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U.S. military worker on White House campus tests positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-07 18:01:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:8424401
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) - A member of the military who works at the White House tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting new tests of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that proved negative, administration officials said ....
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FAO: Global food commodity prices drop further in April
Date: 2020-05-07 14:58:41 GMT - Italy - World - SN:42 - ID:8423839
ROME, May 7 (MENA) - World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April, as the economic and logistical impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand for many commodities, the UN Food and ....
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Spain records 213 coronavirus deaths over past 24 hours
Date: 2020-05-07 14:09:52 GMT - Spain - World - SN:36 - ID:8423771
MADRID, May 7 (MENA) - Spain recorded 213 deaths from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of the virus deaths in the country to 26,070. The Spanish Health Ministry on Thursday said that the total number of ....
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United Nations appeals for $4.7 billion dollars more to fight coronavirus pandemic
Date: 2020-05-07 07:28:13 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:5 - ID:8423424
NEW YORK, May 7 (MENA) - The United Nations on Thursday issued a new appeal for $4.7 billion in funding to "protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries," The Economic Times reported. The money is on top of ....
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Brazil presidential spokesman tests positive for virus
Date: 2020-05-07 07:11:39 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:4 - ID:8423413
BRASILIA, May 7 (MENA) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's spokesman has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the government said Wednesday, the latest case to hit close to the far-right leader, who rejects social distancing measures. Army ....
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Schools reopen in some parts of Japan after pandemic shutdown
Date: 2020-05-07 06:57:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:3 - ID:8423403
TOKYO, May 7 (MENA) - Schools that had closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus reopened Thursday in some regions of Japan, prompting parents to express concern that children will be unable to maintain recommended social distancing and are at ....
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Pompeo thanks Kang for close cooperation on COVID-19, reaffirms strength of alliance
Date: 2020-05-07 06:41:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:2 - ID:8423389
SEOUL, May 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has thanked South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha for Seoul's close cooperation on COVID-19 and reaffirmed the strength of the bilateral alliance, the US State Department said. Pompeo ....
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Coronavirus deaths in Belgium rise by 339 to 8,339
Date: 2020-05-06 21:35:32 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:86 - ID:8423305
BRUSSELS, May 6 (MENA) - Belgium has recorded 339 new deaths of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total tally to 8,339, the public health institute Sciensano confirmed on Wednesday. Sciensano explained that 229 deaths in ....
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WHO says coronavirus cases declining in West Europe, increase in East Europe, Africa
Date: 2020-05-06 21:13:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:83 - ID:8423278
GENEVA, May 6 (MENA) - The World Health Organization warned world leaders Wednesday that there can be “no going back to business as usual” following the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended economies and wreaked havoc on nearly every country ....
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Nearly 200 recurrent genetic mutations of coronavirus identified - Study says
Date: 2020-05-06 20:57:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:8423279
LONDON, May 6 (MENA) – Researchers from London have published a study that supports the idea that coronavirus began spreading between humans late last year and transmitted rapidly—and though researchers identified nearly 200 recurrent genetic ....
