Новости за 11.09.2020

SACRAMENTO — It is not the first time that Leanna Mikesler has evacuated her home in the California mountains because of wildfires, but during an epidemic it is "10 times harder".

LONDON — Britain held emergency talks with the European Union on Thursday, facing warnings of legal action over a new Brexit bill and a threatening reminder of its obligations to Northern Ireland from leading US Democrat Nancy Pelosi.

KATMANDU — A pungent smell hangs in the early morning air as researchers collect samples of sewage dumped into a river in Nepal -- a cost-effective way to trace the coronavirus spread for the resource-strapped Himalayan nation.

KUWAIT CITY — After more than 45 years washing cars in Kuwait to make ends meet, Egyptian Marzouq Mohammed will soon be kicked out of the country as economic woes and coronavirus stoke anti-foreigner sentiment.

SINGAPORE — Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Thursday it was cutting about 4,300 jobs -- around 20 per cent of its workforce -- due to the coronavirus, and warned any recovery would be "long and fraught with uncertainty".