[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images At the weekend, India extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown by another fortnight, but said that domestic helpers can now return to work. The decision has had millions of middle-class homes debating a key question – to let the workers in or not? The BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi explains the […]Read More

[ad_1] Image caption China’s live-streaming industry has become an important platform for economic recovery “I’m a bit nervous,” confessed Li Qiang, the deputy mayor of Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus was first reported late last year, as he awaited the start of his first-ever TikTok live-streaming event. It is not the kind of […]Read More

[ad_1] More than 1.1 million people have recovered from coronavirus globally, but the time it takes to recover can vary. Most people will only develop mild symptoms, which usually take a week, maybe longer. In more serious cases, it could be more than a year. Medics at the Centre for Perioperative Care say stopping smoking, […]Read More

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Image caption Vice-President Pence visited a plant manufacturing ventilators last week US Vice-President Mike Pence has said the White House coronavirus task force could be disbanded this month because of the country’s “tremendous progress”. He told reporters the task force may hand over US pandemic response to be led on an […]Read More

[ad_1] Image copyright AFP Image caption An attack last Friday killed 10 members of the paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Force Islamic State militants have stepped up their attacks on security forces in north-eastern Iraq, reportedly killing at least 18 people since the weekend. Four tribal militia fighters and three soldiers died in three incidents in Salahuddin, […]Read More

[ad_1] Image copyright Khaleej Times A fire has engulfed a skyscraper in Sharjah, one of the largest cities in the United Arab Emirates, showering debris on cars in the streets below. Dozens of firefighters worked to put out the blaze in the Abbco Tower using a least a dozen fire engines and drones, a local […]Read More

[ad_1] Image copyright Courtesy Utah Highway Patrol Image caption Police say no one was hurt in the incident Some toddlers spill milk in the kitchen or give their parents a headache by pulling the cat’s tail. Five-year-old Adrian took the family car, and was only caught when police in Utah state stopped him on the […]Read More

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many areas in Europe – including Spain’s Balearic Islands – are heavily reliant on tourism Germans may be able to have summer holidays abroad, the country’s tourism chief said, as European nations look at how to handle the summer break. Federal tourism commissioner Thomas Bareiss told Der Tagesspiegel […]Read More

[ad_1] Image copyright AFP / Getty Images Image caption Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met senior members of the armed forces after the alleged coup attempt Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says two US citizens have been arrested following what he said was an attempt to overthrow him. Mr Maduro said the two men were part of […]Read More

[ad_1] Image copyright EPA Image caption The channel went off-air on Tuesday evening The Philippines’ top broadcaster has gone off air after it was ordered by the media regulator to stop operations. ABS-CBN said it had been told it could continue broadcasting while it waited for Congress to renew its licence, which expired on Monday. […]Read More