coronavirus (COVID-19)
Countries take different approaches in lifting lockdown
World
April 24, 2020
Countries take different approaches in lifting lockdown
MADRID (AP) — Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of lockdown, the world is seeing…
Islam’s holiest sites emptied by coronavirus crisis as Ramadan begins
Middle East
April 24, 2020
Islam’s holiest sites emptied by coronavirus crisis as Ramadan begins
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — The holy month of Ramadan began on Friday with Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem…
Lebanon tightens security around refugee camp over virus
Egypt
April 24, 2020
Lebanon tightens security around refugee camp over virus
BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Authorities closed all entrances to a Palestinian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon on Friday after four…
Coronavirus shakes Saudi state’s foundations
Middle East
April 24, 2020
Coronavirus shakes Saudi state’s foundations
More than elsewhere, the coronavirus outbreak has put Saudi Arabia’s vision for the future in jeopardy. The collapse in oil…
Staff count emotional cost as virus savages UK nursing homes
World
April 24, 2020
Staff count emotional cost as virus savages UK nursing homes
SELSTON, England (AP) — Lucy Dawson is haunted by a sense of powerlessness. The nurse has equipment to treat the…
COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region
World
April 24, 2020
COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region
(Reuters) — The first person in Sadad Dakhare’s two-bedroom apartment in Oslo, Norway, to show symptoms was his four-year-old niece.…
Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid virus restrictions
Features/Interviews
April 24, 2020
Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid virus restrictions
BAHTIM, Egypt (AP) — Every year during Ramadan, the Light of Muhammad Mosque sets up long tables on the street…
Egypt’s Marsa Alam airport receives 364 stranded Egyptians
Egypt
April 24, 2020
Egypt’s Marsa Alam airport receives 364 stranded Egyptians
Egypt’s Marsa Alam International Airport on Thursday evening received three flights carrying 364 Egyptians who had been stranded in the Netherlands,…
Africa dangerously behind in global race for virus gear
World
April 24, 2020
Africa dangerously behind in global race for virus gear
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As Africa braces for a surge in coronavirus cases, its countries are dangerously behind in the global…
Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’
Features/Interviews
April 24, 2020
Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’
WASHINGTON (AP) — What if the real “invisible enemy” is the enemy from within — America’s very institutions? When the…