KUWAIT -- Kuwait Municipality closed 462 entities nationwide during March for violating health authorities' preventive measures designed to curb spread of coronavirus, Minister of State for Municipal Affairs said.
KUWAIT -- Kuwait has proposed the creation of a regional food security net for the six Gulf Cooperation Council members states to ensure adequate and accessible food supplies as well as to meet basic food shortages in crisis times.
BRUSSELS -- NATO Foreign Ministers directed NATO's top commander, General Wolters, to coordinate necessary military support to combat coronavirus and to start using fast-track paths through Europe's airspace for military flights carrying medical supplies.
ROME -- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said world food prices declined sharply in March, driven mostly by demand-side contractions linked to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the drop in global oil prices.
WASHINGTON -- A record number of 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending March 28, the Department of Labor showed, amid the economic impacts of the coronavirus outbreak across the nation and the stay at home orders. (end) mb