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Iran announces lowest daily COVID-19 death toll in 70 days
May 17, 2020 01:57Iran has recorded its lowest daily death toll from the novel coronavirus over the past 70 days, the Health Ministry spokesman announced Saturday.
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US spreads division, violence instead of fighting COVID-19 outbreak: Iran
May 17, 2020 01:37The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has lashed out at the United States for pressing ahead with its acts of sabotage while the world is in need of a united fight against the deadly coronavirus outbreak, saying Washington is continues to encourage division and violence across the globe.
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Iran allocates $75 million to jobless benefits for coronavirus
May 17, 2020 01:08Iranian authorities say a new rescue scheme is available to the main pension fund in the country to pay for its unemployment benefits amid a coronavirus pandemic that has left many jobless.
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India's coronavirus infections surpass China but officials upbeat
May 16, 2020 12:30India’s total novel coronavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion.
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US House passes $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill opposed by Trump and Republicans
May 16, 2020 12:08The US House of Representatives has approved a $3 trillion bill introduced by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus crisis and bolstering a shattered US economy.
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Iran to hold Eid al-Fitr, Quds Day events in compliance with outbreak protocols: Rouhani
May 16, 2020 10:20President Hassan Rouhani has said that the country will hold Eid al-Fitr and Quds Day events in compliance with protocols set to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The underprivileged in US amid coronavirus pandemic, the empire of chaos strikes again
May 16, 2020 03:51While it is true that the coronavirus itself targets no identity in particular, the fact remains that those most likely to be infected and have negative health outcomes in America are the underprivileged.
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In the absence of federal action, US states scramble to address hunger crisis
May 16, 2020 03:42As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the economic damage it causes is wreaking havoc on the lives of tens of millions in the U.S.
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Black people are being arrested at higher rates in the US for social distancing violations (2)
May 16, 2020 03:37ProPublica analyzed court records for several US cities and for the counties that include Columbus and Cincinnati, three of the most populous jurisdictions in Ohio. In all of them, ProPublica found, black people were at least four times as likely to be charged with violating the stay-at-home order as white people.
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Russia's FM Lavrov blasts media rumors Moscow seeks to 'hide' data on COVID-19 deaths
May 16, 2020 01:32Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has strongly dismissed media reports that Moscow sought to conceal the real number of Russians dying of the COVID-19 contagious disease, saying the Kremlin has no intention whatsoever to hide such information.