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Coronavirus cases above 100,000 worldwide, stock markets tumble

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6 years ago

Stock markets tumbled, business districts were desolate in many countries as the number of people infected with the new coronavirus…

233 COVID-19 cases in US tip of the iceberg, Harvard scientist warns

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6 years ago

A Harvard epidemiologist, Marc Lipsitch, has warned that traveller screening in the United States may not detect most symptomatic cases…

Covid-19: Vietnamese hand-washing song goes viral

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6 years ago

While panic-inducing headlines about the spread of the coronavirus continue to dominate global news, a devastatingly catchy hand-washing public service…

Coronavirus: Germans panic-buy soup sachets

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6 years ago

Data from a major research institute discovered that Germans had been increasingly filling their cupboards with instant soup in preparation…

Indonesian police seize 60,000 stockpiled face masks

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Police in Indonesia seized over 60,000 masks and apprehended two people suspected of stockpiling the goods in two separate raids…

Coronavirus Update: Philippines reports first transmission

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Philippines has reported the first local transmission of the new Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country after a 62-year-old man…

Coronavirus: 300m children out of school, says UNESCO

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6 years ago

The spread of the novel coronavirus over the globe has forced almost 300 million students to stay at home, the…

Saudi Arabia reopens holy sites after disinfection

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Saudi Arabia has reopened two of its holy religious sites in Islam after they were closed for sterilization to halt…

Putin, Erdogan accept ceasefire deal in Syria

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The leaders of Turkey and Russia agreed to a ceasefire deal in Syria’s Idlib region after talks in Moscow to…

Joe Biden beats Sanders in new head-to-head poll

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6 years ago

In a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, former US vice-president beat Bernie Sanders in terms of electability among Democrats, a week after…

Russia jails Jehovah Witness, rights groups kick

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6 years ago

A Russian-controlled court in Ukraine’s Crimea has sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to 6 years in prison for being a member…

US in Coronavirus trouble, 3 states, San Francisco hit

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6 years ago

Fifty three new cases of Coronavirus broke out across the United States on Thursday, striking for the first time in…

Ivory Coast leader Ouattara shuns third term

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6 years ago

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has thrashed speculation about his political future, by announcing on Thursday that he would not…

Coronavirus cases surge in Saudi Arabia

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday that its health ministry detected three new coronavirus cases, making it five confirmed cases.

Coronavirus hits Jesus church in Bethlehem, shut to tourists

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6 years ago

The Church of the Nativity on Thursday was ordered closed and foreign tourists were banned from West Bank hotels after…

China Southern Airlines to resume Shenzhen-Bangkok route

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6 years ago

China Southern Airlines says it will reopen Shenzhen-Bangkok airline services from March 13.

Elizabeth Warren drops out of White House race

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6 years ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has decided to end her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, reports quoting The New…

Facebook office in Seattle shut by coronavirus fears

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6 years ago

Facebook announced early Thursday that a contractor in its Seattle office has been infected and as result has asked workers…

HSBC offices in London evacuated over coronavirus

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6 years ago

HSBC has evacuated part of its UK headquarters in the Canary Wharf financial district in London over fears an employee…

Coronavirus update: 107 die in Iran

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6 years ago

One hundred and seven people have died and 3513 have been infected with coronavirus in Iran, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush…

Coronavirus cases in UK jump to 90

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6 years ago

Scotland has reported three more patients testing positive for coronavirus. This takes the country’s total to six, with 90 people…

Coronavirus cases rise in China, South Korea

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6 years ago

Mainland China reported a rise in new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday, reversing three straight days of declines, because…

Perez de Cuellar ex-UN Secretary-general dies

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6 years ago

Peruvian diplomat and former U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar is dead. He died at his home in Lima. He…

California declares state of emergency over coronavirus

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6 years ago

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a statewide emergency in response to the coronavirus, which he said has resulted in…

Photos: Empty airports, hotels, shut schools: Coronavirus effects around the world

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6 years ago

Outside of China, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Iran, United Kingdom, Israel and Washington state in the United States are the…

Italy shuts schools as coronavirus deaths soar

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6 years ago

Italy will close all schools and universities tomorrow, as it also rolled out other emergency measures to try to slow…

Bloomberg abandons White House race , backs Biden

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6 years ago

Michael Bloomberg has abandoned the 2020 White House race after a disastrous performance on Super Tuesday and now backs Joe…

Nepalese prime minister undergoes second kidney transplant

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6 years ago

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday underwent surgery for a kidney transplant at a government hospital in Kathmandu

Coronavirus: UN postpones ministers’ conference

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6 years ago

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has shifted the date for the 2020 edition of Conference of (African)…

Coronavirus triggers panic buying in UK

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6 years ago

Coronavirus epidemic has triggered unprecedented panic buying in the UK, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his government…

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