Mon 18 May 2020: Restaurants and churches will reopen in Italy on Monday as part of a fresh wave of lockdown easing in Europe, but rising coronavirus death tolls in Brazil, South Africa and other parts of the world showed the worst is still to come in many countries. But the World Health Organization has […]
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Sun 17 May 2020: (Reuters) – India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) asked the government on Sunday to extend a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus to May 31, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants. The NDMA, responsible for setting policy on the lockdown, made its […]
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Sun 17 May 2020: Tension has also escalated along Demchok in eastern Ladakh; reports indicate Chinese construction activity has been spotted. Ladakh is being closely monitored and Indian troops are being reinforced along the border with reports of China pitching tents near river Galwan — a 1962 flashpoint that has seen aggression in recent days […]
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Sun 17 May 2020: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said scientists are working at “breakneck speed” to develop vaccines and medicine to fight COVID-19, but the world must ensure government-private sector cohesion. “Now is the moment where leaders must come together to develop a new global access policy,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]
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Sun 17 May 2020: The Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) distributed 2,000 food parcels here Saturday to needy families. The head of the Kizilay delegation, Mustafa Aydin, told Anadolu Agency that parcels were distributed to families and refugees in Marib as part of a campaign to distribute 5,000 food parcels in Yemen’s different provinces. The aid […]
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Sun 17 May 2020: The Sunday Times report says Britain’s super-rich have lost more than £54bn in the past two months amid the coronavirus pandemic. The combined wealth of the UK’s 1,000 richest people has plummeted for the first time since the financial crash, with some billionaires counting losses of up to £6bn since last […]
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Sun 17 May 2020: Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald Trump. His remarks came as he spoke at two virtual commencements for high school and university students locked down instead of […]
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Sun 17 May 2020: Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practiced in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: A member of Libya’s Presidential Council has called for severing relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid accusations of the Gulf state backing eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar. In a letter to the Libyan government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj late Friday, council member Mohamed Amaria Zayed termed the UAE as […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: Pakistan resumed domestic flights between major cities for the first time in nearly two months on Saturday with the requirement that face masks be worn and vacant seats left between passengers, officials said. International flights will remain suspended till May 31. The first Pakistan International Airline (PIA) flight carrying 84 passengers […]
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