AS CHINESE AUTHORITIES EXPAND USE OF HEALTH TRACKING APPS, PRIVACY CONCERNS GROW

Tue 26 May 2020: (Reuters) – China’s health tracking QR codes, which have played a key part in the country’s successful containment of the coronavirus, now look set to play a much broader role in daily life as local authorities dream up new uses for the technology. Embedded in the popular WeChat and Alipay smartphone […]

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SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO LIFT DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND PRAYERS IN MOSQUES FROM MAY 31

Tue 26 May 2020: Saudi Arabia will start relaxing coronavirus restrictions on movement this week and lift the restrictions across the country, with the exception of the holy city of Mecca, from June 21, the state news agency reported in a statement early on Tuesday. In the first phase, which starts on Thursday, the 24-hour […]

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TOP 14 RUGBY CLUBS’ FINANCIAL ‘BUBBLE BURSTS’ DUE TO COVID-19

Tue 26 May 2020: (AFP) Some of French rugby’s leading agents have warned the big spending power of the Top 14 clubs in attracting global superstars is over as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. The likes of Rugby World Cup winners Handre Pollard, Eben Etzebeth and Cheslin Kolbe have contracts with sides in the […]

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SCIENTISTS FIGHT ONLINE VIRUS MISINFORMATION WAR

Tue 26 May 2020: With cat photos and sometimes scathing irony, Mathieu Rebeaud, a Swiss-based researcher in biochemistry, has nearly tripled his Twitter following since the coronavirus pandemic began. With 14,000 followers, he posts almost daily, giving explanations on the latest scientific research and, in particular, aims to fight misinformation that spreads as fast as […]

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CHAOS, CONFUSION AT AIRPORTS AS INDIA’S DOMESTIC FLIGHTS RESUME

Mon 25 May 2020: India resumed domestic flights Monday, two months after a coronavirus lockdown was imposed, but confusion and chaos prevailed at major airports in major cities as large numbers of flights were canceled. Air services were suspended in late March when India went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, bringing […]

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SYRIA RECORDS 20 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LARGEST SINGLE-DAY INCREASE

Mon 25 May 2020: Syria reported 20 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, the largest single-day increase to date, the health ministry said. The war-torn country has recorded 106 infections and four deaths so far, and new cases have increased in recent days with the return of Syrians from abroad, the ministry said. […]

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TRUDEAU ASKS BANK CEOS FOR VIEWS ON ECONOMY, COVID-19 RELIEF- GLOBE AND MAIL

Mon 25 May 2020: (Reuters) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken to the heads of the country’s six big banks to get their views on the state of the economy and the COVID-19 relief efforts, the Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing multiple sources. This was Trudeau’s first one-on-one dialogue with the CEOs […]

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RUSSIA’S CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS PASS 350,000, DOCTORS IN MALAYSIA SPEND EID IN HOSPITALS

Mon 25 May 2020: Eid has become a more sombre affair for Muslim Muslim Malaysian doctors, amid the coronavirus pandemic that has so far seen over 7,000 people in the country infected with the coronavirus, including 115 who have died of COVID-19. Muslim-majority Malaysia has imposed widespread restrictions on movement since mid-March in a bid […]

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