take this measure, which was to last until March. By then the virus had already roamed Europe, and […]
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The profits of the world’s largest oil company fall 45% as uncertainty about oil demand grows
One year after its hitherto historic IPO, the largest oil company in the world, the Saudi Aramco, suffers the setbacks from the drastic drop in consumption of crude oil caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Its net profits plummeted 44.6 percent in the third quarter of this year while the company continues to borrow to maintain […]
Donald Trump did not want too much talk about the pandemic during the campaign
Donald Trump did not want too much talk about the pandemic during the campaign. Unfolding the issue while the contagions were visibly growing could give a wide audience to those who question his handling of the crisis. His dream is for the vaccine to emerge in the weeks leading up to the vote. It would […]
LIVE Coronavirus: Russia records record number of new cases
Russia reported on Sunday 13,634 new cases of coronavirus identified in the past 24 hours, a new record for the country. Authorities have reported 149 more deaths. In France, the epidemic is accelerating with nearly 27,000 new cases identified on Saturday.
Europe surpasses 100,000 new corona infections per day, surges in Britain and Russia
The UK, Russia, Spain and France have the highest numbers of infections, with at least 10,000 confirmed cases each in the last three days. Russia recorded 12,126 new infections on the 9th. Authorities are calling on the public to refrain from going out this weekend, but they say they haven’t been locked down and have no […]
LIVE Coronavirus: Russia beats its record with 12,126 new daily cases
The virus is still active. More than 36.2 million cases of infection have been officially diagnosed worldwide since the end of December, for a toll of 1,057,084 deaths. Faced with the deterioration of indicators, Lille, Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne will spend Saturday in the maximum alert zone due. These cities will join Aix-Marseille, Paris and Guadeloupe, where […]
Russia attempts mediation between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh
Vladimir Putin invited to Moscow this Friday the heads of the Armenian and Azerbaijani diplomats, Zohrab Mnatsakanian and Ceyhun Bayramov, who accepted, after meeting Thursday evening with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. He intends to plead a truce in the fighting. This is the first time since the start of military operations on […]
Coronavirus Vaccine: When to Expect One
China, U.S, and Russia in their last stage of coronavirus vaccine trials and hope for them to be approved by the end of this year, as various countries are still stuck in the initial stages amid the second wave.
Trump friend Roger Stone sentenced to prison for WikiLeaks lies
A federal judge sentenced President Donald Trump’s friend, longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, on Thursday to more than three years in prison for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness in an effort to protect Trump. “He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president, he was prosecuted for […]
Prosecutors say Trump ally Roger Stone deserves prison sentence
Roger Stone, a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, leaves the Prettyman United States Courthouse after a hearing February 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images A top federal prosecutor said in a new legal filing Tuesday that Republican operative Roger Stone deserves to be sentenced to “far less” time in […]
