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Free childcare for Australian workers amid COVID-19 pandemic: PM

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a free childcare program amid the coronavirus pandemic. Morrison and Dan Tehan, minister for education, on Thursday afternoon said that child

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Germany reports rise in coronavirus cases to 67,366

Germany reported a total of 67,366 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, up by 5,453 from a day earlier, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Wednesday. Up to 732 deaths from the virus were reported Wednes

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Thai PM warns emergency decree to extend if COVID-19 situation does not ease

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday told the media after the Cabinet meeting that he may extend the state of emergency decree for another month or two sho

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Marriott says 5.2 million guest records stolen in another data breach

Marriott has confirmed a second data breach in three years — this time involving the personal information on 5.2 million guests.The hotel giant said Tuesday it discovered the breach of an unspecified

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British Airways suspending flights from London's Gatwick

A British Airways plane taxis near Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, UK, March 14, 2020. /VCG British Airways said it is temporarily suspending flights from Gatwick Airport in southern

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Finland tightens control at border with Sweden amid coronavirus pandemic

Finland has begun to tighten control at its northwestern border with Sweden, in a fresh attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Finnish government announced on Monday. When Finland earlier

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U.S. state of Virginia orders residents to stay home amid COVID-19 spread

Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia Ralph Northam issued a "stay-at-home" order Monday, asking residents in the state not to leave home except for essential reasons

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Trump extends national social distancing guidelines to April 30

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that the national social distancing guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus will be extended to April 30. "We

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UK airline easyJet grounds entire fleet of aircrafts amid coronavirus pandemic

British low-cost airline easyJet said Monday that it has grounded entire fleet of aircrafts and cancelled all of its flights due to the unprecedented travel restrictions and massive lockdowns amid t

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Cyber insurer Chubb had data stolen in Maze ransomware attack

Chubb, a major cybersecurity insurance provider for businesses hit by data breaches, has itself become a target of a data breach.The insurance giant told TechCrunch it was investigating a “secu

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Russia to ban all int'l flights as COVID-19 cases rise to 840

Russia will ban nearly all international flights from midnight Friday and recommend new restrictions, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 840 on Thursday. Russia will stop all r

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More than 1,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths, near 70,000 cases: JHU

The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus rose to 1,041 in the United States as of Wednesday, with 68,960 confirmed cases nationwide, according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins Un

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Coronavirus antibody tests expected soon in Germany: virologist

In the "very near future," coronavirus antibody tests that could determine who has already had an infection would be available, said Christian Drosten, head of the Ins

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COVID-19 death toll at 356 in Netherlands

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in the Netherlands rose by 80 on Wednesday to a tally of 356, but the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) noted that the vi

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China must not relax epidemic control as flow of people increases: official

China should stick to strict measures on epidemic prevention and control as the country resumes work and production and the flow of people increases, a health official

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U.S. Washington governor announces statewide stay-home order

The U.S. state of Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Monday night announced a statewide order that requires residents to stay home and close down all non-essential businesses due to the spread of the

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WHO warns U.S. could become coronavirus epicenter

People wait in line to get a COVID-19 test at a public testing station at a fire station on March 24, 2020 in Hayward, California. Hundreds of people are lining up to receive a COVID-19 test offe