Sat 18 April 2020: The powerful chief of staff to Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, the presidency said Saturday. Buhari’s office announced in a statement that it “regrets to announce the passage” of Abba Kyari, who acted as gatekeeper to the president of Africa’s most populous nation. “The deceased […]
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FILE PHOTO: The shutdown of businesses across India that employed migrants has swelled the number of homeless people. Sat 18 April 2020: Governments around the world are grappling with the question of when to reopen society, seeking a life-and-death balance between unfreezing stalled economies and preventing a second deadly coronavirus wave. Germany became the latest […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: World coronavirus deaths surged past 150,000 Friday as US President Donald Trump accused China of continuing to cover up its toll, even after Beijing revised figures sharply upward for Wuhan, the original epicenter of the global pandemic. COVID-19 fatalities mounted in the United States and hard-hit Western Europe countries, but fresh […]
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Sat 18 April 2020: (AFP) Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada’s long-term care homes. The bleak situation discovered at the Residence Herron, […]
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Fri 17 April 2020: Censoring information about the coronavirus outbreak would prevent the media from holding those in power accountable. India is fighting on two fronts right now – the global pandemic and an escalating humanitarian crisis of millions of migrant workers battling hunger and homelessness due to the lockdown. Historically, pandemics, wars, and famines have led […]
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Fri 17 April 2020: (REUTERS) Russia on Friday reported a record rise of 4,069 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, bringing its nationwide tally to 32,007, the Interfax news agency said. The number of coronavirus cases in Russia began rising sharply this month, although it had reported far fewer infections than many western […]
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FILE PHOTO Fri 17 April 2020: Tunisian engineers have created a web-based platform that scans lung X-rays and evaluates whether patients are likely to be suffering from the novel coronavirus. While it’s not the first initiative of its kind in the world, its creators say it is the first to be openly available. And though not a diagnostic tool, […]
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Hulusi Akar said that his ministry is trying to fulfill its duties in the best way amid the coronavirus outbreak Photograph: Arif Akdoğan Fri 17 April 2020: Sahra mechanical breathing device indigenously developed, says national defense minister Turkey produced an indigenous mechanical breathing device, named Sahra, or desert, national defense minister said on Friday. After […]
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Fri 17 April 2020: Zakat Foundation of America plans to donate 150,000 gloves, masks to hospitals in low-income areas, says director A Chicago-based Muslim aid organization continues to assist U.S. healthcare professionals, as the country faces severe coronavirus crisis. The Executive Director of the Zakat Foundation of America, Halil Demir told Anadolu Agency the organization […]
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Fri 17 April 2020: Official spokesperson refutes US envoy statement that Washington was providing $5M to Palestine to combat pandemic Palestinian authorities on Friday denied having received any aid from the U.S. At a press conference Palestinian Spokesman Ibrahim Melhem while briefings about measures taken to combat the coronavirus of COVID-19 pandemic said there has […]
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