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Trump wants to reopen America by May despite expert concerns
Apr 11, 2020 00:15US President Donald Trump has shrugged off the need to significantly expand countrywide coronavirus testing capabilities, saying he wants to reopen the country next month despite concerns from both economists and health experts that the worsening pandemic.
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South Korea wins US approval for humanitarian trade with Iran: Report
Apr 11, 2020 00:01South Korean officials say authorities have received a special permit from the United States to resume humanitarian trade with Iran amid claims of support for the Islamic Republic in its fight against the new coronavirus pandemic.
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African Americans have contracted and died of COVID-19 at an alarming rate
Apr 10, 2020 18:48Milwaukee is one of the places in the United States that is tracking the racial breakdown of people who have been infected by the novel coronavirus, offering a glimpse at the disproportionate destruction it is inflicting on black communities nationwide.
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How coronavirus led to highest-ever spike in US gun sales
Apr 10, 2020 18:46According to Georgia State University law school professor Timothy Lytton, an expert on the US gun industry, most new gun sales are being motivated by two factors that have been spurred on by the coronavirus crisis. The first is the concern that civil society — fire, police and health services — could be severely "eroded" someday, leading to a breakdown in law and order. He said in such a case, a gun can be viewed as a "self-help" survival tool.
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Don’t let COVID-19 devastate Syria, Yemen and Gaza
Apr 10, 2020 18:44As many observers have emphasized, the COVID-19 crisis is not just one of health and the economy, but also has other dimensions. COVID-19 is already challenging our assumptions about humanity, about society, about greed and selfishness, about the need to cooperate. The pandemic has exposed fault lines in trust among humans, among groups, among countries, between citizens and governments, and faith in many of assumptions about life, not only beliefs and humanity, but also knowledge itself.
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US hospitals forced to lay off staff as pandemic hits cashflow: Report
Apr 10, 2020 15:17Hospitals and clinics across the US are laying off staff who would normally support what are now considered non-essential surgeries and procedures as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on, the Washington Post reports.
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Iran: US seeks 'nothing short of surrender' through virus demand
Apr 10, 2020 09:13Iran's Ambassador to Belgium Gholam Hossein Dehqani has cast doubt about the American officials' intention to relieve anti-Iran bans should the Islamic Republic make a direct plea for the removal of sanctions, saying that Washington wants Iran to surrender to US demands.
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UN Chief urges unity among UNSC members in face of coronavirus pandemic
Apr 10, 2020 08:17The head of the United Nations has called for unity among Security Council members, warning that the coronavirus pandemic could pose a threat to world peace or trigger opportunistic biological terrorist attacks.
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Leader hails Iranian nation for ‘shining’ performance in anti-virus battle
Apr 09, 2020 03:09Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the nation’s “shining” performance in the fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which he described as a "test” facing the entire world.
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Venezuela receives tons of UN aid to fight Coronavirus
Apr 10, 2020 06:37The United Nations has delivered a 90-ton shipment of much-needed medical aid to Venezuela to reinforce the country’s healthcare system amid the coronavirus outbreak in the Latin American country.