Новости за 02.05.2020

SANAA — While many of the world's markets have closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Yemen's capital Sanaa, downtown districts selling qat — the ubiquitous mild narcotic -- still bustle with people.

MAARAT AL NAASAN (Syria) — Protests broke out across opposition-held parts of northwest Syria on Friday against an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group after it opened a trade crossing into regime territory, an AFP correspondent and a war monitor said.

AMMAN — No new coronavirus cases were recorded insidethe Kingdom on Saturday, while one Jordanian truck driver tested positive for the virus at the borders, bringing the total caseload in the Kingdom to 460.

BEIRUT — Lebanon on Friday signed a request for financial help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), initiating a long process the government hopes will ease the country's worst post-war economic crisis.

NEW YORK — Wall Street stocks tumbled Friday following disappointing results from Amazon, Exxon Mobil and other companies amid worries of increased tensions between China and the United States over blame for the coronavirus.

MILAN — World No.1 Novak Djokovic has revealed how he considered quitting tennis in 2010 as he struggled against great rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

LONDON — Stranded on superyachts or confined to their sprawling mansions worrying about their wine cellars, the world's super rich have invited ridicule throughout the coronavirus pandemic with their apparent insensitivity to the plight of ordinary people.

Coughing is one of the hallmark symptoms of being infected with the novel coronavirus. So it’s no surprise that many are swigging dextromethorphan, a workhorse cough suppressant, to calm those bone-rattling expulsions of germs and air.

MADRID — People across Spain were on Saturday free to go for walks and play sport after 48 days of home confinement to combat the coronavirus in one of the worst-hit countries.