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Coronavirus lockdown causes large-scale lay-offs in Pakistan’s Karachi
Apr 23, 2020 09:54Broken promises, health issues and hunger in Pakistan. The lockdown is not yet over, but these workers have been told not to come to office as factories have no demand for exports.
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Record US jobless claims wipe out post-Great Recession employment gains
Apr 23, 2020 09:52A record 26 million Americans sought unemployment benefits over the last five weeks, confirming that all the jobs created during the longest employment boom in US history were wiped out in about a month as the novel coronavirus savages the economy.
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Life will not return to normal in near future: Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon
Apr 23, 2020 09:41Life is unlikely to return to normal even when the tightest coronavirus restrictions are lifted, and social distancing measures could be in place for the rest of this year and beyond, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday.
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Trump curbs immigration amid anger over his handling of virus pandemic
Apr 23, 2020 07:03US President Donald Trump has suspended immigration to the United States, claiming the move is aimed at protecting his people and their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Theories on origins of COVID-19 disease
Apr 23, 2020 04:28There are many theories about the exact origins of the novel coronavirus, designated “nCoV-2019” by World Health Organization or commonly referred to as COVID-19 disease, also called SARS-CoV-2 because it is related to SARS pathogen. Theories about the missing link for transmission of the new coronavirus from bats to humans abound.
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Earth Day 2020: Nature is a beneficiary of coronavirus
Apr 23, 2020 04:11Human beings have put too much pressure on the Earth causing irreparable damage, however, with the onset of coronavirus outbreak, the planet seemed to prosper and relive the burden which was unprecedented over the past 50 years when the first Earth Day celebrated.
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Iran, Turkey stress preserving bilateral trade ties under coronavirus pandemic guidelines
Apr 23, 2020 04:09Iran and Turkey have called for maintaining bilateral trade relations while sticking to the health guidelines issued to rein in a new coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the two neighbors hard.
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Indian government under fire for intimidating Kashmir journalists
Apr 23, 2020 03:48The Indian government is under fire for intimidating the media against the backdrop of its police charging journalists in Kashmir with ‘anti-national’ activities.
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US mass incarceration could add 100,000 deaths to coronavirus toll: US study
Apr 23, 2020 03:13As many as 100,000 more people could die in the US from the coronavirus if jail populations across the mass incarceration-addicted country are not dramatically and immediately reduced, a US study says.
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US doctor fired over prioritizing science, opposing Trump’s favorite hydroxychloroquine
Apr 23, 2020 03:07The doctor heading the federal office tasked with battling the COVID-19 pandemic says he was forced out over opposing broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, which President Donald Trump has promoted as cure for the novel coronavirus.