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Health minister hails Iran's handling of coronavirus pandemic despite sanctions
Jun 07, 2020 06:20Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki has hailed Iran's handling of the novel coronavirus (COVID1-19) pandemic, saying the country has turned from an importer of medical items into an exporter despite the illegal US sanctions.
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Foreign students can return to Iran in September
Jun 07, 2020 04:12Foreign students who have left Iran due to the outbreak of the coronavirus can return to their universities in early September, an Iranian official said.
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No definite end to pandemic; health protocols to remain: President Rouhani
Jun 06, 2020 09:34President Hassan Rouhani says the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will remain for a long time, warning that people still need to follow health protocols.
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Bolsonaro threatens to quit WHO as virus kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
Jun 06, 2020 03:59President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the UN agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the region.
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Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 6.68mn mark
Jun 06, 2020 01:49More than 6.68 million people have been reported infected with the new coronavirus globally, a tally shows.
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COVID 19 causes child detention crisis, and a ‘time bomb’ in UK adult prisons
Jun 05, 2020 13:35The Lib Dem MP Layla Moran said: “We have a mental health time bomb in our prisons and the UK government has admitted that violence and self-harm could rise as a result of their actions.” Moran said: “It is time for the British government to invest in our prisons rather than running them into the ground. We have a system close to collapse having to fight a pandemic on a shoestring. Otherwise we are brewing up a toxic mix that could bring about a coronavirus catastrophe in our prisons.”
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Brazil coronavirus death toll surges to third-highest in world
Jun 05, 2020 03:07Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed Italy's making it the third-highest in the world while the UN's secretary-general has called for a "people's vaccine" to stem the pandemic.
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Protests continue in US cities against police brutality, racism
Jun 05, 2020 02:55Protests continued into their tenth night in dozens of American cities following a private memorial service in Minneapolis for Gorge Floyd, a black man whose death by white police has sparked widespread protests against police violence and systemic racism.
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US records more than 1,000 virus deaths in 24 hours
Jun 05, 2020 02:48The US recorded 1,021 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker Thursday at 8:30 pm local time (00:30 GMT Friday).
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About 2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week
Jun 04, 2020 10:43The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since mid-March, but remains astonishingly high as companies adjust to an environment that has been significantly changed by COVID-19.