Wed 01 April 2020: Over 175,000 people recovered from coronavirus epidemic so far, while infected cases surpass 838,000 The global death toll from coronavirus climbed over 40,000 on Tuesday, according to figures compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The virus known as COVID-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December, has spread to at least […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Denis Protsenko, the chief doctor of Moscow’s top hospital for coronavirus patients, confirmed he has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, a statement that comes a week after he shook hands with President Vladimir Putin. Putin visited the Kommunarka hospital a week ago and met with its chief Protsenko. The doctor […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Saudi Arabia is asking Muslims around the world to be patient and delay their plans for the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages amid uncertainties surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the Kingdom’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah said. The Kingdom’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten, said that Saudi Arabia was ready […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: (AFP) The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to worsen Wednesday despite unprecedented lockdowns, as the head of the United Nations sounded the alarm on what he said was humanity’s worst crisis since World War II. The warning came as Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a “very […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Rupert Murdoch’s Australian flagship media group News Corp announced Wednesday it will stop printing around 60 regional newspapers, as the troubled sector received a fresh blow from a COVID-19 advertising downturn. News Corp said papers in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia would cease printing and […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: The mighty dollar shows reserve currency dominance. Plus, India’s banking troubles and travel industry under COVID-19. Rich nations have spent more than $9 trillion so far on tackling the economic fallout from COVID-19. And more spending is on the way as governments try to ensure there is a functioning economy post […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: European countries have delivered medical supplies to Iran in the first transaction under the INSTEX mechanism set up to bypass US sanctions on Tehran, according to the German foreign ministry. “France, Germany and the United Kingdom confirm that INSTEX has successfully concluded its first transaction, facilitating the export of medical goods […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: Coronavirus Lockdown Markaz Nizamuddin, which is the international headquarters of Tabilghi Jamaat for close to 100 years, will cooperate with the authorities, it said in a statement. Authorities in the Indian capital on Tuesday sealed off the premises of Tablighi Jamaat, accusing it of organising a religious gathering from March 13-15 […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: American Singer Della Miles has donated to Turkey after President Erdogan’s national call to fight the coronavirus late Monday, Ihlas News Agency reported. Turkey’s president launched a National Solidarity Campaign to aid the fight against the novel coronavirus, donating seven of his monthly salaries to the initiative. “I am launching the campaign personally […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: Migrant workers, returning home during a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus, were doused in a “chemical solution” in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, sparking controversy. The incident was caught on a video that showed three people, dressed in protective gear, spraying the liquid directly on a group of Indian workers […]
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