The army could be deployed to patrol South Africa’s streets to delay the need for a countrywide lockdown if there is a huge spike in Covid-19 infections, as experts now fear. A possible national “state of emergency” — the first to be declared in SA in more than 30 years — could be introduced as…
SOUTH Africa yesterday saw another jump in coronavirus cases — with 116 now confirmed as the country introduces new measures to shut its borders and schools across the country. The numbers are still rising sharply from one case a fortnight ago. Most of those with the virus brought it back from abroad — from the…
DEAR Boomers,We’ve had our differences. You don’t like that we’re still living in your basement, not paying rent and taking selfies with our avocado toast. We don’t like that you sat back and let so many terrible things happen, like Steely Dan and climate change. But today, we’re going to move past “OK, Boomer”. We’re…
Chad is repaying Angola a debt of $100m (£82m) with cattle, Angola’s state-run newspaper has reported. The unusual agreement is seen as creating a win-win situation for both nations – Chad is short of cash while Angola needs cattle. More than 1,000 cows arrived by ship in Angola’s capital, Luanda, as the first payment, Jornal…
Workers at Amazon’s UK warehouses are being told to work overtime to tackle huge demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite government calls to restrict social contact. The GMB union says that workers across at least four different sites were informed that they had to work “compulsory overtime” from Monday. National officer Mick Rix said…
The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has been found guilty of murdering 22 people. Hashem Abedi had denied helping to plan the “sudden and lethal” blast which killed or injured “nearly 1,000”. The Old Bailey heard the pair worked together to source materials used in the suicide blast after an Ariana Grande show…
Virgin Atlantic has called for the rules governing landing slots at airports to be relaxed until the coronavirus outbreak is over. Chief executive Shai Weiss said the airline was being “forced to fly almost empty planes or lose our valuable slots” after passenger demand plummeted due to COVID-19. Under European law, carriers have to fill…
Mortgage payments will be suspended across Italy as part of measures to soften the economic blow of coronavirus on households, a minister has said. Laura Castelli, Italy’s deputy economy minister, told Radio Anch’io: “Yes, that will be the case, for individuals and households.” Italy’s banking lobby group ABI said lenders would offer debt holidays to…
Households and businesses must brace themselves for a global recession, the United Nations’ economic body has warned. In a report which will spark memories of 2008, the UN Conference on Trade and Development warned that the COVID-19 economic “shock” could end up costing the world $1trn (£760bn) of lost income. It also said the virus “will cause…
Austria has announced a ban on Italians entering the country unless they carry a medical certificate, in an attempt to stop coronavirus spreading. Speaking after the Italian government imposed travel restrictions across the country, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Austrians returning from Italy would have to self-isolate for two weeks. Austria has seen 158 cases of…
