Sun 24 May 2020: Dozens of demonstrations were held across Germany on Saturday as part of a protest movement against coronavirus lockdown measures which is gaining momentum. The rallies have been held weekly since the start of April, swelling in recent weeks to gatherings of thousands in major German cities. The movement sees the government […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: The UN disarmament chief says the COVID-19 pandemic is moving the world toward increased technological innovation and online collaboration, but “cybercrime is also on the rise, with a 600% increase in malicious emails during the current crisis.” Izumi Nakamitsu told an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday that […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: (Reuters) – A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave’s first known fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said on Saturday. Blockaded and short on medical facilities, Gaza, run by the Islamist group Hamas, has reported only 55 coronavirus infection cases among its population […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: (Reuters) Patients with severe COVID-19 given plasma from someone who recovered from the disease were more likely to stabilize or need less oxygen support than other similar hospital patients, according to results of a small U.S. study released on Friday. The study showed a trend toward better survival rates, but the […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: (Reuters) – U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump’s praise of an Indian teenager’s bicycle ride home hundreds of kilometres away is drawing criticism in India for being insensitive to the plight of impoverished migrant workers struggling in a lockdown. The girl carried her father on the back of her bicycle for about […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen, where the healthcare system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations has warned as it appealed for urgent funding. “Aid agencies in Yemen are operating on the basis that community transmission is taking place across the country,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: (AP) The coronavirus pandemic is interrupting immunization against diseases including measles, polio and cholera that could put the lives of nearly 80 million children under the age of 1 at risk, according to a new analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. In a new report issued on Friday, […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: The UN peacekeeping mission North Darfur, Sudan has quarantined most of its staff because of fears the spread of the coronavirus, it said Friday in a statement. “The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) wishes to inform about seven (7) suspected cases of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: 2 out of 5 daily prayers, also Friday prayers to be allowed in mosques, prayer rooms in country’s 81 provinces Congregational prayer gatherings in Turkey will be partially allowed starting May 29, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Two out of five daily prayers, as well as […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: The World Health Organization declared Latin America “a new epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic Friday. Surges in infections across much of Central and South America continued to drive the global toll higher even as hard-hit nations in Europe, along with the United States, sought to move into a cautious recovery phase […]
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