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Up to 190,000 could die in Africa if coronavirus containment fails: WHO
May 09, 2020 01:53Up to 190,000 people in Africa could die of coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
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Pandemic inflicts historic US job losses, as states struggle to reopen
May 09, 2020 01:50The coronavirus pandemic triggered the steepest monthly loss of US jobs since the Great Depression, government data showed on Friday, while Michigan and California prepared to put people back to work after a manufacturing shutdown.
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Singapore unveils robot to enforce safe distancing among park goers
May 09, 2020 01:43Singapore unveiled a four-legged canine-like robot on Friday to remind park-goers to maintain social distancing.
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Syria becomes one of first in West Asia to re-open mosques
May 09, 2020 01:29The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus has re-opened for services after a brief hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Over 70% of jobless Americans didn’t receive March unemployment benefits
May 08, 2020 15:10Millions of Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits in March but 71% of them did not receive their benefits that month, delaying aid as laid-off workers struggled to pay rent and cover basic expenses, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Pew Research Center. Just 2.1 million of about 7.37 million applicants received their benefits, mostly through their states’ regular unemployment insurance programs.
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FBI documents hint at Israeli regime collusion with 2016 Trump campaign
May 08, 2020 14:58"Previously sealed FBI documents indicate close contacts between the Israeli regime and the Trump campaign and that the Mueller investigation found evidence of Israeli involvement, but largely redacted it", says Alison Weir, writer for Mintpressnews.com.
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Coronavirus impact could compare to Great Depression
May 08, 2020 14:53The current coronavirus pandemic will cause individual economies to plunge into recession; businesses will close down and jobs will be lost at similar levels to that of the Great Depression. Moreover, the pandemic is impacting both industrial and developing countries; whereas the Great Depression was largely concentrated in industrial countries.
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'Once a day' exercise rule to be relaxed and garden centres to reopen in UK
May 08, 2020 11:34The coronavirus lockdown rule requiring people to only exercise once a day is to be relaxed in the United Kingdom from Monday, the Welsh government has announced.
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Iran daily coronavirus death toll hits lowest level in over 11 weeks: Health Ministry
May 08, 2020 11:23Health Ministry says the coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 55 people in the country over the past 24 hours with the death toll standing at 6,541, the lowest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease over 11 weeks ago.
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Dollar struggles ahead of US unemployment report
May 08, 2020 09:46The dollar struggled and currencies linked to global trade rose on Friday, boosted by news that US and Chinese negotiators had agreed to strengthen cooperation over a trade deal and as more governments slowly reopened their economies.