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Pandemic sets Japan on course for deep recession as spending, services plunge
May 08, 2020 08:09Japan's household spending has plunged in March and service-sector activity shrank at a record pace in April, reinforcing expectations that the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world's third-largest economy into deep recession.
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Tensions and backlash over US coronavirus crisis as states reopen
May 08, 2020 07:53With nearly all US states partially reopened this week, backlash and frustrations are growing as Americans struggle with ways to combat the deadly coronavirus.
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Senior US scientist says Trump administration ignored virus warnings
May 08, 2020 06:19The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior US government scientist alleged in a whistleblower complaint.
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UN Chief warns against ‘tsunami of hatred’ amid pandemic
May 08, 2020 06:18UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns about “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia” and “anti-Muslim attacks” amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has exasperated the already difficult situation of refugees and minority groups across the globe.
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President Rouhani: Health Ministry must continue coronavirus screening across Iran
May 08, 2020 03:52President Hassan Rouhani urges continuation of the Health Ministry-mandated countrywide screening for the new coronavirus infection, saying the diagnostic procedures should even grow in scale to cover larger population groups.
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China denounces US for shifting blame over COVID-19 pandemic
May 08, 2020 01:18China has lambasted the United States for trying to shift the blame over the COVID-19 disease after President Donald Trump claimed that the global pandemic was a worse "attack" compared to Pearl Harbor or September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Birtions to stage International Quds Day rally amid coronavirus pandemic
May 08, 2020 01:05Pro-Palestinian groups in London and elsewhere across Britain plan to replace street rallies with online events to commemorate the International Quds Day as a deadly coronavirus pandemic has restricted mass gatherings across the globe.
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Iran expects Europe’s new initiative for lifting of US sanctions, Rouhani tells Austrian president
May 07, 2020 01:30The Iranian and Austrian presidents express opposition to the persisting US sanctions, saying the bans constitute an obstacle to provision of medical supplies needed to combat the new coronavirus pandemic gripping the world.
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Millions more Americans join the unemployment line
May 07, 2020 12:06Millions more Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, suggesting layoffs broadened from consumer-facing industries to other segments of the economy and could remain elevated even as many parts of the country start to reopen.
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First coronavirus case in capital Sana'a brings Yemen to new battlefront
May 07, 2020 11:33Five months after the first case of coronavirus was reported in central China, the disease has now found its way to the Yemeni capital Sana’a.