Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 20th March 2020
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Gunman Fatally Shoots Patient In Ambulance
A man in North Carolina shot and killed a patient as he was being treated in an ambulance, police said. Prentice Bess, 32, was taken into custody after Charlotte-Mecklenburg cops responded to a disturbance call at a Days Inn in south Charlotte at about 4 a.m. Wednesday, police said. Paramedics then started treating Jeremy Whitted,
China’s New Energy Vehicle Industry Expected To Embrace Bright Future
The New Energy Vehicle (NEV) industry in China is expected to usher in more development opportunities as the authorities have successively rolled out policies to promote electrification of vehicles in the public sector. This is according to the Xinhua-run Shanghai Securities News reported Thursday. The authorities led by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),
Eating Out May Never Be The Same In U.S – Report
Coronavirus is sending Americans back home for dinner, creating a crisis for a restaurant industry that was already slowing down. The viral outbreak is wreaking havoc as diners isolate themselves at home and states restrict operations to carry out and delivery only. Large swaths of the industry are facing weeks, or perhaps months, with reduced
Man Commits Suicide In Detention Center
A man died by apparent suicide at one of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s family detention centers, according to a legal group that was representing him. The group, RAICES, did not identify the man, and ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But in a statement late Wednesday, RAICES said it was
Coronavirus: Lessons From Asia
As the United States, the United Kingdom, and European nations face rising tolls from the coronavirus pandemic, their slow, often confused initial responses have come under widespread criticism. China, meanwhile, suppressed information about the virus at first, allowing it to spread out of Wuhan. After initially silencing medical workers, and covering up the extent of
Dozen Nabbed In Morroco Over Coronavirus Fake News
Moroccan police have arrested at least a dozen people for spreading rumors about the coronavirus, authorities said on Thursday, including a woman who used her YouTube channel to say the disease did not exist. “Fake news is the first cause of panic among citizens,” said Prime Minister Saad Eddine El-Otmai, comparing the spread of misinformation
BoE Cuts Rates To 0.1% In Latest Pandemic Response
The Bank of England (BoE) has cut its interest rate by 15 basis points to 0.1% as the central bank moves to reduce the “economic shock” stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. After an emergency meeting on 19 March, the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also voted in favour of an additional £200bn of government bonds
Rain Kills 5 In Iraq
Five people were killed and several houses were destroyed by heavy rains in the city of Baqubah, Iraq, according to reports from local authorities on Thursday. Lawmaker Raad Dahlaki confirmed the deaths of five women from a family of displaced people when their makeshift house collapsed. Dahlaki charged that the victims must be accounted to
Syria Urges Lifting Of International Bans
The Syrian government has called for the removal of sanctions against the Arab country amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region. “In light of the dangerous escalation represented by the coronavirus and the international alert to confront this pandemic and to contain it and prevent its spread, the US and
Latin American Governments Increase Measures To Tackle COVID-19
Latin American authorities are currently increasing measures in response to the spread of the new Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus, for which there are around 2,000 cases diagnosed as positive for Covid-19 disease in the region.Peru’s government decreed a curfew described as ‘compulsory social isolation,’ given the partial contempt for the order of home isolation or quarantine issued
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