The Russian authorities might have put the ultimate nail within the coffin for the UFC's plans to go forward with the Khabib Nurmagomedov versus Tony Ferguson bout, after locking down all of the nation's borders. ...

Amidst the coronavirus lockdown, a number of the claims of governments and media have been proven to be exaggerated. Ten years in the past, they tried the identical factor with swine flu. They haven’t realized their classes — has the general public? ...

Italian Overseas Minister Luigi Di Maio brushed apart strategies that assist from Moscow to fight the coronavirus pandemic got here with hidden intentions, stating his nation had nothing to concern from Russian help. ...

President Donald Trump has invoked wartime powers, ordering Common Motors to provide ventilators to deal with Covid-19 sufferers. The transfer comes after Trump unloaded on the automaker for delaying manufacturing. ...

Irish footballer James McClean has been fined by membership staff Stoke Metropolis and ordered to delete his Instagram account after posting a message through which he was seen sporting a balaclava whereas giving his kids a “historical past lesson.” ...

Vietnam is aiming to maintain the variety of coronavirus instances within the nation beneath 1,000, the federal government stated. The assertion got here because the variety of confirmed instances within the Southeast Asian nation handed 150 on Friday. “Now we have been capable of comprise epicenters, and even potential epicenters… ...

Not less than one rocket was fired within the neighborhood of the closely fortified Inexperienced Zone in Baghdad, the place the American Embassy is positioned, in keeping with native studies. Army plane have been noticed hovering within the space shortly after. ...

Washington’s resolution to indict Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on drug expenses is “a brand new type of coup d’etat,” in addition to a transfer to win over hispanic voters in Florida, Overseas Minister Jorge Arreaza has claimed. ...

Israel’s ex-military chief Benny Gantz submitted himself Thursday as a candidate for speaker of parliament. Gantz is PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s fundamental rival, and the transfer may result in an emergency alliance between the 2, AFP reviews. The parliament introduced that Gantz was the one candidate to succeed Netanyahu ally Yuli ...

The worldwide financial downturn because of coronavirus and the breakup of OPEC+ has despatched the ruble tumbling, which might give Russia an sudden benefit within the oil worth battle. ...