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Kuwait Airways to cut jobs due to coronavirus, lay off 1,500 expat workers
May 29, 2020 03:09The state-owned Kuwait Airways says it will lay off 1,500 expatriate employees due to “significant difficulties” and the negative impact on its business by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Cummings debacle has exposed Boris Johnson’s weakness and dependency
May 28, 2020 11:20By defending his most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson has demolished a sense of moral obligation, undermining the public spirit that says “I will if you will”. He has allowed Britons all to follow their “instinct”, not the contact tracers’ instructions. Prof Stephen Reicher, of the Sage behavioral insights subcommittee, says: “Johnson has trashed all the advice we have given on how to build trust and secure adherence to the measures necessary to control COVID-19.”
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US Senate quietly approves $38 billion for Israeli regime amid historic economic downturn
May 28, 2020 11:09The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has quietly passed a bill to give the Israeli regime a minimum of $38 billion over the next ten years despite the ongoing devastation to the U.S. economy caused by the coronavirus.
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US homelessness could rise 45 percent in one year due to unemployment crisis
May 28, 2020 11:04The rash of US layoffs sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and statewide lockdowns are expected to increase homelessness by up to 45%, according to a new analysis by an economist at Columbia University.
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China rejects US call for UN Security Council meeting over Hong Kong
May 28, 2020 10:48China has rejected attempts by the United States to have the United Nations Security Council hold a meeting over Beijing’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong, emphasizing that the issue is an internal matter.
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US job losses pass 40 million as coronavirus crisis deepens
May 28, 2020 10:09Roughly 2.1 million people applied for US unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession even as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees.
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US coronavirus deaths pass 100,000 as country reopens
May 28, 2020 09:56More than 100,000 people in the US have now lost their lives to the new coronavirus less than four months after the contagion was first reported in the country.
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H1N1 vaccine used some of the same ingredients as COVID-19 vaccines currently under development
May 28, 2020 09:53British drugmaker GSK said on Thursday that its previous flu pandemic vaccine, which used some of the same ingredients as COVID-19 vaccines currently under development, was not linked to a rise in cases of the sleep disorder narcolepsy.
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UK temporarily closes North Korea embassy due to difficulties caused by coronavirus restrictions
May 28, 2020 09:46The United Kingdom has temporarily closed its embassy in North Korea and pulled out its diplomatic personnel from the country, the UK ambassador to Pyongyang has announced.
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Nearly 113,000 coronavirus patients recover in Iran
May 28, 2020 08:08Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpoor said on Thursday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has reached 143,849, while nearly 113,000 of those infected have recovered from COVID-19.