Japan's government is planning to provide nations stricken by the coronavirus pandemic with the anti-flu drug Avigan free of charge, its top government spokesman said Friday.
Avigan has been developed by a Japanese chemical firm, Fujifilm Toyama (...)
When the Covid-19 death rate began to escalate rapidly in Italy, an Italian friend commented that what was happening all over the world was worse than a horror film. This grim remark sent me looking for films that deal with similar conditions. One (...)
In her first address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens' reason and discipline to slow the spread of the virus, acknowledging as a woman who grew up in communist East Germany how (...)
Germany's cup semi-finals, scheduled for late next month, have been postponed in a further sign that top-flight football will not resume for some time due to the coronavirus crisis.
Holders Bayern Munich were to host Eintracht Frankfurt on April 21 (...)
Governments across Europe are turning to technology to track the spread of the coronavirus and monitor people under quarantine, an approach that seeks to learn from Asia but is also putting the region's privacy rules to the test.
From Helsinki to (...)
Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen have come together to create a 20 million euros ($21.92 million) solidarity fund to help German clubs in the top two tiers stave off a potential financial crisis during the (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri this week completed a six-state African tour designed to lobby support for Egypt's proposals for a way out of the impasse over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Shoukri's tour (...)
The Middle East is on lockdown. From Morocco to the Gulf, passing by Egypt, most countries are either in partial or complete lockdown. In Jordan, the government ordered a night-to-dawn curfew while most Arab countries have closed down schools, (...)
After almost every other sports championship ground to a halt because of the coronavirus, the world's most prestigious sporting event has finally fallen in line.
On Tuesday, it was confirmed that the 2020 Tokyo Games is to be postponed for a year, (...)
In light of the current coronavirus disease or COVID-19 that is unfolding across the world, the film industry has seen many events postponed and cancelled, France's Cannes Film Festival and the US daytime Emmy TV awards are the latest events being (...)
BERLIN, March 23 (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's initial test for coronavirus came back negative, a government spokesman said on Monday, adding that the German chancellor would undergo further tests.
Merkel, 65, went into quarantine on Sunday after (...)
The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China's experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and (...)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 organisers insist the Games will proceed as planned despite the global coronavirus epidemic, but calls for a postponement are growing louder.
If there is ultimately a delay, maybe by a few (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call on Thursday from German Chancellor Angela Markel to discuss the latest development of international efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as well as other regional issues (...)
While the panic over the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is increasing globally, scientists are racing to develop vaccines against COVID-19 to help to contain the outbreak.
Health authorities around the world have confirmed that more than 189,160 (...)
As the UN, with US support, continues to press for the implementation of the Berlin process set into motion by the international conference on Libya that took place in the German capital on 19 January, two other initiatives to resolve the (...)
أعلنت الإمارات عن تأجيل سوق السفر العربى ATM 2020 إلى 28 يونيو حتى 1 يوليو 2020، الذى كان من المقررعقده خلال الفترة من 19 حتى 22 أبريل 2020 فى مركز دبى التجارى العالمى DWTC، بسبب انتشار فيروس كورونا.
وسوق السفر العربى هو الفعالية الدولية الرائدة (...)
قررت إدارة بورصة برلين الدولية للسياحة إرجاع كافة المبالغ المتعلقة برسوم الدخول وإيجار أكشاك العرض (Strands) وبنائها والاتفاقات بخصوص تقديم الطعام والشراب والمضيفات Catering، والتى كانت مقررة الاسبوع الجارى فى ألمانيا وتم إلغائها بسبب انتشار فيروس (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi had a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday over the latest updates of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks. During the conversation, Al-Sisi praised Trump for the US mediation and (...)
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has surged to 240, from 196 cases as of Tuesday, according to the RKI health institute.
North Rhine-Westphalia is the worst affected state with 111 infections, while the capital Berlin has (...)
In the aftermath of an airstrike in Idlib last Thursday that killed more than 33 Turkish soldiers and wounded more than 30, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he had opened the gates for Syrian refugees to “flood” Europe. Tens of (...)
On 2 March, Ghassan Salamé (68) tendered his resignation as the UN special envoy for Libya and head of the UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), pleading health reasons due to the stress.
“For more than two years, I sought to reunite the Libyans, (...)
يعتبر قطاع السفر أحد أكبر الصناعات في العالم حيث بلغت إيراداتها 5.7 تريليون دولار كما انها توفر ما يقرب من 319 مليون وظيفة وهو أكثر القطاعات عرضة للخطر بسبب فيروس كورونا الجديد، وفقا لتقرير شبكة سي ان ان الامريكية، ووفقا لخبراء بالمجال فقد تعرض (...)
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) concluded on Saturday, but the winner of the Golden Bear wasn't at the ceremony to recieve his award contrary to his desire. Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof was banned by state (...)
Germany on Monday confirmed at least 28 new coronavirus cases, bringing the number of infections in Europe's most populous country to 157 from 129 on Sunday, the Robert Koch Institute for disease control said, adding the risk was now (...)
