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Iran reports zero daily COVID deaths
Jun 02, 2022 14:22Iran on Thursday reported zero daily deaths from the coronavirus for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic.
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How many more seniors will die of Covid-19 in Los Angeles County?
Jun 02, 2022 08:03One million Americans, over 90,000 people in California, and over thirty thousand Los Angeles County residents have died of Covid-19.
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Party grandees warn Boris Johnson is trashing Tory identity
Jun 01, 2022 14:59Doubts about Boris Johnson’s ability to survive as UK prime minister, and fears that the Tories are now on a terminal electoral slide, grew as party grandee Sir Bob Neill said the combination of collapsing trust in the prime minister, coupled with a lack of clarity over what the Conservatives stood for, had created a “toxic mix” in the minds of voters. Neill called on Friday May 27 for Johnson to go.
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Beijing to relax COVID curbs in some areas from Sunday
May 28, 2022 14:31Beijing will ease curbs in some low-risk areas of the Chinese capital on Sunday to allow a return to normal life, city officials said on Saturday.
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WHO calls for quick action against monkeypox in non-endemic countries
May 27, 2022 17:25The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries around the globe to take quick action to contain the spread of monkeypox in non-endemic countries.
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Study finds COVID can cause ongoing damage to heart, lungs and kidneys
May 27, 2022 08:00Researchers find one in eight COVID hospital patients have heart inflammation up to two months later.
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Nearly 90,000 small businesses in US expected to close after Senate GOP kills main street relief bill
May 26, 2022 20:14Advocates for independently-owned businesses warned that restaurants, gyms, and other Main Street businesses across the U.S. will be forced to close in the coming months after Republicans in the Senate recently blocked a $48 billion package to provide relief to owners who have struggled to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Leader: Hostile rivalries among global powers, wars compound challenges facing world
May 25, 2022 14:19Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the hostile rivalries among world powers and the increasing military belligerence of nuclear powers have compounded the challenges for other countries.
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Boris Johnson to stress work as the fix for cost of living crisis
May 25, 2022 15:18UK ministers remain unable to decide on ways to relieve poverty as they wrangle over windfall tax for energy companies.
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Record 420,000 children a month in England treated for mental health problems
May 24, 2022 08:39Experts say COVID-19 has seriously exacerbated problems such as anxiety, depression and self-harm among school-age children in England and that the “relentless and unsustainable” ongoing rise in their need for help could overwhelm NHS services.