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Coronavirus: ‘Cave-dwelling’ foreign tourists in India ordered into quarantine
Six foreign tourists who tried to sit out the coronavirus pandemic in a cave in India have been sent to quarantine at an ashram near a town made famous by the Beatles after running out of money, police said Sunday.The four men and two women — from France, the US, Ukraine, Turkey and Nepal — had been living in the cave near Rishikesh...
Ukraine: Air pollution from forest fires also fuels isolation
People in Kyiv have been warned to stay indoors, for another reason other than social isolation. …read more Source:: AL...
Coronavirus cases, deaths rise across world
Cases cross 13,000 in Israel, 5,000 in Ukraine, 1,500 in Kazakhstan …read more Source:: Anadolu...
Evacuation of Turkey citizens still abroad to continue until 27 April
Turkish authorities have announced a massive operation to evacuate approximately 25,000 of its citizens in 59 countries, to enable them to spend the month of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr with their families. The Turkish authorities intend to complete the evacuation on 27 April. After the evacuation, the citizens will undergo medical examinations,...
Turkey continues to evacuate nationals from abroad
Turkey brings back citizens stranded due to coronavirus in UK, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Kuwait, Kazakhstan …read more Source:: Anadolu...
Why is a ‘heroine’ of Ukraine’s revolution charged with murder?
Tetyana Chornovol, seen as a leader of the 2014 uprising, denies ‘trumped up’ charges as an attack on the movement. …read more Source:: AL...
Fires near Chernobyl make Kiev air most polluted in world
Fires around the defunct Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and elsewhere pushed pollution levels in Ukraine’s capital Kiev to the worst in the world on Friday, giving inhabitants another reason to stay indoors on top of the coronavirus lockdown. …read more Source:: Iran...
Lebanon looks to India to satisfy its wheat demands
With coronavirus threatening global wheat supply chains, the Lebanese government is looking further afield for wheat, a key import.Lebanon is reliant on imports for around 80 percent of its food needs – of these, wheat is by far the most important, required to make widely-consumed Arabic flatbread. The vast majority of wheat imports to Lebanon...
New fires fanned by strong winds flare near Chernobyl in Ukraine
More than 1,000 people are involved in trying to extinguish the fires.; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine accuses security service general of spying for Russia
; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
