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U.S. states to jointly buy COVID-19 medical supplies

Seven Northeastern U.S. states will develop a regional supply chain to purchase essential COVID-19 medical supplies, their governors announced on Sunday.During a joint virtual news conference, gov

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Tanzania warns against random use of medicines to cure COVID-19

Tanzanian health authorities on Sunday warned people against random use of different types of medicines in the hope that they can cure the COVID-19 virus. Abel Makubi, the Chief Medical Officer in th

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Northeastern U.S. states to jointly buy COVID-19 medical supplies

Seven Northeastern U.S. states will develop a regional supply chain to purchase essential COVID-19 medical supplies, their respective governors announced on Sunday. During a joint virtual news confer

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Lebanese president warns against move to hinder new cabinet's work

Lebanese President Michel Aoun warned on Saturday against a "conspiracy" by some political parties aiming to topple the new government and hinder its work by turning pr

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Wall Street suffers a steep sell-off amid COVID-19

The New York Stock Exchange. /VCG Wall Street witnessed a broad market sell-off on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 622.03 points, or 2.55 percent, to

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Chinese high-speed railway giant remains profitable in Q1

VCG Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co. Ltd., the operator of one of the country's most lucrative railway lines, remained profitable in the first quarter of this year despite the COVID-19

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Russia reports record daily rise in coronavirus cases after PM's infection

Russia on Friday reported a record daily rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, a day after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced he had been diagnosed

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Emirates, Etihad warn air travel recovery could take three years

Middle East state carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways believe it could take three years for air travel demand to return to levels seen just before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, according to th

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Live COVID-19 updates: Italy records highest daily coronavirus recoveries

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. ROME -- Italy on Thursday recorded the highest daily number of coronavirus recoveries since the emergency started in

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UNHCR warns of looming humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

South Sudan is one of 52 African countries that have reported COVID-19 cases. /VCG The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned of a looming humanitarian crisis in South Sudan amid the

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Europe faces deepest recession since World War II as economies shrink amid COVID-19 crisis

European countries are heading into their deepest recessions since 1945 because of COVID-19, a slew of official figures suggest. Eurostat, the statistical office of the

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Yemen reports first two COVID-19 deaths: health minister

Yemen registered its first two deaths from COVID-19, Yemen TV quoted the country's health minister as saying on Wednesday. Earlier, Yemen reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the southern po

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Twitter says Elon Musk’s tweets advocating against expert COVID-19 guidance don’t violate its rules

Twitter has said that tweets posted early Tuesday morning by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that irresponsibly call for restrictions put in place to defend against the spread of COVID-19 don’t v

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Chinese police stresses traffic safety ahead of May Day holiday

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has urged efforts to ensure road safety during the upcoming May Day holiday, which is expected to see a surge in passengers and c

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Wall Street down on flight from techs; move to value limits loss

Wall Street's major indexes lost ground on Tuesday as investors moved out of market-leading growth stocks, though a rotation into cyclical value stocks indicated hopes of economic revival as state

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Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry to fall by at least 4 pct in 2020: study

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic would cause global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry to fall by 4 to 11 percent in 2020, according to a new study by Germany-based Climat

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Germany reports over 156,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, death toll at 5,913

Germany reported on Tuesday 1,144 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing its total tally to 156,337, according to the federal disease control agency Robert Koch Institute (RKI). "It is a success tha