Tue 31 March 2020: In phone call, Erdogan, Widodo also address bilateral relations The Turkish and Indonesian leaders discussed the coronavirus pandemic infecting more people every day over the phone on Tuesday, according to an official statement. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo discussed cooperation in fight against the coronavirus and […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases climbed past 800,000 on Tuesday, according to figures compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The COVID-19 virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December, has spread to at least 178 countries and regions around the globe, while a total of 38,714 people have died […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: The death toll from coronavirus in the U.K. surged to 1,801, after another 393 fatalities were recorded over the last 24 hours, the biggest single-day jump, British health authorities announced on Tuesday. The National Health Service England said that 19-year-old with no underlying conditions was among those who died. The Department […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: In the race to protect public health, are governments harming privacy rights? Plus, Trump’s coronavirus misinformation. A note for our viewers: The COVID-19 pandemic is a news story like no other, and as life as we know it grinds to a halt, The Listening Post team – like so many journalists across […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: (AP) The spring breezes of 2020 are carrying more than just tree pollen. There’s a whiff of paranoia in the air. For millions of seasonal allergy sufferers, the annual onset of watery eyes and scratchy throats is bumping up against the global spread of a new virus that produces its own […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: Authorities in Saudi Arabia’s Medina have started using thermal drones to monitor people’s temperatures in open spaces and markets in line with precautionary measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The drones are equipped with thermal cameras operating on artificial intelligence, according to a report by the Saudi Press […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: Barcelona football club’s players will take a 70 percent pay cut and make an extra contribution on top during the enforced La Liga break so that the club’s other employees can earn their full salaries during the coronavirus crisis, captain Lionel Messi said. In addition to the football players, Barcelona’s professional […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81. Yhombi-Opango was ill before he contracted the virus, his son told AFP news agency. He led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: After the restrictions came into force, cases of violence against women have increased, including two murders. France has said it would pay for hotel rooms for victims of domestic violence and open pop-up counselling centres after figures showed the number of abuse cases had soared during the first week of a […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: Din Mohammad is doing everything possible in his power to keep his family and fellow Rohingya refugees healthy during a three-week lockdown enforced by the Indian government to fight the coronavirus. For the past week, Mohammad, 59, who lives with his wife and five children in Madanpur Khadar refugee camp in […]
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