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BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus patients in Germany jumped to 684 on Saturday morning, with concern growing at the economic impact of the spreading epidemic on one of the world’s most trade-dependent economies. The number of patients recorded by the Robert Koch Institute […]
As personnel bunker down and prepare to over-winter they keep a watchful eye as the rest of the world battles to stop coronavirus evolving into a lethal pandemic. The UK’s Rothera station leader Michael Brian spoke to Express.co.uk via satellite phone from the isolated Antarctic […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has detained three senior Saudi princes including Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s nephew, for allegedly planning a coup, sources with knowledge of the matter said. Crown Prince Mohammed […]
ISTANBUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday there had been no violations of the ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib, as part of an agreement with Russia, while Russia said there have been a few shootings in the region. “We will continue to […]
Among the 2,400 passengers stranded off the California coast on a cruise ship carrying at least 21 people infected with coronavirus, few people aboard likely have more to lose than Kari Kolstoe, a retiree from North Dakota with stage-4 cancer. Kolstoe, 60, said she and […]
Some Lethbridge residents with disabilities have concerns about annual individual assessments of their provincial self-managed care, resulting in funding cuts. MLA Shannon Phillips is hearing about it first hand. Phillips says four constituents tell her this year’s questionnaire is longer, with more invasive questions. Her […]
On Toronto’s 186th birthday, a new poll by Myseum of Toronto suggests Torontonians want to know more about the city’s Indigenous history. Toronto was incorporated as the City of Toronto on March 6, 1834, but before European settlers arrived here, Canada’s largest city was home […]
The Nova Scotia Health Authority announced Friday that patients with upcoming appointments at the QEII’s Halifax Infirmary cardiology clinics and diagnostics will soon be contacted with location change details for their clinic or diagnostic appointment. The NSHA said notifying patients will continue over the weekend. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has created a special envoy for Africa’s Sahel region, a State Department spokesman said on Friday, to counter rising violence from groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State which are expanding their foothold. Envoy Peter Pham, started his […]
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs say Premier John Horgan wasn’t truthful when he said the province had no control over the RCMP before Mounties enforced an injunction against pipeline opponents in northern British Columbia last month. The chiefs have jointly released a letter with the B.C. Civil […]