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Over-50s struggling to pay for necessities in UK: Study
Jun 22, 2020 03:48A disconcertingly rapid increase in applications for universal credit by the over-50s in the UK, which is available only to households with savings of less than £16,000, suggests that most do not have enough money to pay for basic necessities; a study of labour market statistics has shown.
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President Rouhani highlights efforts to keep market balance in shadow on coronavirus
Jun 22, 2020 01:42President Hassan Rouhani said his administration has been doing its utmost to mitigate the economic repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic, maintain balance in the market, and support the businesses and families affected by the outbreak.
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Trump hammers Cuba while Cuba cures the sick
Jun 21, 2020 14:49A team of 85 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Peru on June 3 to help the Andean nation tackle the coronavirus pandemic. That same day, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced another tightening of the sanctions screws.
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'This is mass murder': Covid-19 deaths in US prisons have risen by 73% the past month
Jun 21, 2020 14:45The New York Times reported on Tuesday that deaths related to Covid-19 in prisons across the US have soared by 73% since mid-May.
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Pence urges governors to parrot Trump's lie that spikes in Covid-19 cases largely caused by increase in testing
Jun 21, 2020 14:44US Vice President Mike Pence has urged governors during a conference call to parrot President Donald Trump's lie that the spikes in Covid-19 cases reported by more than a dozen states across the US in recent days are largely the result of an increase in testing, and do not necessarily amount to evidence that reopenings are causing the virus to spread.
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Chinese researchers start phase-2 human test for possible coronavirus vaccine
Jun 21, 2020 08:20Chinese researchers have started a second phase human trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine, the Institute of Medical Biology at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS) said on Sunday, in efforts to further assess effectiveness and safety.
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Trump claimed coronavirus will “fade away” on a day that saw 26,000 new cases
Jun 21, 2020 05:41The US president, Donald Trump’s latest comments on the number of coronavirus cases in the US run counter to what the latest official numbers on COVID-19 show. The U.S. continues to see approximately 20,000 new coronavirus cases on a daily basis. On the day Trump gave his interview to Fox News, there were more than 26,000 new cases reported in the US, a number that’s similar to what was seen on April 1.
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Trump says he asked health officials to slow down COVID-19 testing
Jun 21, 2020 03:57President Donald Trump has in what appears to be a shocking admission said he encouraged US health officials to slow down coronavirus testing to prevent the number of cases being discovered from rising.
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UK set to effectively end lockdown next month
Jun 21, 2020 03:18After nearly three months of various degrees of lockdown the UK appears set to end it altogether as of early next month.
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Iran's president authorizes provinces to draw up own coronavirus restrictions
Jun 20, 2020 07:48President Hassan Rouhani has authorized the country’s provinces to draw up their own coronavirus restrictions for their counties amid nationwide easing of social distancing measures.