Sat 18 April 2020: In 2014, Twitter sued the US Department of Justice to be allowed to reveal surveillance requests it received. Twitter will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the United States government after a federal judge accepted government arguments that this was likely to harm national security after a nearly […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: The United Arab Emirates will fine people up to 20,000 dirhams ($5,500) if they share medical information about the coronavirus that contradicts official statements, state news agency WAM reported on Saturday. The move appears to be aimed at containing the spread of misinformation and rumours related to the COVID-19 outbreak that has claimed […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: Cases cross 13,000 in Israel, 5,000 in Ukraine, 1,500 in Kazakhstan More coronavirus cases and deaths were reported in several countries on Saturday. The number of cases in Israel crossed 13,000 and the death toll has risen to 158, according to the Health Ministry. It said seven patients died and 125 […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: (REUTERS) At least 20 officials working at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s palace have tested positive for coronavirus, prompting the 70-year-old leader to limit most of his contact with staff to digital communication, government sources said on Saturday. An official document delivered to the Presidential Palace in Kabul is thought to have […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: Turkey’s state-run charity on Friday distributed food and personal hygiene items in Romania to 1,500 needy families. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) dispatched the aid in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. There are 8,067 COVID-19 cases in Romania and the official death toll is 411. The novel coronavirus […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: The United Nations on Friday sent 56 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, a northwestern Syrian province where millions remain in desperate need of assistance. The aid trucks entered Syria through the Cilvegözü border gate in Turkey’s southern Hatay province, which borders Idlib. The supplies will be distributed to people in […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: Global ecommerce company Amazon has donated $300,000 to a non-profit US organisation which is supplying medical equipment to healthcare professionals and patients in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic. The donation by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will be made through the Israel Healthcare Foundation, an independent US-based non-profit that seeks to improve healthcare for […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: Militant Hindus spreading hatred and committing crimes against Muslims should be expelled from the Gulf, a Saudi Arabian scholar has said, amid a growing number of hate crimes by Hindu supremacists against India’s Muslim minority. Such attacks have increased during the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Hindus loyal to the ruling far-right […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: Turkey on Friday confirmed 126 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,769. The total number of registered coronavirus cases surged to 78,546 as 4,353 more people tested positive for the virus, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said following Coronavirus Science Board meeting in the capital Ankara. So […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: Google said on Friday it would waive fees for publishers using its Ad Manager platform for the next five months as part of its efforts to support news organizations reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes in addition to Google’s “journalism relief fund” announced this week, which will include emergency […]
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