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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) international carrier Emirates Airline authorized one-way flights to Iran until March 20, official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
IRNA quoted the Iranian Embassy in Dubai as saying that the flights will take Iranian passengers stranded outside of the country back home. (Iran-Emirate Airlines)
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WASHINGTON -- Six U.S. states are scheduled to hold primaries on Tuesday for voters to select their prefered presidential candidate this year.
The states that are voting or are about to vote are Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington. (US-2020 Presidential election-Democratic race)
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ATHENS -- All schools and universities across Greece will be closed for 14 days to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced on Tuesday.
The measure applies to all levels, from kindergarten to tertiary education, public and private and is taken after suggestions of the ministry's committee of experts, he explained, according to an e-mailed press statement. (Greece-coronavirus)
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LONDON -- The British government on Tuesday defeated an amendment proposed by a group of Conservative MPs trying to stop local telecommunications operators from using "high risk vendors" in the near future.
According to the proposed amendment to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, local operators will not be allowed to use "high-risk vendors" in their networks after Dec. 31, 2022. (UK-Huawei)
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GENEVA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- 203 more deaths from COVID-19 have been reported worldwide in the past 24 hours as of Tuesday morning, lifting the global death toll to 4,012, according to a daily report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday evening.
A total of 113,702 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally as of 10:00 CET Tuesday, an increase of 4,125 infections from the previous day, among which 4,105 new infections are outside China. (WHO-COVID-19)
