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Pelosi warns 'morbidly obese' Trump not to take hydroxychloroquine
May 19, 2020 14:06US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has advised "morbidly obese" President Donald Trump, who has a heart condition and takes drugs to reduce high cholesterol, of taking hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the coronavirus caused disease COVID-19.
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Tehran hosts international exhibition of COVID-19 posters
May 19, 2020 09:15An international poster exhibition has opened in Tehran with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 deadliest in New York's black, Latino neighborhoods
May 19, 2020 09:07New data shows New York City’s black and Latino neighborhoods have seen death rates from the coronavirus nearly 15 times higher than others, highlighting social disparities in access to health care in the US.
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US smearing WHO to distract from own botched response to outbreak: China
May 19, 2020 07:02China says the United States is accusing the World Health Organization (WHO) of being biased toward China in an attempt to distract attention from his administration’s botched response to the coronavirus epidemic.
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Brazilian indigenous peoples confront double threat of COVID-19 and Bolsonaro’s policies
May 19, 2020 04:08After six days of fighting for his life in an intensive care unit in a Amazonas state hospital, a 15-year-old Yanomami teenage boy died in April 9 from complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The boy’s death sounded the alarm for Brazil’s Indigenous peoples who now face the fear of the virus alongside the stress of increasing criminal activities by land grabbers, illegal loggers, gold diggers, poachers, drug traffickers, hitmen and questionable “guests” like tourists in their lands.
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US’ ‘inhumane, unilateral’ sanctions cause suffering for people: Iran health minister
May 19, 2020 03:28Iran’s health minister says unilateral sanctions imposed on the country by the administration of US President Donald Trump are inhumane and cause suffering and pain for people.
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World paying heavy price for contradictory virus strategies: UN chief
May 19, 2020 02:49United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has criticized a disjointed approach to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, saying the world is “paying a heavy price” for following different strategies to fight the deadly virus.
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US health experts warn of new wave of coronavirus infections
May 19, 2020 01:40US health experts have warned about the possibility of a new wave of coronavirus infections and deaths as more US states begin to open.
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Iran urges resumption of border trade with Iraq
May 18, 2020 09:17President Hassan Rouhani called for the resumption of trade exchanges with Iraq while observing the health regulations following a hiatus in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
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US blocks UN global ceasefire resolution, objecting to indirect reference to World Health Organization
May 18, 2020 10:47International diplomats were stunned and frustrated after the U.S. again blocked a United Nations resolution to call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. objected to any mention of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the resolution.