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New York schools to remain closed until September: mayor New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio wears a mask while visiting a temporary hospital located at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (which causes COVID-19), in the Queens borough on April 10, 2020 in New York City. (AFP photo)
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Iran ramps up production of coronavirus test kits The Iranian knowledge-based company, Pishtaz Teb, can make 100,000 coronavirus test kits per week and plans to up that to more than 800,000 per month when it starts working around the clock.
According to the Iranian vice president, three types of test kits are also destined for export as the global... |
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Iraqs new choice for Prime Minister suggests defeat of US pressure A handout picture released by the media office of the Iraqi Presidency on April 9, 2020 shows President Barham Saleh (L) swearing in Mustafa al-Kadhimi as new Prime Minister-designate. (Via AFP)
Iraq has designated a new Prime Minister that, contrary to his two predecessors, apparently enjoys inclusive... |
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Turkey dispatches some 300 allied Takfiri militants from Syria to Libya: SOHR Turkish-backed Takfiri militants are seen in the town of Saraqib in the eastern part of Syrias northwestern province of Idlib on February 27, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Turkey has reportedly sent new batches of allied Takfiri militants from Syria to Libya, following a bill passed by the parliament earlier... |
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US military brings in 35 trucks to oil-rich northeastern Syria: SANA A US military vehicle drives in a convoy while on patrol near the city of Hasakah in the countryside of Syrias northeastern province of Hasakah on April 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The United States has dispatched truckloads of military and logistical equipment to Syrias northeastern province of Hasakah... |
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Pope sympathizes with Iran amid coronavirus, pontificates US over sanctions This file photo shows Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Vatican has expressed sympathy with the Iranian people and talked to the US over draconian sanctions on Tehran amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Vaticans secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin talked to US officials following... |
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Trumps coronavirus downplaying, complacency to blame for crisis: Analyst Nurses and healthcare workers mourn and remember their colleagues who died during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (which causes COVID-19) during a demonstration outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on April 10, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by AFP)
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US COVID-19 cases surpass half a million; Trump faces biggest decision on re-opening economy The streets of Manhattan stand nearly empty due to the coronavirus epidemic on April 10, 2020 in New York City. According to John Hopkins University, the global death toll from COVID-19 has now reached 100,000 worldwide with many experts believing that the number is actually higher.(AFP photo)
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As US consigns Iranians to death, corporate media look the other way File photo of American demonstrators protesting Trump administrations anti-Iran sanctions despite the coronavirus pandemic near the White House in Washington, DC.
By Gregory Shupak*
Covid-19 has hammered few countries as hard as it has hit Iran, which reports (as of April 8) 64,586 cases and 3,993... |
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Most Americans disapprove of Trumps handling of coronavirus crisis: Polls US President Donald Trump points as he takes questions during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House on April 10, 2020. (AFP photo)
Support for President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus crisis has plunged over the past month, with a majority of Americans now disapproving... |
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UK has not reached COVID-19 peak so lockdown will stay: health minister The coronavirus death rate in the UK is expected to increase over the next few days, British health officials have warned.
Britain has not yet reached the COVID-19 peak which would allow for an easing of tight restrictions of movement, health minister Matt Hancock said on Saturday.
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Herat Lab Lacks COVID-19 Test Kits A lack of test kits at the only COVID-19 testing center in Herat causes patients to wait for days to see their results, according to Herat Provincial Council members.
From the total 555 confirmed cases, almost half of them are from Herat, where the first positive case of the coronavirus was reported,... |
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US Gen. Miller Meets with Taliban in Doha Gen. Austin S. Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, met with the Taliban leadership in Doha on Friday, said Col. Sonny Leggett, spokesman for the US forces in Afghanistan.
Leggett said the meeting was "part of the military channel established in the (US-Taliban) agreement,"... |
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555 COVID-19 Cases in Afghanistan, 18 Deaths Reported The number of positive cases of the coronavirus in Afghanistan reached 555 after the Ministry of Public Health reported 34 new cases on Saturday, warning people to stay at home.
Addressing a press conference, Wahid Majroh, an adviser the Public Health Ministry, said the 34 cases include 8 in Kabul,... |
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Sanders sells out the progressive movement to Wall Street: Analyst US Senator Bernie Sanders has sold out the progressive movement to Wall Street by pulling out of the Democratic nomination race, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist.
On Wednesday, Sanders shocked his supporters by ending his presidential campaign, clearing his rival,... |
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Nepal refuses mountaineers call for Everest clean-up amid coronavirus pandemic calm The file photo, taken on May 27, 2019, shows Nepali Army personnel gather bags of waste collected from the Mount Everest for recycling at Namche Bazar. (By AFP)
Nepals government on Friday rejected calls to use the pandemic lockdown of Mount Everest to stage a cleanup of the worlds highest mountain.
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Saudi Arabia says final accord on oil production depends on Mexico A man makes a phone call outside the OPEC headquarters during the 177th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, on December 6, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Major oil producers have reached a partial agreement on the reduction of their production to prop up prices hammered... |
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Political Leaders Meetings End with No Outcome: Spokesman The meetings of prominent political leaders, who had a five-day deadline to end the rift between Ghani and President Abdullah Abdullah, have ended with no results, said Fraidoon Khwazoon, a spokesman for Abdullah, on Friday.
He said Abdullah will soon announce his cabinet.
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20 at Palace Have Tested Positive for COVID-19: Documents Documents seen by TOLOnews indicate that at least 20 employees of the Presidential Palace have tested positive for the coronavirus out of 517 samples examined.
Sources said ten groups of medics from the Public Health Ministry have begun taking samples from other officials and staff members of the... |
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Iran blasts maximum expectation as US hell-bent on blocking IMF loan US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus briefing as Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia (R) looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 09, 2020 in Washington, DC, US. (Photo by AFP)
Irans Ambassador to Belgium Gholam Hossein Dehqani has cast doubt about the... |
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Iraqs national sovereignty is my red line: PM-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi, new Iraqi Prime Minister-Designate
The newly-designated prime minister has said that the success of Iraqs international relations will be based on "respect and cooperation."
"The countrys national sovereignty is the top priority," Mustafa al-Kadhimi said, according to a report... |
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Saudi war on Yemen an embarrassment to bin Salman: Analyst A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on November 20, 2019, shows Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman upon his arrival to attend the annual speech of the Saudi King at the shura council, a top advisory body, in the capital Riyadh. (Photo via AFP)
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Bill Gates warns US is in big trouble until it starts widespread COVID-19 testing A file photo of Bill Gates.
US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that America will be in "big trouble" until the embattled country can come up with widespread testing for the coronavirus.
The business magnate and billionaire poke with CNBC on Thursday, where he said that the... |
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UN Chief urges unity among UNSC members in face of coronavirus pandemic UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (photo by AFP)
The head of the United Nations has called for unity among Security Council members, warning that the coronavirus pandemic could pose a threat to world peace or trigger opportunistic biological terrorist attacks.
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Chad army says 52 troops, 1,000 Takfiri militants killed in offensive Chadian soldiers with the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) gesture while patrolling in Monguno, Nigeria, on December 15, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The Chadian army said Thursday it had wound up an offensive against Boko Haram Takfiri militants in the Lake Chad border region in which 52 troops and 1,000... |
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Venezuela receives tons of UN aid to fight Coronavirus In this file photo taken on March 20, 2020, a man covers his hands with plastic bags as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in Caracas. (Photo by AFP)
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The United Nations has delivered a 90-ton shipment of much-needed medical aid to Venezuela... |
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Mile-long line of cars outside California grocery giveaway People queue to pick up fresh food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank giveaway of 2,000 boxes of groceries, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, US, April 9, 2020. (Reuters photo)
A pop-up food pantry in Southern California on Thursday drew so many... |
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US agencies urge revocation of ability of China Telecom to operate in US China Telecom is the US subsidiary of a Peoples Republic of China (PRC) state-owned telecommunications company. (file photo)
The Trump administration is seeking to block China Telecom from operating in the United States, claiming that the company is creating "substantial and unacceptable" national... |
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Coronavirus News: U.S. unemployment surges as global infections top 1.6m The number of people across the world infected with the coronavirus topped 1.6 million on Friday with more than 95,000 fatalities.
As cases surge in the U.S., joblessness has risen to around one-in-ten Americans out of the work, even as the U.S. government commits billions of dollars of stimulus.
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Coronavirus: EU finance ministers agree on 500 billion emergency fund EU Finance ministers agreed on Thursday to a common emergency plan to limit the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the European economy.
EU member states have agreed to an emergency response plan of €500 billion.
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