Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 20th April 2020
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JUST IN: 13 Killed As Canada Sees Deadliest Shooting In 30yrs
A man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Sunday, killing 13 people, in the deadliest such attack in the country in 30 years. Officials said the suspected shooter was also dead. A police officer was among those killed. Several bodies were found inside …
Trade Union Calls For Scottish Firms To Manufacture PPE
Unite, the trade union, has urged the Scottish Government to work with companies which can switch operations to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health service. The union says PPE is available now from suppliers in Germany and China but says manufacturers in Scotland should be asked to re-purpose their plants to make badly-needed …
U.S. Lawmakers Close Deal On New COVID-19 Funding For Small Businesses
U.S. lawmakers are very close to an agreement on approving extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and could seal a deal as early as Sunday, congressional and Trump administration officials said. “I think we’re very close to a deal today and I’m hopeful we can get that done,” U.S. Treasury …
Thai King Approves $58 Billion Plan To Limit COVID-19 Impact
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Sunday approved laws to implement spending measures worth 1.9 trillion baht ($58.44 billion) to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. The measures, approved by cabinet last week, allow the government to borrow 1 trillion baht to be used for public health spending and job creation. The central …
Iraq Lifts Suspension Of Reuters Licence
Iraqi authorities on Sunday lifted a suspension of Reuters’ licence to work in the country. The news agency’s licence was suspended earlier this month over a report on the number of coronavirus cases in Iraq. The Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC) informed Reuters it was lifting the suspension “to allow transparent and impartial work …
Coronavirus Crisis Under Full Control- Putin
President Vladimir Putin said that Russian authorities had the coronavirus crisis under full control and that everything would work out with God’s help, even as the country on Sunday registered a record daily rise in cases of the new virus. Russia on Sunday reported 6,060 new cases in the previous 24 hours, bringing its nationwide …
NHS’s Oldest IVF Clinic At Risk Of Closure
The UK’s oldest NHS fertility clinic is at risk of closure and another has been put out to private tender, as IVF provision is increasingly being privatised and rationed. Hospital bosses want to close the internationally-renowned department of reproductive medicine at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, saying they cannot afford to fund a £10m upgrade of the unit, …
US, UK Condemn Hong Kong’s Discrimination Of Democracy Advocates
The United States condemned the arrests of at least 14 veteran pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong on charges of joining massive anti-government protests last year, saying the police action jeopardizes a high degree of autonomy guaranteed the southern Chinese city. Among those arrested Saturday were 81-year-old activist and former lawmaker Martin Lee and democracy advocates …
Coronavirus: 1 In 3 New Yorkers Put On Ventilator- Report
A large study of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in New York City found 1 in 3 were put on breathing machines. That’s a rate more than 10 times higher than seen in China. The United States has by far the world’s largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, with more than 732,197. The US tally of …
Vietnam Protests At China’s New Administrative Units
Vietnam protested today at China’s move to establish two administrative units on islands in the disputed South China Sea, saying it “seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty”. “Vietnam demands that China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty and abolish its wrongful decisions,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement.
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