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Cases of rare coronavirus-linked disease in kids rising in US
May 13, 2020 08:49The number of children with a potentially deadly inflammatory disease likely linked to the coronavirus has increased to over 100 in at least 14 US states.
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China ends Australia beef imports amid COVID-19 dispute
May 13, 2020 06:40China has halted its beef imports from Australia’s four largest meat processors, amid a dispute over the Australian government’s call for an investigation into the origin of the new coronavirus.
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UK coronavirus outbreak kills at least 20,000 in care homes: Official data
May 13, 2020 04:12At least 20,000 people have died in care homes in England and Wales as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Reuters calculations based on official data.
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Coronavirus rages through more provinces in war-ravaged Yemen
May 13, 2020 03:54The new coronavirus outbreak continues to claim more lives in Yemen as the impoverished country is already grappling with deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the wake of years-long Saudi aggression.
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Saudi activists decry state for forcing nation under poverty line
May 13, 2020 03:46Saudi activists share footage of poverty-stricken and garbage-rummaging Saudi citizens, decrying Riyadh for impoverishing the country and introducing even harsher economic measures despite the already pressing circumstances.
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Iran’s oil industry fights on as virus, US sanctions bite
May 13, 2020 03:33Iran’s oil rig count has risen by 20 units even as major producers across the world, especially the US oil and gas industry, are stepping heavily on the brake pedal and reducing drilling at record speed because of the new coronavirus.
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President: Iran’s success in handling COVID-19 disproves biased judgments
May 13, 2020 03:24President Hassan Rouhani said the country’s success in tackling the novel coronavirus epidemic and handling of the situation under the foreign sanctions have disproved the wrong and biased judgments about the Iranian government and nation.
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Iran Health Ministry reports no coronavirus deaths in 14 provinces
May 13, 2020 02:16There was not a single death from the novel coronavirus in 14 provinces of Iran over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Iran to reopen schools on May 16
May 13, 2020 02:10All schools in Iran will reopen as of Saturday, May 16, after almost three months of closure in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the minister of education announced.
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Coronavirus has created a rift between the US and China that may take a generation to heal
May 12, 2020 14:14The novel coronavirus has destroyed lives and livelihoods in both the United States and China. But instead of bonding the two nations together to fight the pandemic, it has sent their already strained relations on a rapid downward spiral -- and fanned the flames of a potentially dangerous strain of nationalism.