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Congress lawmakers request investigation of Navy's firing of captain
Apr 04, 2020 02:35Democratic lawmakers have formally protested to the Navy's dismissal of the commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, who requested urgent aid to stop a coronavirus outbreak on board his ship.
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Google releases users' location data citing coronavirus fight amid privacy concerns
Apr 04, 2020 02:17Google says it has begun sharing people’s location and movement data to contribute to data pools that help fight the new coronavirus outbreak, with activists and experts warning about the threats that the measure poses to individual privacy and how the gleaned data is open to misuse.
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Coronavirus may spread through normal breathing: US scientists
Apr 04, 2020 01:22The new coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government was poised to recommend the use of face masks for everyone.
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Iran plans massive liquidity injection to fix economic woes
Apr 04, 2020 00:57The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says it is ready for massive liquidity injections into the banking system as part of efforts to help government shore up the economy.
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US medical sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus pandemic threat to world health: Envoy
Apr 04, 2020 00:36Medical sanctions by the United States government against the Islamic Republic amount to an "unprecedented threat" to global public health, says a senior Iranian diplomat, urging the international community to react in earnest to Washington's restrictions amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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New York mayor begs for more US aid as jobs data confirms economic carnage
Apr 03, 2020 11:16New York Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded with the US government for more help in expectation of a surge in COVID-19 cases next week, as new statistics emerged confirming that hundreds of thousands of people across the country have lost their jobs.
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Top Bahraini cleric demands release of prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak
Apr 03, 2020 11:06Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of political dissidents currently being held in the Manama regime’s prisons in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, stressing that failure to take the measure will have dire consequences.
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In first resolution on coronavirus, UN demands multilateralism
Apr 03, 2020 10:58The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution calling for “international cooperation” and “multilateralism” in the fight against COVID-19, in the first text to come out of the international body since the outbreak began.
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IranAir suspends flight to Germany after surge in coronavirus cases
Apr 03, 2020 09:41Iran flag carrier Homa, known internationally as IranAir, has suspended all flights to Germany where authorities are struggling to curb surging cases of a new coronavirus pandemic.
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US has no moral duty to ease Iran sanctions amid coronavirus pandemic: Trump
Apr 03, 2020 08:14US President Donald Trump has said the US has no “moral responsibility” to halt Iran sanctions if Tehran does not ask for it to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.