Europe

Sweden registers 8,304 cases of coronavirus, 33 new deaths

Editorial Bureau April 7, 2021

STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN) – Health agency statistics show that Sweden has registered 8,304 new coronavirus cases. The country has has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic The country of 10 million inhabitants registered 33 new deaths, taking the total to 13,498. The deaths registered have

Asia

Death toll from train crash at Tahta 19 not 32, Egypt

Editorial Bureau March 27, 2021

CAIRO (EGYPT) – Egypt’s health minister has informed that the death toll from a collision of two trains in central Egypt is 19 . The number of people injured went up to 185 from 165. Egypt’s public prosecutor’s office said it had ordered an investigation into the crash, which took place close to the Nile-side […]

UK

Britain grieves for COVID-19 dead on the first lockdown anniversary

Editorial Bureau March 24, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britons commemorated the first anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown by remembering more than 126,000 people who lost their lives to the disease. People were also being invited to stand on their doorsteps at 8 p.m. holding candles or torches. People in parliament, hospitals, churches, public places, and offices observed silence for a […]

Asia

Sulawesi quake: Death toll rises to 81 as search and rescue efforts continue

Editorial Bureau January 18, 2021

JAKARTA (INDONESIA) – Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said on Monday that as many as 81 people were killed in the powerful tremors that rocked Sulawesi island last week and more than 19,000 people have been displaced, adding that search and rescue efforts are going on. The quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck West […]

Asia

Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 35, people still trapped under debris

Editorial Bureau January 15, 2021

JAKARTA (INDONESIA) – A powerful tremor hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in the wee hours of Friday, killing at least 35 and leaving several trapped under debris. Authorities have warned of more aftershocks which can trigger a tsunami. The quake damaged more than 300 homes and two hotels and razed a hospital to the […]

UK

COVID-19 second-stage vaccinations might get delayed across UK – The Guardian

Editorial Bureau December 31, 2020

LONDON (UK) – More than 500,000 people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 might get their second dose delayed for around 12 weeks. The NHS rethinks the rollout is aimed at preventing the surging death toll in the UK, as reported by The Guardian on Wednesday. In a change of policy applying across the UK, […]

Middle East

Turkey tremor: Death toll goes up to 25, search for survivors continues

Editorial Bureau October 31, 2020

ANKARA (TURKEY) – The death toll in the Turkish city of Izmir, which was rocked by a powerful earthquake on Friday, has risen to 25 on Saturday as rescue workers sift through the rubble searching for possible survivors. According to officials, as many as 25 people were killed in coastal areas in the west of […]

Middle East

Toll in Beirut explosion likely to rise, PM promises action

Editorial Bureau August 5, 2020

BEIRUT (LEBANON) – Rescue workers in the Lebanese capital dug through the rubble on Wednesday in search for survivors of a powerful blast in a warehouse that rocked Beirut on Tuesday. The explosion killed nearly 100 people and injured 4,000 and the toll is slated to rise. The blast on Tuesday was the most powerful […]

UK

There were things we could have done differently: Johnson

Editorial Bureau July 25, 2020

LONDON (UK) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who came under fire for acting too slowly when the pandemic broke out, said on Friday that there may have been things he could have done in a different manner. “Maybe there were things we could have done differently and of course there will be time to understand […]

Europe

Coronavirus death toll in Russia crosses 12,000

Editorial Bureau July 17, 2020

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s tally of fatalities related to the novel coronavirus crossed 12,000 on Friday. As many as 186 new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. The crisis response centre marked as many as 6,406 new cases, bringing its nationwide tally of infections to 759,203, which is the fourth highest caseload in […]