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Turkey's COVID-19 cases rise to 131,744 as Iran's tally crosses threshold of 100,000

Turkey on Wednesday confirmed 2,253 new COVID-19 cases, bring the total number to 131,744, while Iran's cases crossed the major threshold of 100,000. The death toll from the coronavirus in Turkey sur

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Iraq reports 85 new cases of COVID-19

The Iraqi Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed four more deaths and 85 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 2,431 in the country. So far,

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Sleuth raises $3M Seed to bring order to continuous deployment

Sleuth, an early stage startup from three former Atlassian employees, wants to bring some much-needed order to the continuous delivery process. Today, the company announced it has raised a $3 million

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Instabug raises $5M Series A round led by Accel, as mobile app usage surges

There are some startups that behave like sprinters, and others that run a marathon. I came across Instabug when I was in Cairo in 2013. Born during the chaotic era of the Arab Spring, this plucky star

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S.Korea reports 13 more COVID-19 cases, 10,793 in total

South Korea reported 13 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,793. The da

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China's Hubei reports no increase in COVID-19 cases for 29 consecutive days

No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in central China's Hubei Province Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunda

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Anthony Fauci: From independent doctor to political football

White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx (r) listens as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci (l) speaks during a meeting ab

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Protests in California ask for lifting shelter-in-place restrictions against COVID-19 pandemic

Protesters gathered in at least 11 cities Friday noon in the U.S. state of California, urging to lift shelter-in-place restrictions against COVID-19 pandemic and reopen the state as quickly as poss

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COVID-19, Cold War and the U.S. elections

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington DC, as Vice President Mike Pence listens. April 1, 2020. /AP Ed

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Home testing for COVID-19 could be 'useless', leading GP warns

A doctor says he is concerned that people will not get to the "right place to take the swab properly".

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Hong Kong reports 2 more confirmed COVID-19 cases, after zero infection for 5 days

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported two newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total cases in China's Hong Kong Special Administrativ

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1st LD-Writethru: China's Hubei reports no increase in COVID-19 cases for 27 consecutive days

No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in central China's Hubei Province Thursday, the provincial health commission said Frid

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China's Heilongjiang reports 5 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, all of whom were previously imported asymptomatic cases, the provincial hea

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A new pro bono portal just launched for lawyers looking to help people hit hard by the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has laid low a lot of Americans, more than 62,000 of whom have already died since the beginning of March and 30 million more who are now out of work owing to the resultant shu

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Feature: An African medical student's fight against COVID-19 in China

Mustapha Abdul Raheem has experienced two epidemics in the past six years: one was the Ebola in West Africa in 2014, during which he witnessed sufferings and aspired to study medicine; the other w

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China's Hubei reports no increase in COVID-19 cases for 26 consecutive days

No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday, the provincial health commission said Thu

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Hong Kong court rejects appeals of riot participants over jail terms

The High Court of Hong Kong on Wednesday rejected the appeals of three men jailed for participating in a riot four years ago over their jail terms. The Court of Appeal