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Feature: Kenyan business owners adopt innovative ways to stay afloat amid COVID-19 disruptions

Edward Muriithi was in high spirits on Friday morning as mask-wearing clients surrounded his pick-up truck to sample chickens that he put on display for sale in Kenya'

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London's COVID-19 death rate almost double other UK regions as impact on rich, poor differs

The devastating impact of the novel coronavirus on London was laid bare Friday in an analysis published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), showing that death rate in the capital per 100,

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Spotlight: Many U.S. healthcare workers face COVID-19 safety challenges

One expects a certain degree of danger in jobs like a police officer, soldier or firefighter, but nurses and doctors aren't typically called upon to risk for their live

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New trade appeals body gets around U.S. block on WTO

Some of the world's major trading nations have agreed on a way to circumvent U.S. obstruction of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the body responsible for resolving international trade disputes.Th

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U.S. oil giants cut output as Exxon Mobil reports 1st loss in decades

U.S. oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron said Friday they were curtailing some production as they slash capital spending in response to an acute industry downturn in the wake of the coronavirus crisis

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Smartphone shipments dropped 18% in China, thanks to COVID-19

More rough figures from Canalys. After reporting a 13% year-over-year drop for global smartphone shipments, the firm is back with even worse numbers for China. Shipments dropped 18% year-over-year for

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Alcohol abuse: Has lockdown isolation led to a spike in drinking?

02:56 Life under COVID-19 lockdown has been more tough for some than others – and more alcohol drunk could be a negative consequence.The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried soci

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: Countries locking down and opening up

Editor's note:This is the 51st article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone.As coronavirus continues to spread, countries are putting citizens under different forms of lockdo

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Japan April auto sales slump to nine-year low as pandemic saps demand

Japan's monthly auto sales dropped to a nine-year low in April, industry data showed on Friday, after a state of emergency called by the government to contain the national outbreak of the new coronav

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'W-shaped' recovery may be too optimistic, Fed's Powell suggests

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sketched out an altogether bumpier ride for the U.S. economy than many are predicting – one that sees business activity stop and start for months to come, unti

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Global Business Daily: Eurozone crash, Shell dividend cut

"As containment measures are gradually lifted, these scenarios foresee a recovery in economic activity although its speed and scale remain highly uncertain."It might not strike you as the most hopefu

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US weekly jobless claims hit 3.84 million, topping 30 million over the last 6 weeks

First-time filings for unemployment insurance hit 3.84 million last week as the wave of economic pain continues, though the worst appears to be in the past, according t

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US Air Force Claims It's Ready to Use Nuclear Arsenal Despite Coronavirus Pandemic

The COVID-19 outbreak has not spared the American military affecting two of its aircraft carriers, several foreign bases, and at least 6,754 servicemen.The American mil

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Domestic abuse helpline calls jump during epidemic, as experts feared

Women bang spoons against pots and pans next to a banner in Arabic that reads 'lockdown not lockup' with the number of a domestic violence hotline as part of a solidarity campaign in Beirut, Leba

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NBA considers restarting games in Disney World Resort in Florida

The Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista near Orlando, Florida. /VCG The NBA is considering resuming the suspended 2019-20 season at the Disney World Resort in Florida, ac

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Immunity tests – a tool to know how widespread the coronavirus is

Virus. Antibodies. Immunity. Tests. Vaccines.Never a health lexicon was so present in people's day-to-day life as now. With the coronavirus deaths totaling more than 211,000 and a vaccine still month

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Index and Credo lead a $2.75M seed in anti-fraud tech, Resistant AI

Prague based Resistant AI has nabbed a $2.75M seed round. The security startup’s machine learning technology is designed to be deployed on top of AI systems used for financial decision making to