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Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive for coronavirus days after meeting with PM Johnson Tory MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with COVID-19 – the disease caused by the coronavirus sweeping Asia, Europe and the Americas – less than a week after attending a reception with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The representative from Mid Bedfordshire – who is also a health official that helped to draft legislation to address the fast-moving virus – was confirmed to have the illness on Tuesday evening, after falling ill late last week.  “I can confirm I have tested positive for Coronavirus,” Dorries said in a statement. “As soon as I was informed I took all the advised precautions and have been self isolating at home.” Public Health England has st...

‘Western ideologists will go crazy’: Putin leaves door open to run for president again Putin's speech to the Russian parliament Tuesday seemed to be one of his most sincere: he argued that stable leadership is good for a country in turbulent times but does it mean we'll really see him in power beyond 2024. Putin said Tuesday that he will seek a new term when his current one is up “only if it’s approved by the Constitutional Court and if citizens support such a proposal” when they vote for constitutional amendments on April 22. He addressed the issue during a speech in parliament after MP and the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, called for his tenure to be reset so that he would be eligible for two more runs before being subject to the new...

PSG star Kylian Mbappe tested for coronavirus after missing training Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has been tested for the coronavirus after missing two days of training with illness, according to reports in France. Mbappe was tested as a precaution on Tuesday, according to L'Equipe, with the results later being confirmed as negative. Sporting shutdown: ALL sport in Italy to be suspended until April 3 due to coronavirus PSG manager Thomas Tuchel confirmed that Mbappe had missed training ahead of the crunch Champions League last 16 second leg against Borussia Dortmund in Paris on Wednesday, explaining that the striker had angina. "He was sick yesterday and he is sick today with angina and we are trying to maybe have a light practice (wit...

Afghan president Ghani orders release of Taliban prisoners, important point of deal with US President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree pardoning Taliban fighters held in Afghan prisons. The move was part of the peace deal Washington made with the group, but official Kabul hesitated to act on it, demanding guarantees. The Afghan president “has signed the decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban prisoners in accordance with an accepted framework for the start of negotiation between the Taliban and the Afghan government,” Ghani’s spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted on Tuesday, announcing the measure. President Ghani has signed the decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban prisoners in accordance with an accepted fr...

National Guard to lock down New Rochelle, NY in coronavirus quarantine New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the state National Guard to New Rochelle, a town in the affluent Westchester County, to enforce a two-week COVID-19 coronavirus quarantine. The troops will help clean and deliver food in the designated “containment area” in a one-mile (1.6 km) radius around the area where the contagion appears to have originated, until the lockdown is lifted on March 25. “It is a dramatic action, but it is the largest cluster of cases in the country,” Cuomo said at a news conference on Tuesday. “The numbers are going up unabated, and we do need a special public health strategy for New Rochelle.” BREAKING: NY Gov Andrew Cuomo deploying Nation...

Is it really caring? Pope Francis tells clergy to go to sick people, defying Italy’s coronavirus lockdown As Italy scrambles to enact strict quarantine measures to stem the rampant spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis is issuing a very different directive to the priests under his command: get out and be with those who are sick. At a personal mass on Tuesday morning, and as Italy enters a complete lockdown, the Holy See implored clergymen to “have the courage to go out and go to the sick people.” The Pope’s remarks starkly contradict all the core advice administered by the Italian government – namely to stay home and not to travel unless it’s a medical emergency. With the highest death toll outside of mainland China – hiking from 463 to 631 on Tue...