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Coronavirus: More than 25,000 cases reported in Pakistan
Date: 2020-05-08 08:07:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8424659
ISLAMABAD, May 8 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 1,764 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, taking the total to 25,837 in the country, CNN reported on Friday. This is the highest rise in a single day the country has seen during the ....
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Coronavirus unleashed ‘tsunami of hate,’ says UN chief
Date: 2020-05-08 07:47:14 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:8 - ID:8424648
NEW YORK, May 6 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering” and appealed for “an all-out effort to end hate speech ....
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US delivers financial aid to Afghanistan, Colombia, Mongolia over Covid-19
Date: 2020-05-07 21:54:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:8424554
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) – The United States is providing over 30 million USD of financial assistance to Afghanistan, Colombia and Mongolia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ....
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World tourism faces worst crisis since records began, says UNWTO
Date: 2020-05-07 21:19:56 GMT - Spain - World - SN:81 - ID:8424552
MADRID, May 7 (MENA) - International tourism faces its worst crisis since records began, with up to 1.1bn fewer people taking trips globally in 2020. The scale of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact is outlined in a report by the World Tourism ....
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UN and partners launch $6.7 billion appeal for vulnerable countries to counter Covid-19
Date: 2020-05-07 21:11:03 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:80 - ID:8424550
NEW YORK, May 7 (MENA) - UN launched on Thursday a humanitarian response plan which aims at collecting dlrs 6.7 billion to help vulnerable countries counter the impact of coronavirus crisis worldwide. In a statement released on Thursday, the UN ....
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Lira hits record low as Turkey targets ‘manipulation’ by foreign banks
Date: 2020-05-07 18:14:03 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:65 - ID:8424423
ANKARA, May 7 (MENA) - Turkey has frozen a trio of major international banks out of its currency market as it stepped up efforts to stop a wave of selling that sent the lira tumbling to a record low on Thursday. The Turkish financial regulator ....
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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 ....
