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China reports new coronavirus cases after lockdown lifted IMAGE1This photo, taken on April 8, 2020, shows a worker producing face masks that will be exported, at a factory in Nanchang, in Chinas central Jiangxi Province. (By AFP)
China has reported 63 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus, up by one case from its last daily tally.
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Bernie Sanders quits 2020 US Democratic presidential campaign The still image shows Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont while announcing the suspension of his presidential campaign on April 8, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Leading US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has ended his presidential campaign, paving the way for his rival, former Vice President Joe... |
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Turkish forces, allied militants shell villages in Syrias Hasakah: Report In this file photo, taken on March 24, 2019, smoke is seen rising behind destroyed vehicles and damaged buildings in the village of Baghouz, in Syrias eastern Dayr al-Zawr Province, near the Iraqi border. (By AFP)
Turkish army forces and militants allied to Ankara have attacked several villages in... |
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Turkish forces, allied militants shell villages in Syrias Hasakah: Report In this file photo, taken on March 24, 2019, smoke is seen rising behind destroyed vehicles and damaged buildings in the village of Baghouz, in Syrias eastern Dayr al-Zawr Province, near the Iraqi border. (By AFP)
Turkish army forces and militants allied to Ankara have attacked several villages in... |
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Arab states urged to empty overcrowded jails amid outbreak File photo shows the interior of a prison in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. (Photo by Reuters)
Many notable human rights bodies have warned the Persian Gulf Arab states about the health hazards caused by the continued jailing of hundreds of peaceful protesters and thousands of migrant workers amid... |
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African Union urges countries to mark 26th anniversary of Rwanda genocide The skulls of the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide are displayed in the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2012. (Photo by AFP)
The head of the African Union Commission has called on all Africans to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, which claimed over... |
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Zarif: Iran needs no charity from US, only wants bans lifted amid virus crisis Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran, as a resource-rich nation, needs no charity from US President Donald Trump in its battle against a coronavirus pandemic, urging Washington instead to stop standing in the way of Tehrans oil sales and banking transactions.
Zarif made the comments in... |
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Russian space agency says Trump paving way to seize other planets The Constellation Programs Ares I-X test rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39B, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the United States, on October 28, 2009. (Photo by NASA)
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, accused US President Donald Trump on Tuesday of creating a basis to take over other... |
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Growing concerns about coronavirus deaths in prisons A vicious coronavirus crisis is raging mostly unnoticed inside Britains antiquated prison network
As most of the attention is focused on Prime Minister Boris Johnsons deteriorating health, the coronavirus crisis rages unnoticed in the darkest corners of Britain, namely the countrys prisons.
So... |
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US forces preparing to withdraw from base west of Baghdad US soldiers stand at the Qayyarah air base in northern Iraq before a planned pullout on March 26, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh terror group in Iraq is reportedly preparing to evacuate troops from a military base in the city of Abu Gharib, west of the capital... |
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Coronavirus in Europe: Migrants in Poland being hit hardest by life on lockdown Poland is home to nearly two million migrant workers. Most come from neighbouring countries like Ukraine and Belarus, and some come from faraway places like Bangladesh.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate was at a historic low of 2.9 per cent. The economy in the country has been growing,... |
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Australian cardinal acquitted of all child abuse charges in shock ruling Australian Cardinal George Pell leaves after being released from Barwon Prison near Anakie, some 70 kilometers west of Melbourne, on April 7, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Australian Cardinal George Pell has been freed from jail after being acquitted by Australias highest court of charges of child abuse in... |
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Iran-made coronavirus test kits, ventilators, anti-viral masks to hit market The picture taken on February 26, 2020, shows the production line of protective masks at a subsidiary organization of the Iranian Defense Ministry. (By IRNA)
An Iranian university researcher says domestically-developed coronavirus diagnostic test kits, light-weight ventilators and virus-killingfacemasks... |
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Venezuelas Maduro pens open letter to Americans A handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaking during a televised message amid the coronavirus pandemic, at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 30, 2020. (Via AFP)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has released... |
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African American communities hit hardest by coronavirus: US data While more affluent parts of Nashville have had testing sites for weeks, this drive-through testing site at Meharry Medical College, in a historically African American neighborhood, experienced weeks of delays because staff couldnt acquire the needed testing supplies and gear like masks and gloves.... |
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University in Japan holds graduation ceremony using avatar robots Business Breakthrough (BBT) Dean Kenichi Ohmae poses with iPads attached to "Newme" robots replacing graduating students at a ceremony, in Tokyo, Japan, March 28, 2020.
Business Breakthrough (BBT) University in Tokyo held a graduation ceremony for students in late March using avatar robots remotely... |
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Boris Johnson in intensive care unit as coronavirus symptoms worsen British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken to intensive care unit at a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
His condition "worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at St Thomas Hospital... |
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Libya government forces say Emirati drones supporting rebels Damage is seen after shells fell on a residential area in Abu Salim district, in Tripoli, Libya, on February 28, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Government forces in Libya say Emirati drones have carried out two airstrikes in support of Libyan rebels near the city of Sirte.
Mustafa al-Mujie, a spokesman for... |
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Will Labour Party become pro-war after Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer has been elected as the leader of the British Labour Party, signalling perhaps the beginning of a new era for Labour. Jeremy Corbyn the former Labour Party leader, who stepped down in the wake of general election defeat to Boris Johnson, was notably an advocate for an anti-war, pro-Palestinian... |
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US officer killed in ambush in eastern Syria In this file photo taken on March 24, 2019 smoke is rising behind destroyed vehicles and damaged buildings in the village of Baghouz in Syrias eastern Dayr al-Zawr province near the Iraqi border. (Photo by AFP)
A US officer has been killed in an ambush in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr.
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Amnesty, HRW urge Bahrain to release political inmates amid COVID-19 pandemic Prominent Bahraini activist Hajer Mansoor (C) is greeted in the village of Aali, south of the capital Manama, following her release from prison, on March 5, 2020. Mansoor was released after completing a three-year prison term on charges that rights groups said were fabricated as an act of reprisal against... |
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UN Security Council to hold first coronavirus talks Thursday: diplomats In this file photo taken on February 26, 2020 German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (C) speaks at a UN Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York on February 26, 2020.
The UN Security Council will hold its first meeting on the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, after weeks of divisions... |
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More Americans dying of covid-19 than official count: Report Medical workers move a body to an overflow morgue outside the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York City, on April 2, 2020. (Bloomberg News photo)
The fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic is likely killing people in the United States that are not counted in the nations growing death toll,... |
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As PMs health deteriorates concerns grow about stability of government Boris Johnsons health has markedly deteriorated in the past 24 hours
The sudden deterioration in Prime Minister Boris Johnsons health has touched off a flurry of speculation as to who would take over the reins of government if the PM becomes incapacitated.
Johnson was rushed off to hospital last... |
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French doctor apologizes for Africa coronavirus test remarks after severe backlash People walk in a line next to traffic as they depart Nigerian capital, Abuja, on March 30, 2020, to neighboring states after President Muhammadu Buhari called for a lockdown to limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by AFP)
A French doctor who suggested that a possible treatment for the... |
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Germanys Merkel: Coronavirus EUs biggest test since foundation German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media about German governments measures to avoid further spread of the coronavirus, on April 6, 2020 at the chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the coronavirus pandemic is the "biggest test" that the European Union has... |
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Rockets hit near foreign oil firms in Basra amid alert in Iraq This file photo taken on March 3, 2016, shows a an Iraqi national flag flying before front of excess gas being burnt off, at a pipeline in the newly opened section of the oil refinery of Zubair, southwest of Basra in southern Iraq. (Photo by AFP)
Several rockets have landed near offices of foreign and... |
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Human Rights Watch blasts US refusal to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus A temporary hospital for coronavirus patients at an exhibition center in Tehran
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly criticized the United States for its refusal to lift sanctions on Iran amid the new coronavirus outbreak.
The report was published by the New York-based organization on Monday asserted... |
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Iran to have blocked funds released: Government spokesman File photo shows spokesman of the Iranian government Ali Rabiei.
The Iranian government says it will soon have parts of funds blocked abroad because of the US sanctions released and return to the country for the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei said... |
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Ousted US intelligence inspector Atkinson calls on others to defend whistleblowers Michael Atkinson, the outgoing intelligence community inspector general fired by President Donald Trump (File photo)
Michael Atkinson, the outgoing intelligence community inspector general fired by President Donald Trump on Friday, has called on others to speak out and defend whistleblowers.
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