Thu 16 April 2020: Three whistle-blowers who tried to inform the world about the true scale of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan are still missing two months after vanishing from the public sight. The whereabouts of Chen Qiushi, Fang Bing and Li Zehua have been a mystery since February, and Chinese officials have not publicly […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (REUTERS) US officials sent two warnings about safety concerns at a Chinese coronavirus research laboratory in the city of Wuhan two years before the outbreak of the COVID-19, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The warnings, contained in cables sent to Washington, stated that the laboratory was conducting risky studies on […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (AFP) The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a “profound and pervasive impact” on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes, experts warned Thursday. In a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry, a panel of 24 specialists call for more funding for research into the […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (AFP) With the global economy plunged into the worst recession in a century, the Group of 20 nations on Wednesday announced a one-year debt standstill for the world’s poorest nations as they struggle to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The G20, which brings together the world’s largest economies, also reiterated the […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: If the findings of the parliament’s report are correct, it would put Iran’s death toll potential as high as over 8,500, with some 760,000 total cases. The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus pandemic is likely nearly double the officially reported figures, due to undercounting and because not everyone with […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: The World Health Organization chief voiced “regret” at US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend funding of the UN agency over criticism it had mismanaged the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We regret the decision of the president of the United States to order a halt in funding to the World Health Organization,” Ghebreyesus told […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: Yemeni Prime Minister Moeen Abdul Malik said on Monday that Saudi Arabia has allocated $25 million to confront the coronavirus in Yemen and provided $5 million in humanitarian support to the war-torn country. Malik made the remarks during a meeting with the supreme national emergency committee for COVID-19 and a number […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: As the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic amid a global race to stop its spread, India has passed a new law in Kashmir which residents fear will change the demographic status of the Muslim-majority territory. The new domicile law announced by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs on 1 April grants permanent residency rights, which […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: The Syrian regime is facing renewed calls to release detained healthcare workers amid a coronavirus pandemic, which threatens to kill thousands. Campaigners and families of detainees and forcibly disappeared medical workers on Wednesday urged the release of doctors and nurses in a statement prepared by The Syria Campaign, a UK-based rights organisation. Among the thousands of people detained by the Syrian […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: Stating that the lives of all Muslims living in the country are in danger at all times, the source went on to say that a Hindu could report their Muslim neighbor to authorities falsely claiming they contracted the coronavirus Smear campaigns backed by Hindu nationalists are being waged against Muslims in […]
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