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Iran COVID-19 update: 279 deaths, 4,830 cases in 24 hours
Oct 14, 2020 11:02The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 4,830 COVID-19 infections and 279 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
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Coronavirus travel restrictions imposed in 5 Iranian cities
Oct 14, 2020 06:21The Iranian president has approved a proposal to impose three-day travel restrictions in five cities hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak, the health minister said.
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Global billionaire wealth surged to record $10.2 trillion amid COVID-19 catastrophe
Oct 13, 2020 17:06While COVID-19 has taken the lives of over one million people across the globe and exacerbated economic precarity for millions more, the combined wealth held by the world's 2,189 billionaires has skyrocketed—increasing by 27.5% between April and July 2020 and reaching a record high of $10.2 trillion.
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American college students face higher rates of food insecurity than average US household
Oct 13, 2020 17:02Historically, estimates of food insecurity among US college students have ranged from 10% to 75%, according to 50 studies from U.S. academic institutions carried out from 2009 to before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World Bank: Up to 150 million more people will live in extreme poverty by 2021
Oct 13, 2020 16:31The convergence of the coronavirus, combined with global conflict and climate change has put the goal of ending global poverty by 2030 virtually out of sight.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Nearly 2,000 new cases admitted to hospital
Oct 13, 2020 10:26Nearly half of more than 4,000 new COVID-19 cases detected in Iran over the past 24 hours have been admitted to the hospital, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman announced.
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Iran cancels fare hikes amid low demand for air travel
Oct 13, 2020 05:44Iranian airlines would not be allowed to increase fare prices despite lower demand for air travel and restrictions imposed on the number of passengers booked for flights to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, says the country’s chief aviation authority.
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Letting virus 'run free' with eye to herd immunity 'unethical': WHO
Oct 13, 2020 04:26The World Health Organization chief has warned against suggestions by some to just allow COVID-19 to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying this was "unethical."
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India becomes second country to report 7 million COVID-19 cases
Oct 13, 2020 03:34India has become the second country after the United States to report seven million COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with the health ministry data showing a rise of 74,383 new cases in one day.
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Trump has made hundreds of millions from foreign business interests since 2016
Oct 12, 2020 12:54US President Donald Trump is making hundreds of millions from foreign business dealings during his time in the White House, an OpenSecrets analysis of personal financial disclosures found.