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France eyes six-week lockdown as virus deaths pass 1,000 - 03/24/2020

Paris - By Pol O Gradaigh, - French authorities were mulling on Tuesday a long extension of a coronavirus lockdown and much wider testing, as the Covid-19 death toll in the country's hospitals rose...

Strong rebound in Asia despite US, European sell-offs amid pandemic - 03/24/2020

Tokyo - By Takehiko Kambayashi, – Asian stocks bounced back strongly on Tuesday despite heavy overnight losses on Wall Street and European bourses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s benchmark...

Jordanians must 'get used to having no luxuries' under curfew - 03/23/2020

Amman - By Nehal El-Sherif, - Jordanians must get used to living without luxuries under curfew, Labour Minister Nidal al-Bataineh said on Monday, as the government promised to start deliveries of...

Slovakian bishop battles virus by flying holy cloth over country - 03/23/2020

Bratislava (dpa) - Slovakia's influential Catholic Church has piloted a novel method of using old rituals to fight off the coronavirus pandemic: flying a sacred relic over the country in a plane. In...

Russia loosens anti-coronavirus restrictions for post-Soviet allies - 03/23/2020

Moscow (dpa) - Russia has excluded visitors from allied post-Soviet countries from an entry ban imposed to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday....

UAE to halt all flights, Saudi Arabia to impose curfew over virus - 03/23/2020

Dubai (dpa) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have introduced more restrictions on flights and citizens' activities to curb the spread of the coronavirus.   The UAE said early...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel tested for coronavirus - 03/22/2020

Berlin (dpa) - Chancellor Angela Merkel was tested for the new coronavirus on Monday and is waiting for the result, government spokesman Steffen Seibert says. "The chancellor is doing well," he says....

Be wary of people knocking on doors to test for Covid-19 - 03/22/2020

Miami (tca/dpa) - The rumor circulating on family text group chats goes something like this: people pretending to be employees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are knocking on...

Trump touts 'tremendous response' to coronavirus amid rising toll - 03/22/2020

New York (tca/dpa) - President Donald Trump touted the "tremendous response" to the coronavirus crisis Saturday even as the national death toll continued to increase and reports claimed he ignored...

Seoul: North Korea fires two ballistic short-range missiles - 03/21/2020

Seoul - By Thomas Cronenberg and Dirk Godder, dpa - North Korea fired two ballistic short-range missiles towards the East Sea on Saturday, the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)...
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