President Donald Trump will hold a press conference on Friday afternoon amid confusion and chaos about the coronavirus after reports Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who dined with him on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago, tested positive for the disease but then said a second test showed a negative result. Trump, who shook hands with his Brazilian counterpart at … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Donald Trump is reportedly concerned that he’s been exposed to people who have contracted the killer coronavirus, including a Brazilian official who tested positive for the disease days after meeting the President at Mar-a-Lago. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence met with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and his Press Secretary Fabio Wajngarten and sat down … Read more
Donald Trump has said a domestic travel ban is a possibility if coronavirus gets ‘too hot’ in certain areas of the US. The president enforced a European travel ban this week to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 from foreign countries but his move has been criticized by those who believe he hasn’t considered enough … Read more
The FTSE 100 dramatically fell by £160billion today as it lost 11 per cent of its value on the biggest intraday fall since the 1987 financial crisis. Investors in London continued to be rattled by the World Health Organisation’s upgrade of the coronavirus outbreak to a global pandemic as markets plunged. The index of Britain’s … Read more
This is what it must have been like in 1940. Europe has fallen, the United States has gone into isolation and Britain stands alone. Italy is in lockdown and troops are on the streets. Austria, Slovenia and the Czech Republic have closed their borders. Across the Continent, schools, shops, offices, factories and restaurants have closed; sporting … Read more
This is what it must have been like in 1940. Europe has fallen, the United States has gone into isolation and Britain stands alone. Italy is in lockdown and troops are on the streets. Austria, Slovenia and the Czech Republic have closed their borders. Across the Continent, schools, shops, offices, factories and restaurants have closed; sporting … Read more
‘We’re going home to be quarantined!’ Orlando Bloom reveals Carnival Row set in Prague has been shut down amid coronavirus pandemic as the cast race back to the US before travel ban The actor posted a video on Instagram on Thursday from the Prague set of the show, surrounded by his castmates The British actor … Read more
No handshakes – so Donald Trump and Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar make a namaste greeting as president says he will postpone string of mega-rallies President Donald Trump and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar exchanged a namaste instead of a handshake in the Oval Office Officials have warned against handshaking to avoid spreading coronavirus ‘We … Read more
‘Oh f***, I got a pen mark’: Trump is caught on hot mic panicking about an ink stain moments before his Oval Office coronavirus address – then breathes a huge sigh of relief after he signs off A live microphone captured President Donald Trump’s unscripted comments moments before he addressed the nation on Wednesday night … Read more
President Trump raised fresh questions surrounding his response to the coronavirus on Thursday by saying that Americans in Europe will be tested for before they are allowed to board flights and that they will not be allowed to come home if they test positive – a direct contradiction of Mike Pence’s claim hours earlier that … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence took to the morning shows Thursday to perform clean-up duty for the White House where he doubled down on blaming Europe for the coronavirus spread in the United States and down played predictions that millions could be infected. Pence, in his appearance on five different news networks, blamed European travel for … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more