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Pandemic inflicts historic US job losses, as states struggle to reopen
May 09, 2020 01:50The coronavirus pandemic triggered the steepest monthly loss of US jobs since the Great Depression, government data showed on Friday, while Michigan and California prepared to put people back to work after a manufacturing shutdown.
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Singapore unveils robot to enforce safe distancing among park goers
May 09, 2020 01:43Singapore unveiled a four-legged canine-like robot on Friday to remind park-goers to maintain social distancing.
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Syria becomes one of first in West Asia to re-open mosques
May 09, 2020 01:29The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus has re-opened for services after a brief hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
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'Once a day' exercise rule to be relaxed and garden centres to reopen in UK
May 08, 2020 11:34The coronavirus lockdown rule requiring people to only exercise once a day is to be relaxed in the United Kingdom from Monday, the Welsh government has announced.
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Iran daily coronavirus death toll hits lowest level in over 11 weeks: Health Ministry
May 08, 2020 11:23Health Ministry says the coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 55 people in the country over the past 24 hours with the death toll standing at 6,541, the lowest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease over 11 weeks ago.
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Dollar struggles ahead of US unemployment report
May 08, 2020 09:46The dollar struggled and currencies linked to global trade rose on Friday, boosted by news that US and Chinese negotiators had agreed to strengthen cooperation over a trade deal and as more governments slowly reopened their economies.
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Pandemic sets Japan on course for deep recession as spending, services plunge
May 08, 2020 08:09Japan's household spending has plunged in March and service-sector activity shrank at a record pace in April, reinforcing expectations that the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world's third-largest economy into deep recession.
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Tensions and backlash over US coronavirus crisis as states reopen
May 08, 2020 07:53With nearly all US states partially reopened this week, backlash and frustrations are growing as Americans struggle with ways to combat the deadly coronavirus.
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Senior US scientist says Trump administration ignored virus warnings
May 08, 2020 06:19The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior US government scientist alleged in a whistleblower complaint.
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UN Chief warns against ‘tsunami of hatred’ amid pandemic
May 08, 2020 06:18UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns about “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia” and “anti-Muslim attacks” amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has exasperated the already difficult situation of refugees and minority groups across the globe.