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Governor of Afghanistan's Khost escapes assassination attempt
Date: 2020-04-21 22:46:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:88 - ID:8404794
KABUL, April 21 (MENA) - An official source with the Afghan government on Tuesday announced that Khost governor Mohammad Halim Fidai escaped an assassination attempt after an explosion targeted his convoy, Khaama Press News Agency reported. The ....
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Over 260 deaths from COVID-19 documented in Moscow
Date: 2020-04-21 22:02:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:8404787
MOSCOW, April 21 (MENA) - The Moscow anti-coronavirus crisis center said that 28 patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus have died in Moscow in the past 24 hours, with the total number of deaths from the disease reaching 261, TASS news agency ....
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Dutch official coronavirus death toll nears 4,000, hospitalization rate still falling
Date: 2020-04-21 21:33:31 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:81 - ID:8404765
AMSTERDAM, April 21 (MENA) - The number of official coronavirus deaths in the Netherlands rose by 165 overnight, but the large rise on Monday’s figure is due to a time lag in the way deaths are reported, Dutch News quoted the public health institute ....
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ILO says COVID-19 caused devastating effect on social, economic sectors
Date: 2020-04-21 14:28:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:44 - ID:8404234
GENEVA, April 21 (MENA) - The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on workers and employers in all sectors, said the International Labor Organization (ILO) in a statement Tuesday. Workers in essential services such as health and ....
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WFP: Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow
Date: 2020-04-21 11:39:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:31 - ID:8403833
GENEVA, April 21 (MENA) - The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday warned that the number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of Covid-19. The impact of ....
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Istanbul death toll hints Turkey is hiding a wider Coronavirus calamity: NYT
Date: 2020-04-21 10:40:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:8403819
NEW YORK, April 21 (MENA) - For weeks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has presented Turkey’s performance in handling the coronavirus as one of the world’s most successful, as he maintained strict control over information about the outbreak, ....
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WHO: Source for coronavirus can not be identified so far
Date: 2020-04-21 09:15:37 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:19 - ID:8403652
GENEVA, April 21 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that a source for the novel coronavirus can not be identified so far. WHO Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai said at a press conference via ....
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Trump plans to suspend immigration to US
Date: 2020-04-21 07:57:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8403555
WASHINGTON, April 21 (MENA) - President Donald Trump said that he intended to close the United States to people trying to immigrate into the country to live and work, a drastic move that he said would protect American workers from foreign ....
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WHO warns against rush to ease virus rules
Date: 2020-04-21 07:23:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:11 - ID:8403523
GENEVA, April 21 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said Tuesday that rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions will likely lead to a resurgence of the illness, a warning that comes as governments start rolling out plans to get their economies up ....
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Coronavirus: Virgin Australia in voluntary administration after gov't rejects dlrs 1.4bn loan
Date: 2020-04-21 06:55:44 GMT - Australia - World - SN:10 - ID:8403514
CANNABERA, April 21 (MENA) - Virgin Australia has entered voluntary administration in the hope of emerging from the COVID-19 crisis in a "stronger financial position," Sky News reported. Australia's second-largest airline made the announcement on ....
