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Airlines face $113 billion hit from the coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-05 12:26:26 GMT - Canada - World - SN:34 - ID:8340632
OTTAWA, March 5 (MENA) - Global airlines stand to lose $113 billion in sales if the coronavirus continues to spread, CNN quoted the International Air Transport Association as having said. The losses would be similar to those experienced by the ....
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Passenger airline business could see losses up to dlrs 113 billion this year over corona virus
Date: 2020-03-05 11:57:32 GMT - Canada - World - SN:32 - ID:8340518
MONTREAL, March 5 (MENA) - Airlines globally are set to lose in passenger revenues of up to $113 billion if the Corona Virus spreads further, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Thursday in a statement on its website. This ....
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ILO Governing Body will not hold its March meeting due to Covid-19
Date: 2020-03-05 10:58:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:22 - ID:8340334
GENEVA, March 5 (MENA) - The upcoming session of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Governing Body (GB), originally scheduled for March 12-26, will not take place in light of the decisions taken by the Swiss authorities to counter the spread ....
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UN: Coronavirus outbreak has cost global value chains $50 billion in exports
Date: 2020-03-05 10:42:22 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:21 - ID:8340424
CAIRO, March 5 (MENA) - UNCTAD expected the the outbreak of the coronavirus to result in a 50 billion dollar decrease in exports across global value chains. A new UNCTAD report published Thursday saying the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ....
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Bosnia confirms first case of coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-05 08:57:47 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - World - SN:15 - ID:8340099
SARAJEVO, March 5 (MENA) - Bosnia has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus, television in the country's Serb-dominated region reported on Thursday, quoting the health ministry. The case was confirmed in the Serb republic but there were no ....
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US airstrike kills 7 Daesh militants in Kunar province of Afghanistan
Date: 2020-03-05 08:57:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8340097
KABUL, March 5 (MENA) - A US airstrike killed seven militants of Daesh in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported Thursday. According to a statement released by 201st Silab Corps, the US forces conducted the airstrike in Noor ....
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PNP Chief, 3 generals survive helicopter crash
Date: 2020-03-05 08:15:02 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:13 - ID:8340094
MANILA, March 5 (MENA) - Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), and seven other policemen that include three generals, were injured when the helicopter they were riding crashed in San Pedro, Laguna on Thursday ....
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S. Korea reports 438 new virus cases, total now at 5,766
Date: 2020-03-05 08:01:24 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8340072
SEOUL, March 5 (MENA) - South Korea reported 438 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the nation's total number of infections to 5,766, with most new virus infections still identified in the southeastern city of Daegu, the epicenter of ....
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Former UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuéllar dies
Date: 2020-03-05 07:59:34 GMT - Peru - World - SN:11 - ID:8340049
LIMA, March 5 (MENA) - Javier Perez de Cuéllar, the fifth UN Secretary-General passed away at the age of 100. In a statement on Wednesday evening, current UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he was profoundly saddened at Perez de ....
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Iran cancels Friday prayers amid coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-03-04 16:06:55 GMT - Iran - World - SN:62 - ID:8339398
TEHRAN, March 4 (MENA) - Iran cancelled Friday prayers in major cities across the country amid novel coronavirus outbreak, Xinhua reported. "The Friday prayers in the capital cities of all provinces (including Tehran) have been cancelled this ....
