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Coronavirus mars Easter holidays as global death toll nears 100,000

ROME: Hundreds of millions of people around the world will spend the Easter holiday at home as lockdown measures intensify to combat the coronavirus, a pandemic with a global death…

admin April 10, 2020

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World faces worst economic fallout since Great Depression: IMF chief

WASHINGTON: The global coronavirus pandemic is causing an economic crisis unlike any in the past century and will require a massive response to help in the recovery, IMF chief Kristalina…

admin April 9, 2020

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Real-time monitoring needed to prevent second COVID-19 wave in China: Study

BEIJING: While China's aggressive control measures may have halted the first wave of COVID-19 in areas outside Hubei province, the epicentre of the epidemic, real-time monitoring of the spread and…

admin April 9, 2020

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Spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi named Iraq’s third PM-designate this year

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Barham Saleh nominated spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi on Thursday as the country's third prime minister-designate this year, moments after predecessor Adnan Zurfi ended his bid to form…

admin April 9, 2020

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Bangkok to ban alcohol sales to curb coronavirus as people continue to host parties

BANGKOK: Sales of alcoholic beverages will be banned in Thailand's cal Bangkok for a 10-day period starting Friday as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections.…

admin April 9, 2020

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How technology is tackling coronavirus-induced isolation in Norway

OSLO: Widower Per Leif Rolid lives alone on his farm, a two-hour drive from Oslo. His sense of isolation has mounted with the COVID-19 pandemic, but a simple screen is…

admin April 9, 2020

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