Category: FOREIGN

US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day

US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day

Apr 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus ... Read More

Great apes on lockdown over threat of disease

Great apes on lockdown over threat of disease

Apr 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Great apes have been put on lockdown against the threat of coronavirus. (more…) Read More

Bangladesh locks down a million in Rohingya camps

Bangladesh locks down a million in Rohingya camps

Apr 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Bangladesh has imposed a lockdown on a southern district, home to refugee camps housing more than ... Read More

Daily death toll in Spain rises by 757 to 14,555 fatalities

Daily death toll in Spain rises by 757 to 14,555 fatalities

Apr 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | SPAIN) - The number of daily Coronavirus deaths rose in Spain for the 2nd day on Wednesday (08) ... Read More

Bernie Sanders suspends Presidential campaign

Bernie Sanders suspends Presidential campaign

Apr 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | UNITED STATES) - Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his Presidential campaign, clearing the way for former Vice President ... Read More

UK PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19

UK PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19

Apr 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | LONDON ) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and was in ... Read More

India agrees to release drug after Trump retaliation threat

India agrees to release drug after Trump retaliation threat

Apr 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | NEW DELHI) - India has agreed to lift an export ban on a drug US President Donald Trump ... Read More

Acting US Navy secretary resigns

Acting US Navy secretary resigns

Apr 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | WASHINGTON) - Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday amid controversy over his attacks against a fired captain ... Read More

Boris Johnson Moved to Intensive Care

Boris Johnson Moved to Intensive Care

Apr 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved into intensive care on Monday, a worrisome turn in his ... Read More

Coronavirus wreaks havoc in African American neighbourhoods

Coronavirus wreaks havoc in African American neighbourhoods

Apr 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | CHICAGO ) - Stark statistics from Chicago health officials have underscored the heavy toll of coronavirus on black ... Read More

Japan to declare emergency as Tokyo cases soar

Japan to declare emergency as Tokyo cases soar

Apr 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Japan is to declare a state of emergency in the capital Tokyo and six other ... Read More

George Pell: Court to rule on cardinal’s final bid to quash sex abuse verdict

George Pell: Court to rule on cardinal’s final bid to quash sex abuse verdict

Apr 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Australia's top court is set to rule on Cardinal George Pell's final appeal to overturn his ... Read More

Coronavirus: Too early to consider lockdown exit strategy, says Raab

Coronavirus: Too early to consider lockdown exit strategy, says Raab

Apr 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  It is too early to consider a strategy for exiting the coronavirus lockdown, the foreign secretary ... Read More

Coronavirus: Spanish deaths fall for fourth consecutive day

Coronavirus: Spanish deaths fall for fourth consecutive day

Apr 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The daily number of coronavirus deaths has fallen in Spain for a fourth consecutive day, boosting ... Read More

Portugal gives migrants and asylum-seekers full citizenship rights during coronavirus outbreak

Portugal gives migrants and asylum-seekers full citizenship rights during coronavirus outbreak

Mar 31, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Portugal has temporarily given all migrants and asylum seekers full citizenship rights, granting them full access ... Read More