Sun 07 June 2020: Collapsing revenues, rising layoffs: the coronavirus crisis is battering media outlets across Africa that were already struggling for cash and often facing pressure from hostile authorities. The news of cutbacks was sudden and painful for journalists at two of Nigeria’s most popular independent newspapers when bosses from The Punch and Vanguard […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: Up to 80 percent of people might not be susceptible to the COVID-19 coronavirus, according to the world-renowned neuroscientist Professor Karl Friston in an interview with UnHerd’s Lockdown TV, casting doubt on the current approach to containing the virus. Until recently, scientists have assumed that the majority of the population is […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: In a clear attempt to create hurdles for any foreign member of the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) wanting to enter India from now on, even on a tourist visa, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has specifically inserted “engaging in Tablighi work” as one of the norms for visa violation in India’s […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: The Group of 20 (G20) rich and emerging economies has pledged more than $21 billion to fight the coronavirus, according to a statement by the group after an extraordinary summit convened by the Saudi G20 Presidency. “The G20, with invited countries, has coordinated the global efforts to support the fight against […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: India surpassed Italy as the sixth worst-hit country in the world from the coronavirus as its biggest single-day surge of infections was recorded so far, data showed on Saturday. The Health Ministry reported 9,887 new cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 236,657. At least […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: The total number of coronavirus cases in Africa rose to 176,807 on Saturday, as the continent grapples with community spread, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 4,902 patients have died so far across the continent due to the virus, it said in a Saturday update. […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: In Europe, badly-hit countries slowly continued on a path toward a post-pandemic normal, seeking to revive key tourist sectors in time for the summer season without triggering a second wave of infections. The EU said it could reopen borders to travelers from outside the region in early July, after some countries […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: President Jair Bolsonaro threatened Friday to pull Brazil from the WHO over “ideological bias,” as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and Europe sought to reopen its borders. Adding fuel to the political fire raging around the pandemic, its origins and the best […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: (Reuters) Some countries have seen “upticks” in COVID-19 cases as lockdowns ease, and populations must continue to protect themselves against the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “On upticks, yes we have seen in countries around the world – I’m not talking specifically about Europe – when the […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: The restrictions imposed in Chechnya because of the coronavirus pandemic led to a decline in sales volumes and provoked financial difficulties, entrepreneurs complain. The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on May 26, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, announced that the epidemiological situation in the republic was smoothing, but the regime […]
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