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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 ....
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Indian Gov't: Coronovirus cases rise to 28
Date: 2020-03-04 08:01:55 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:8338373
NEW DELHI, March 4 (MENA) - India recorded its biggest jump in coronavirus cases on Wednesday as 15 Italian tourists - who landed in Delhi last month - and one Indian, who was travelling with them, tested positive for the illness, taking the total ....
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Poland reports first coronavirus case - health minister
Date: 2020-03-04 07:59:32 GMT - Poland - World - SN:12 - ID:8338419
WARSAW, March 4 (MENA) - Poland has confirmed its first coronavirus infection, Poland’s Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski said on Wednesday as quoted by Sky News channel. Szumowski said the sick man is in hospital in Zielona Gora, western Poland, ....
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Switzerland says 58 confirmed coronavirus cases detected
Date: 2020-03-04 07:36:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:11 - ID:8338332
BERN, March 4 (MENA) - Switzerland has announced that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 58, but no deaths. The government has banned all major events with more than 1,000 people until at least March 15, ....
