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Iran to hold Eid al-Fitr, Quds Day events in compliance with outbreak protocols: Rouhani
May 16, 2020 10:20President Hassan Rouhani has said that the country will hold Eid al-Fitr and Quds Day events in compliance with protocols set to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Russia's FM Lavrov blasts media rumors Moscow seeks to 'hide' data on COVID-19 deaths
May 16, 2020 01:32Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has strongly dismissed media reports that Moscow sought to conceal the real number of Russians dying of the COVID-19 contagious disease, saying the Kremlin has no intention whatsoever to hide such information.
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Pandemic pushes Germany into recession
May 16, 2020 00:55The coronavirus pandemic has tipped Germany into a recession, official data shows, with Europe’s top economy suffering its steepest quarterly contraction in more than a decade as lockdown measures began to bite.
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Over 4.56 million people have COVID-19 worldwide
May 15, 2020 12:53More than 4.56 million people are now infected with the new coronavirus across the world, and over 304,000 have died.
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Brazil’s Lula warns virus could cause ‘genocide’ under Bolsonaro
May 15, 2020 08:19Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has called for the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, warning that his fierce opposition toward coronavirus restrictions could cause “genocide” in the country.
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COVID-19: Tension mounts in global race for coronavirus vaccine
May 15, 2020 07:30Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine first.
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More Americans disapprove Trump’s handling of coronavirus: Poll
May 15, 2020 06:34More Americans say they think President Donald Trump is doing a “bad job” handling the coronavirus pandemic and don’t trust him to provide accurate data about the outbreak, according to a new poll.
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Fears of disaster as first virus case emerges at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
May 15, 2020 06:15According to a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in the Rohingya refugee camp, which houses more than a million, raising concerns of a potential humanitarian disaster.
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COVID-19: Tension mounts in global race for coronavirus vaccine
May 15, 2020 04:47Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine first.
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More Americans disapprove Trump’s handling of coronavirus: Poll
May 15, 2020 04:38More Americans say they think President Donald Trump is doing a “bad job” handling the coronavirus pandemic and don’t trust him to provide accurate data about the outbreak, according to a new poll.