Millions in Lebanon risk food insecurity over virus lockdown: HRW
By AFP – Apr 08,2020 – JORDAN TIMES The lockdown imposed by Lebanese authorities to stem the spread of COVID-19 has compounded poverty and economic hardship in the country, rights […]
Surviving as an Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan
Source: April 07, 2020 | Pulitzer Center By Ayilah Chaudhary, who is a third-year journalism student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. After a decade’s worth of service in Pakistan’s […]
Coronavirus outbreak: ‘A disastrous situation’: mountains of food wasted as coronavirus scrambles supply chain
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/us-coronavirus-outbreak-agriculture-food-supply-waste#img-2 Farmers are seeing produce rot in fields and dairy wash down drains as they rush to find areas of demand and prevent closures Susie Cagle Thu 9 Apr 2020 […]
No return to ‘normality’ until coronavirus vaccine is available, Trudeau says
Source: Global News By Beatrice Britneff Canadians won’t be able to return to life as they knew it before the novel coronavirus pandemic until a vaccine is available, Prime Minister […]
CNN poll: Biden leads Trump in national head-to-head matchup
By Grace Sparks (CNN) Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a wide lead over President Donald Trump in the national race for the White House, according to a new CNN […]
Video: PM Boris Johnson’s Turkish and Muslim Ancestary
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times All of humanity are intimate neighbors: Coronavirus proves it once again Corona Fear’s Cure: Chanting from the Bible and the Quran […]
Blessed Are the Meek, For They Will Inherit the Twitter
Epigraph: “So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable.” (Al Quran 87:10) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In the Sermon on the Mount, […]
Saudi Arabia buys stakes in four big European oil firms – source By Ron Bousso
By Ron Bousso 9th April 2020 LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has accumulated stakes in four major European oil companies, […]
Saudi Arabia Declares Cease-Fire in Yemen, Citing Fears of Coronavirus
If it sticks, the cease-fire would be the first nationwide truce in five years of war in Yemen. By Ben Hubbard April 8, 2020 BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia on […]
Hydroxychloroquine drug trial underway at University of Washington but can it tame COVID-19?
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred, saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: KOMONEWS By Patrick Quinn, KOMO News reporter […]
A Promising Covid-19 Treatment Gets Fast Tracked
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred, saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: John Hopkins University Arturo Casadevall and collaborators […]
Japanese flu drug ‘clearly effective’ in treating coronavirus, says China
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred, saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: The Guardian By Justin McCurry in Tokyo […]
Pakistan to Reopen Border for Afghan Visitors Stranded Due to COVID-19 Closure
Closure By Ayaz Gul April 04, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan announced Saturday it will briefly reopen the border with Afghanistan early next week to allow an unspecified number of stranded nationals of the neighboring country to return home. The coronavirus outbreak prompted Islamabad to seal borders with all neighboring countries […]
Kissinger: Failure to establish post-COVID new world order ‘could set the world on fire’
The famous presidential foreign policy adviser demanded ‘a global collaborative vision and program’ and adherence to the ‘principles of the liberal world order.’ Tue Apr 7, 2020 – […]
Ireland’s Prime Minister Is Reregistering As A Doctor To Fight Coronavirus
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who has a background in medicine, “wanted to help out even in a small way.” Source: Huff Post By Curtis M. Wong Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar […]
One chart shows how long the coronavirus lives on surfaces like cardboard, plastic, wood, and steel
Source: MSN By Aylin Woodward,Shayanne Gal The new coronavirus typically spreads via droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The droplets carry viral particles and can land on someone […]
Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam warns
Nearly half of all jobs in Africa could be lost without urgent action, says charity Larry Elliott Economics editorThu 9 Apr 2020 People await Covid-19 screening and testing in Lenasia, […]
Bernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 race, clearing Joe Biden’s path to the Democratic nomination
By Gregory Krieg, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Updated 1717 GMT (0117 HKT) April 8, 2020 (CNN)Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden’s path […]
When Israelis Teach Their Kids To Hate
by Michael Kaplan Little kids throw mock grenades and pretend to shoot big guns; a boy crawls militant-style as gun-wielding adults cheer him on; a girl wearing a pink dress […]
‘Coronavirus has paralysed us’: Families face being split as they no longer meet visa income requirement
May Bulman 7 hrs ago Aisha* hasn’t slept properly in three weeks. The Turkish national moved to the UK with her British husband Jack and their two teenage children two […]