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‘Grossly incompetent:’ Trump responds to Obama’s covid-19 criticism
May 18, 2020 01:28US President Donald Trump has attacked his predecessor, Barack Obama, over the criticism of his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Leader: Americans support terrorists, will be expelled from Syria and Iraq
May 17, 2020 15:47Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says due to its support for terrorists, the US is hated in most parts of the world and will be soon expelled from Syria and Iraq, where it is illegally present in the region.
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20m Americans lost their jobs in April in worst month since Great Depression
May 17, 2020 15:21More than 20 million people in the US lost their jobs in April and the unemployment rate more than trebled as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the world’s largest economy, triggering a financial crisis unseen since the Great Depression.
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Obama attacks Trump for his administration's virus response
May 17, 2020 05:42Former US President Barack Obama has criticized the Trump administration for mishandling the coronavirus crisis, saying the pandemic has shown many officials "aren't even pretending to be in charge."
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WHO scientist says children ‘seem less capable of spreading virus’
May 17, 2020 11:40The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday, May 17, that children are less capable of spreading COVID-19 and are at low risk of getting ill from the disease itself.
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Iran to reopen holy shrines, sports arenas and universities after Ramadhan
May 17, 2020 11:04Iran plans to reopen sports arenas, universities and mosques in areas which have been consistently free from coronavirus infections.
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Australia says calls for easing tensions with China still unanswered
May 17, 2020 07:23Australia says China has not yet responded to requests to discuss the easing of tensions, amid a trade dispute that erupted after Canberra called for an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, insinuating that Beijing was to blame.
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30 Indian migrant workers, caught in coronavirus lockdown, die in road accidents
May 17, 2020 05:35At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed Saturday in road accidents as they tried to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said.
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British police arrest 19 at London protest against social distancing
May 17, 2020 05:29London police arrested 19 people on Saturday for deliberately breaking social distancing guidelines in protest against the rules, on the first weekend since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a slight loosening of England’s lockdown.
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Health minister: Iran outshining Europe, US in coronavirus fight
May 17, 2020 02:13Despite facing tough foreign sanctions, the Islamic Republic is outperforming Europe and the US in handling the fight against the novel coronavirus, Iranian Health Minister Sa’eed Namaki said.