Sat 09 May 2020: The United States on Friday stunned other members of the UN Security Council by preventing a vote on a resolution drafted by France and Tunisia for a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world to help troubled nations better fight the coronavirus pandemic, diplomats said. Washington’s reversal came a day after […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: A World Health Organization food and animal disease expert said Friday that he believes a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan selling live animals likely played a significant role in the emergence of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but more research is needed to determine precisely how. Chinese authorities shut down the market in January […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: China continues to hide and obfuscate COVID-19 data from the world, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, asserting that he has seen a significant amount of evidence suggesting that a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan was underperforming and the virus could well have emanated from there. […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: Mosques in Germany will reopen their doors to worshippers this weekend, following a government decision to ease coronavirus restrictions in the country. The mosques around the country will gradually reopen according to some guidelines set out by Germany’s Muslim Coordination Council (KRM). Yakup Ayar, the head of Sehitlik Mosque Association, said […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: While nearly 3.9M infected by virus, US’s Johns Hopkins University figures show almost 1.3M recoveries Global coronavirus-related fatalities Friday exceeded the 270,000 mark, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The figures counted 270,20 deaths, while the numbers of cases and recoveries stand at 3,864,696 and 1,292,672 […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: Russia confirmed 10,699 new coronavirus infections Friday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 187,859. Russia now has the world’s second-fastest rate of new infections behind the United States. It is the fifth most-affected country in terms of infections, surpassing Germany and France on Thursday. Ninety-eight people died over the past 24 hours, […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: The leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Keir Starmer, says the UK needs to do “everything” to protect the most vulnerable from the novel coronavirus, especially those in care homes, he wrote in an op-ed marking VE day on the The Daily Telegraph newspaper. “We have all heard the harrowing stories of the virus spreading […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: (REUTERS) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday some low-risk prisoners would be granted parole to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in correctional facilities. Around 19,000 people would be freed by the move, taken in response to a U.N. call on all countries to reduce prison populations so […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a total of $18 billion so far to help dozens of countries bear the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesperson said on Thursday. “Since roughly the beginning of April until May 6th, yesterday, we have approved financing for 50 countries under these emergency […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: The coronavirus is “widely spreading” in Yemen while cases are not being detected by the official authorities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned yesterday. “The coronavirus in Yemen could be contained if the confirmed cases were properly looked at, tested and treated,” the executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, Michael Ryan disclosed. “WHO […]
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