Thu 16 April 2020: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” George Orwell didn’t have a 21st century plague in mind when he wrote these lines in “Animal Farm,” however it seems to ring true for the practices of some states and governments as the world grapples with the novel […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: A team of robot-designing girls in Afghanistan is trying to build a low-cost medical ventilator from car parts, as health authorities look to boost critical-care capabilities for coronavirus patients in the impoverished country. If the teenagers succeed and can get government approval for their prototype, they say it could be replicated […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than 2 million people globally was made in a lab. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark in response to a question about accusations the coronavirus originated in […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Millions in Arab nations lack access to basic handwashing facilities as virus spreads across region The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said Wednesday that 74 million people lack access to a basic handwashing facilities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Arab nations. The Beirut-based […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (REUTERS) Britain should ask for an extension to its post-Brexit transition period to ease uncertainty at a time when the world economy is being hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the International Monetary Fund said. “It is tough as it is. Let’s not make it any tougher,” Kristalina Georgieva, […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Turkey has barred employers from laying off workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a top government official said on Thursday. Employment contracts cannot be nullified for a three-month period except in unconscionable situations, according to the country’s labor, social services and family minister. Turkey will also pay 39.24 Turkish liras (about $5.70) […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (REUTERS) U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing “needs to come clean” on what they know. The source of the virus remains a mystery. General Mark Milley, […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: The Arab League warned Wednesday that a humanitarian disaster could occur if the coronavirus pandemic spreads in refugee camps in Syria, Anadolu reports. A statement by the bloc’s 22 Arab nations came after a meeting between its Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen. They discussed the dangerous consequences of […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Apolitical Muslim group linked by Indian media to rising number of coronavirus cases in South Asian country India on Wednesday brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, head of the Muslim missionary group Tablighi Jamaat, and six others, a police official said. The group — […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Dr Saud Anwar, a Connecticut state senator, receives unsung hero parade for a multipronged effort to fight coronavirus. Saud Anwar is taking on the novel coronavirus on multiple fronts: as a Connecticut resident, a state senator, and first and foremost, he says, as a doctor. “I am just a doctor, who […]
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