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1,000 migrants being moved from Greek camps to hotels amid outbreak - 04/14/2020

Brussels - Some 1,000 vulnerable refugees from the overcrowded camps on the Greek islands are being moved to hotels temporarily due to the dangers posed by the novel coronavirus, the European Union's...

IMF: World growth to contract 3 per cent, worst recession since 1930s - 04/14/2020

Washington - By Shabtai Gold, ) - The global economy will contract 3 per cent this year due to the new coronavirus and shutdowns aimed at mitigating its spread, the IMF said on Tuesday in its updated...

Libya's UN-backed government recaptures two cities from Haftar forces - 04/14/2020

Tripoli – Libya’s UN-backed government said Monday its forces have taken control of two strategic cities west of the capital Tripoli from rival troops led by commander Khalifa Haftar. Mohamed...

Japanese angered by PM's stay-at-home video featuring dog and song - 04/13/2020

Tokyo - By Takehiko Kambayashi, – Many Japanese were expressing criticism at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s stay-at-home message on social networks as more people struggled to make ends meet due to the...

Pope Francis: an 'Easter of solitude' for many - 04/13/2020

Rome -By Alvise Armellin - Pope Francis offered words of comfort to a virus-stricken world on Sunday, as he led normally joyous Easter celebrations in an eerily empty St Peter's Basilica. All papal...

Syria slams OPCW findings on 2017 chemical attacks - 04/09/2020

Damascus - The Syrian government on Thursday condemned a report by the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that said the military leadership of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

Fed to provide 2.3 trillion dollars in loans to support US economy - 04/09/2020

Washington - By Sophie Wingate, - The US Federal Reserve on Thursday announced another series of sweeping actions to provide up to 2.3 trillion dollars in loans to support the economy amid the...

IMF forecasts worst global economic slump since the Great Depression - 04/09/2020

Washington (dpa) - The coronavirus pandemic will spark the worst global economic fallout since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Thursday....

Iraq's intelligence chief picked to form new government - 04/09/2020

Baghdad (dpa) -The chief of Iraq's intelligence service, Mostafa al-Kazemi, has been named as the country's new prime minister-designate, the official Iraqi news agency INA reports. President Barham...

Governor: Five killed in south-east Turkey in Kurdish militant attack - 04/08/2020

Istanbul (dpa) - Five civilians were killed on Wednesday in a bomb attack in Turkey's south-eastern city of Diyarbakir, the governor's office said, blaming the assault on militants from the banned...
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