Day: February 15, 2020

China sees big drop in new virus cases; France reports death

BEIJING — China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases Saturday while the government announced new anti-disease measures as businesses reopen following sweeping controls that idled much of the economy. Also Saturday, France reported Europe’s first death from the new virus, a Chinese tourist from […]

Q&A: Testing for coronavirus in China

A sudden surge in the number of novel coronavirus cases in China has put a spotlight on the ways patients are tested for the illness, from lung imaging to uncomfortable lab tests that are not always accurate. On Thursday, China saw its largest one-day jump in confirmed cases […]

France confirms first coronavirus death outside Asia

An 80-year-old Chinese tourist has died from the new coronavirus in France, the first death confirmed outside of Asia, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday. Buzyn said she had been told about the death of the patient — in hospital in Paris since late January — […]

US, Europe clash over Washington’s global retreat

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday traded barbs with European leaders over diminishing Western influence, rejecting as “grossly over-exaggerated” their claims that Washington had retreated from the global stage. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Pompeo sought to assuage European anxiety over the transatlantic bond under […]

Russia will ‘keep trying to destabilise’ Western democracies: Macron

Munich, Feb 15: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday warned that Russia would continue to try to “destabilise” Western democracies through election interference, social media manipulation and other acts of cyber warfare. “I think that Russia will keep trying to destabilise, either through private actors, directly through its agencies, […]

406 people brought back from Wuhan may be released next week if final samples test negative

New Delhi, Feb 15: A total of 406 people, who are housed at a quarantine facility of the ITBP after being brought back from China due to coronavirus outbreak there, may be released next week if their final samples turn out to be negative, officials said on Saturday. The […]

Credit growth momentum picking up; Budget proposals not to stoke inflation, says RBI governor

New Delhi, Feb 15: Amid concerns over economic slowdown, RBI chief Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said credit growth momentum is picking up and ruled out any possible spike in inflation due to Budget proposals as the government is maintaining “fiscal prudence” After the first meeting of the RBI board […]

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