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993 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Afghanistan Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz on Sunday said that 60 new positive coronavirus cases have been registered in the past 24 hours in the country, bringing the total cases to 993.
Feroz said that so far 32 people have died due to the coronavirus and 131 others have recovered.
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COVID-19 has now killed over 160,000 globally, 2.3 million infected A church volunteer wearing protective equipment brings holy light to the people at their home during Christian Orthodox Easter celebration prior to the religious service held with closed doors due to the social distancing rules imposed by the state of emergency in Bucharest April 18, 2020. (Photo by... |
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Trump says some US states to reopen in coming days US President Donald Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 18, 2020. (AFP photo)
President Donald Trump says that some US states will begin lifting coronavirus restrictions in coming days while still observing the virus-related precautions.
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UAE-backed separatists warn of imminent war with Saudi mercenaries in Yemen Militants loyal to former Yemeni government drive a pickup truck in Aden, Yemen. (Photo by AFP)
UAE-backed separatists in southern Yemen have warned of an "imminent war" with Saudi-sponsored militants as divisions between the two sides continue to deepen.
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Body bags laid outside Trump Hotel in New York to protest COVID-19 response Protesters hold placards as they take part in a nationwide protest against US President Donald Trump named as they place fake body bags on the street in front of the Trump International Hotel on April 18, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by AFP)
Protesters laid fake body bags in the road outside the Trump... |
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Many refugees on US deportation flight to Guatemala had coronavirus: Official Government officials stand next to a plane carrying migrants deported from the US at La Aurora International airport, in Guatemala City. (Photo by Reuters)
A large number of refugees deported by US immigration authorities to Guatemala this week were infected with the coronavirus, the Guatemalan president... |
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Europes COVID-19 death toll surpasses 100,000 Emergency workers wearing full protective suits transport a patient to an ambulance at the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2020. (Photo by AP)
The number of fatalities from the COVID-19 pandemic has topped 100,000 in Europe, the hardest-hit continent in the world.
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Chelsea players in talks over pay cut Chelsea players are in extensive talks with the club over a potential 10 percent pay cut amid the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Blues director Marina Granovskaia is leading the discussions on the club side with captain Cesar Azpilicueta representing the first-team squad.
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US asks China to revise export rules on coronavirus protective gear The move followed highly publicized complaints from some governments and hospitals that they received PPE from China that they considered faulty. (Photo by AFP)
The United States has asked China to revise new export quality control rules for protective equipment needed in the coronavirus outbreak so... |
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Climate change: A major global threat isidoros Karderinis, writer
The climate change, that is, the change of the global climate and in particular the changes in meteorological conditions that extend on a large time scale, is a major global existential threat, much greater than the coronavirus.
The greenhouse effect causes the increase... |
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Afghanistan Short of RNA Extraction Kits Raising the alarm about the increasing spread of the coronavirus in the country, the Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz on Saturday said the COVID-19 testing centers are faced with a shortage of RNA extraction supplies -the standard available test--which poses a new challenge in the effort to fight... |
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Lack of Kits Halts COVID-19 Testing in Balkh Testing for the coronavirus has temporarily stopped in the northern province of Balkh due to the lack of the required kits, which officials say cannot be purchased unless they are first approved by the World Health Organization.
Balkh stands third in terms of positive cases of the coronavirus, but... |
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At least five women, children die in food aid stampede in Nigeria People walk past a rickety truck overloaded with tomatoes in a sparsely attended Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, April 6, 2020. (File photo by AFP)
At least five women and children died on Saturday in a stampede when cash and clothes were handed out to thousands of displaced people in northeastern... |
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British government to investigate why BAME community worst-hit by COVID-19 In the UK, figures suggest 28 percent of the most seriously ill COVID-19 patients needing hospital treatment are either black or Asian, despite making up only ten percent of the population.
Among health and social care workers it is the same. Of the 54 front line health and social care workers in... |
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Egypt court adds 13 Brotherhood members, associates to terrorist list The file photo shows a view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt.
A court in Egypt has added a former lawmaker and a dozen others, all either members or associates of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement, to terrorist lists for five years.
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New York governor hits back at Trump over disparaging comments New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gives his a press briefing about the coronavirus crisis on April 17, 2020 in Albany, New York. (AFP photo)
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has hit back at a series of presidential tweets accusing him of dramatizing the coronavirus pandemic and not being appreciative of... |
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Americas overflowing prison population fights back US authorities crackdown on prisoners during the fast-growing COVID-19 pandemic is putting inmates on edge amid concerns that the so-called correctional facilities are acting as petri dishes for the novel coronavirus.
By Desmond Abrams
"This is what happens when COS (correction officers) want to try... |
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Iraqi parliament demands Baghdads procurement of Russias S-400 missile system This file picture shows Russian-built S-400 missile defense systems deployed in an undisclosed location in Russia. (Photo by Sputnik news agency)
The Iraqi parliaments security and defense committee has submitted an in-depth study to the countrys caretaker prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, requesting... |
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Afghanistans education system launches platform for online classes Afghanistan has launched an online education system to help students catch up with their lessons in the time of the novel coronavirus, but this has caused trouble as many school children have no access to the internet.
The spread of COVID-19 in Afghanistan has seriously affected the lives of many. The... |
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Irans main stock exchange records biggest daily jump ever People watch information displayed on the digital screen of the Tehran Stock Exchange. (File photo by Mehr News)
Irans main stock exchange the TSE has recorded its biggest daily jump as main index in the market tops an all-time high of 668,320 points.
Reports in the local media said Tehran Stock Exchange... |
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Irans defense ministry makes mass delivery of new drones to army File photo shows Iranian drones being launched during a military exercise.
Irans defense ministry has made mass delivery of new combat and surveillance drones, including a jet-powered multipurpose UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) to Armys Air force and Air Defense Force.
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US may scale back CIA presence in Afghanistan to save peace deal In this file photo taken on November 13, 2014, a US soldier inspects the site of an attack targeting foreign troops in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
The United States is considering the withdrawal of CIA operatives from bases in Afghanistan, as part of an effort to further reduce violence in the war-ravaged... |
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Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet found hiding in Kepler data An illustration of Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star. This newly discovered exoplanet is in its stars habitable zone and is the closest to Earth in size and temperature found yet in Keplers data. (Photo by NASA)
Buried in data from the now-defunct Kepler space telescope, astronomers... |
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US-backed militants escape al-Tanf base, defect to Syrian army Fighters from Maghawir Al-Thawra (MaT) near al-Tanf in southern Syria, October 2017. Imat MaT/Facebook
Members of the last remaining US-backed militant group in Syria have fled an occupied American military base to government-held territory, defecting to the Damascus army that is on the verge of winning... |
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US seeks to tighten grip over Syrian oil as Damascus is busy battling COVID-19: Analyst A US military vehicle drives past an oil pump jack in the countryside of Syrias northeastern city of Qamishli. President Trump is leaving some US troops in Syria, with the goal of controlling Syrias oil fields. But legal experts say exploiting the oil could amount to pillaging - a war crime. Photo... |
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Coronavirus infections among Saudi royals exceedingly surpassed previous figures Women wear protective face masks, as they walk, after Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on the province of Qatif, following the spread of coronavirus, in Qatif, Saudi Arabia March 10, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A Saudi whistleblower has said that the number of Saudi royals infected with the coronavirus... |
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Bogged down Saudis look for exit from Yemen quagmire using COVID-19 as fig leaf: Report This image grab taken from a handout video released by Yemens Houthis shows Saudi mercenaries captured in an August offensive near the southern Saudi region of Najran. (AFP)
Saudi Arabia is reportedly using the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a "fig leaf" for an exit from the quagmire in war-torn... |
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Miami doctor handcuffed for helping homeless amid COVID-19 crisis A frontline doctor at Miamis Jackson Memorial Hospital recalled the "humiliating" and "infuriating" experience of being handcuffed outside his home as he went to help homeless people amid the coroanvirus crisis.
Dr. Armen Henderson was only released after his wife showed documents proving they both... |
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US urge for disaster in Persian Gulf rooted in imperialism Naval forces of Irans Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) cross the path of US warships in the Persian Gulf. (File photo)
By Bill Van Auken*
The US Navy charged Wednesday that 11 Iranian vessels had "repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches against multiple US naval ships operating... |
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Coronavirus is far more widespread in US than previously thought: Study The body of a COVID-19 victim is seen on a gurney at Maryland Cremation services in Millersville, Maryland, on April 17, 2020. (AFP photo)
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in the US, which has suffered the greatest number of reported COVID-19 fatalities, is far higher than previously... |
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