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Coronavirus created 'lockdown generation', with one in six youths forced to stop working, UN warns
Date: 2020-05-27 22:56:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:69 - ID:8447518
GENEVA, May 27 (MENA) - The coronavirus pandemic has created a 'lockdown generation' by forcing more than one in six people under the age of 29 to stop working, the UN has warned. The body's International Labor Organization said the COVID-19 ....
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Spain reports one new coronavirus death
Date: 2020-05-27 22:35:49 GMT - Spain - World - SN:68 - ID:8447520
MADRID, May 27 (MENA) - Spain has registered 27,118 deaths from the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, just one more than the previous day, but countrywide mortality data suggest the actual toll could be much higher, Sky news ....
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Huawei executive loses key decision in extradition case
Date: 2020-05-27 22:28:38 GMT - Canada - World - SN:66 - ID:8447517
VANCOUVER, May 27 (MENA) - China tech giant Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou will continue to face extradition to the U.S. from Canada on fraud charges the B.C. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, CBC news reported. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes ....
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Confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 59,151 in Pakistan
Date: 2020-05-27 22:11:25 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:65 - ID:8447514
ISLAMABAD, May 27 (MENA) - The emergence of 1,446 new infections over the last twenty-four hours has taken the nationwide tally of coronavirus to 59,151, Geo news reported. Some 21,118 cases have so far been detected in Punjab, 23,507 in Sindh, ....
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US, Italy co-chair meet of global coalition to defeat IS in June
Date: 2020-05-27 22:06:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:8447512
WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio will co-chair the June 4 meeting to review the next steps in the campaign to achieve a lasting defeat of IS, the US Department of the State said ....
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Moscow mayor extends self-isolation until June 14
Date: 2020-05-27 18:43:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:8447346
MOSCOW, May 27 (MENA) - The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, signed on Wednesday an order to extend self-isolation due to the coronavirus until June 14, but has also lifted some restrictions, Russia Today channel reported. He said in his blog ....
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Thailand reports nine new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Date: 2020-05-27 17:32:10 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:41 - ID:8447244
BANGKOK, May 27 (MENA) - Thailand on Wednesday reported nine new coronavirus infections, bringing its total to 3,054 confirmed cases. There were no new deaths reported. The cases were Thai nationals in quarantine who recently returned from ....
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US registers 1.68 mn coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-05-27 08:57:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8446668
WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) - The United States now has at least 1,681,418 cases of coronavirus and 98,929 related deaths, CNN quoted a tally by Johns Hopkins University as showing on Wednesday. The total includes cases from all 50 states, the ....
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Russia’s coronavirus cases rise by 8,338 in past day
Date: 2020-05-27 08:16:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8446623
MOSCOW, May 27 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 8,338 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 370,680, according to the Moscow Times. Over the past 24 hours, 161 people died, bringing the total toll to ....
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France's coronavirus deaths reach more than 28,500, cases slow
Date: 2020-05-26 19:12:34 GMT - France - World - SN:75 - ID:8446413
PARIS, May 26 (MENA) - France's coronavirus death toll rose by less than a 100 for the sixth day running on Tuesday, despite nursing home data being included again, raising hopes that the worst of the pandemic is over for the country, US News ....