King Salman chairs a cabinet meeting in Riyadh. (SPA) The Saudi cabinet underscored on Tuesday the Kingdom’s preventative measures aimed at combating the coronavirus outbreak.Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Riyadh.The ministers underlined the measures taken to protect the health of Umrah worshippers, tourists and citizens and residents. Saudi Arabia has taken the highest...
He stood at the press conference on Feb. 24 and spoke about the coronavirus outbreak, visibly uncomfortable and sweating profusely. As he reassured the
The coronavirus outbreak has hit Chinese-controlled infrastructure projects in...
PM’s aide says approval given to health ministry’s request for purchase of more equipment to tackle coronavirus
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. The COVID-19 cabinet committee will complement the work being done by the government's incident response group. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will chair the group, while Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos will be vice-chair. The other members will...
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine faulted his ministers for poor performance and for appointing foreigners to company boards, although Western donors have encouraged the practice.
MOSCOW — Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, fired his cabinet of ministers on Wednesday after suggesting in a speech that they had become overly solicitous of Western nations that financially support Ukraine by appointing foreigners to the boards of state companies. “With all respect to our international partners and with all appreciation for their help, the citizens of our country on governing boards of our companies are feeling like an...