Wed 01 April 2020: Will we see a new cold war emerge? Considering the sheer chaos inflicted upon global public health and the international economic system – dominated by American commerce and Chinese manufacturing fed by fossil fuel energy producing countries, including the Middle East – there has been very little discussion on the impact […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Occupying Israeli forces have confiscated food and medical aid trucks being sent to Palestinians under COVID-19 lockdown in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli forces on Tuesday evening withheld a convoy of food aid for Palestinian families in need who have been left without income as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The food truck was delivering aid […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: (REUTERS) A Russian military transport plane took off from an airfield outside Moscow early on Wednesday and headed for the United States with a load of medical equipment and masks to help Washington fight coronavirus, Russian state TV reported. President Vladimir Putin offered Russian help in a phone conversation with President […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: What is social distancing? Social distancing is a public health practice that aims to prevent sick people from coming in close contact with healthy people in order to reduce opportunities for disease transmission. It can include large-scale measures like canceling group events or closing public spaces, as well as individual decisions […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: An Israeli parliamentary committee Tuesday approved the collection of personal data on citizens by domestic spy agencies, a controversial measure enacted for the purpose of battling the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in March, the government authorized the country’s intelligence agency Shin Bet to collect information from private cell phones to facilitate Israel’s […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Indonesia confirmed 149 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 1,677, a health ministry official said. Achmad Yurianto reported 21 new deaths from the virus, taking the total to 157, while 103 had recovered. 08:56 GMT – Philippines reports 227 new coronavirus cases, eight more deaths […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Spain sees highest daily deaths at 864 as Iran’s total toll passes 3,000 over last 24 hours in worst crisis since WWII. Another 864 people died in Spain over the past 24 hours – its highest daily death toll from coronavirus – while infections jumped to 102,136, up from 94,417. Iran’s death toll […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Somalia’s former Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein has died in a London hospital after contracting coronavirus, his family told BBC’s Somali service. He was 83 and held office between November 2007 and February 2009. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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Wed 01 April 2020: The ex-Soviet nation of Turkmenistan has banned the media from using the word “coronavirus,” an international media freedom watchdog said. Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday the word also has been removed from health information brochures distributed in schools, hospitals and workplaces. The gas-rich Central Asian nation that neighbors Iran so far […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to donate seven months of his salary towards an Covid-19 aid campaign, designed to tackle an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country. The Turkish leader made the announcement on Monday and encouraged other politicians, citizens and businessmen to follow his lead, following a meeting with officials […]
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