Tue 17 March 2020: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, recently called the coronavirus a “blessing.” After China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, its ally, has emerged as the second focal point of coronavirus, and thanks to the ruling mullahs’ lies and cover-ups, Tehran is spreading it to the rest of the planet. The Iranian authorities at first claimed that the […]
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Tue 17 March 2020: More than 182,260 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and 7,165 have died, with cases and deaths outside China overtaking those in the country where the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally. Infections outside China have been reported by 161 countries. Spreading faster outside China China […]
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Tue 17 March 2020: France will deploy 100,000 police to enforce a lockdown ordered by President Emmanuel Macron aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak, the country’s interior minister said on Monday, and fixed checkpoints will be set up across the country. “Stay at home,” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said, adding that fines of up to […]
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Tue 17 March 2020: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday that he would call in the coming days an extraordinary G20 meeting to tackle coronavirus and its economic impact, Sanchez’ office said. Saudi Arabia is the host of the next G20 summit – an annual gathering of […]
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FILE PHOTO: Heads of States and of Governments of the G7, the group of most industrialised economies, plus the European Union, meet in Taormina, Italy, from 26 to 27 May 2017. [Ettore Ferrari/EPA] Tue 17 March 2020: Leaders of the G7 industrial powerhouses pledged Monday to join forces to halt economic freefall in the wake […]
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Tue 17 March 2020: Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, but his wife Rita Wilson remains hospitalised, health officials said Tuesday. The multiple Oscar-winning actor was on the Gold Coast near Brisbane to film an Elvis Presley biopic directed […]
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Tue 17 March 2020: It’s a scene that’s become familiar around the world: From the US to France to Australia, rows of empty supermarket shelves where toilet paper used to be, the result of coronavirus-induced panic buying. What exactly is it about the rolls of tissue that has caused mayhem across cultures, including at times […]
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Tue 17 March 2020: (AFP) The United States and China on Monday each demanded that the other stop smearing its reputation over the novel coronavirus as Donald Trump referred to the pathogen as the “Chinese Virus.” “The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the […]
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Mon 16 March 2020: Like hundreds of thousands of people across the world, the super-rich are preparing to self-isolate in the face of an escalation in the coronavirus crisis. But their plans extend far beyond stocking up on hand sanitiser and TV boxsets. The world’s richest people are chartering private jets to set off for holiday homes […]
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Mon 16 March 2020: The coronavirus outbreak in Iran was caused by Chinese students studying at a religious seminary in the Shia holy city of Qom, Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric, Molavi Abdul-Hamid, said in a video published on his website Friday. “It is known that Chinese students studying at Al-Mustafa International University (MIU) brought […]
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