From Foreign Waters

In the world, apparently, now they will divide the time into what happened before the coronavirus pandemic, and what happened during and after it.  In any case, the virus made adjustments to relations between people, countries, forcing them to reconsider their views on many problems or postpone their solution until better times.  Recently it became known that this is exactly what the European Union and the USA did.  EU High Representative Josep Borrel over the phone discussed with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to join forces to contain and overcome the coronavirus.  This was reported by the press service of the European External Action Service.  “The parties discussed the coronavirus pandemic.  High Representative Borrel emphasized the importance of cooperation and international solidarity.  In light of the global dimension of this challenge and relying on a significant transatlantic partnership, the EU and the US have the opportunity to ma...

Arab Ambassadors praised the UAE's humanitarian stance and its ongoing support for other countries, stressing that its initiative in China is a major humanitarian gesture not alien to the country, which is always the first to lead charitable and humanitarian work. “A quantity of welcome from the moment we arrived with the plane from Wuhan Airport until at Abu Dhabi Airport, and from there to the Emirates Humanitarian City, which beautifully equipped to receive us, was a surprise that I did not expect.” Said Ahmed Fateh Al-Aleem, a Sudanese student evacuated from China by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) special plane, revealing a great happiness for the kind welcome and the generous hospitality, humility and humanity of the Emirates people.  About 200 Sudanese from China left the country to UAE, on Emirates Airlines, to put them in quarantine for 25 days, before returning to the capital, Khartoum. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Su...

In Japan, a cruise ship with 3,711 people on board is quarantined after the discovery of at least eight suspected cases. 3,711 people aboard Carnival Japan's Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama Bay, in Japan. After landing a passenger in Hong Kong who tested positive for the coronavirus, at least eight other people experienced symptoms of contagion and fever. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said adding that checks are underway on 2,666 passengers and 1,045 crew members. The number of coronavirus infections exceeded 20,400 in China, with 3,235 new cases confirmed. According to the latest official data, 64 deaths have occurred in the country, all in the province of Hubei, outbreak of the virus, and the total tall therefore rises to 425. While 635 infected, they have been discharged from hospitals. There is also a second victim outside of China after one death in the Philippines, a 39-year-old man lost his life in Hong Kong in hospital. ...