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  • New York's coronavirus death toll surpasses that of 9/11

    Date: 2020-04-03 19:54:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:8381629

    NEW YORK, April 3 (MENA) - Over the course of nearly five weeks, the coronavirus has killed more New Yorkers than the terrorists who flew airplanes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. And the death toll is only expected to grow — by leaps ....

  • New York gov. signs order to redistribute supplies to hospitals most in need

    Date: 2020-04-03 19:54:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:8381572

    NEW YORK, April 3 (MENA) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will sign an executive order on Friday allowing the state to redistribute medical supplies to hospitals most in need as the coronavirus continues to spread, US News reported. The governor ....

  • UN chief warns ‘worst yet to come’ for countries in conflict

    Date: 2020-04-03 19:02:49 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:81 - ID:8381577

    NEW YORK, April 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call on Friday for a global ceasefire. He urged all parties in conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic, RT channel ....

  • Germany's Dortmund stadium to be used as medical center in virus crisis

    Date: 2020-04-03 17:44:24 GMT - Germany - World - SN:75 - ID:8381419

    BERLIN, April 3 (MENA) - Germany's biggest football stadium, Borussia Dortmund's Signal-Iduna-Park, is to be partially transformed into a medical center to help treat patients during the coronavirus pandemic, the German Bundesliga club announced ....

  • PM: Russia hasn't passed the peak of COVID-19 yet

    Date: 2020-04-03 17:09:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:8381467

    MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has warned that even though Russia hasn’t passed the peak of the coronavirus, the country can’t rule out the most complicated scenario, RIA Novosti reported. He also stressed that ....

  • Afghanistan, Pakistan discuss cooperation against coronavirus

    Date: 2020-04-03 17:00:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:69 - ID:8381468

    KABUL, April 3 (MENA) – President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani discussed with Pakistani army Chief of Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa means of cooperation for fighting COVID-19 pandemic, Khaama Press reported. The two sides also held talks ....

  • China hopes more rational, calm, positive voices in face of COVID-19

    Date: 2020-04-03 16:05:02 GMT - China - World - SN:67 - ID:8381372

    BEIJING, April 3 (MENA) - China, like other countries affected, is a victim of the virus, therefore all countries must uphold solidarity and cooperation to achieve the final victory and protect the life and health of all people across the globe, the ....

  • Talks with Iran on black boxes from downed Ukrainian plane ongoing

    Date: 2020-04-03 16:04:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:66 - ID:8381422

    KIEV, April 3 (MENA) - Ukraine is continuing talks with Iran on the handover of black box flight recorders from a downed Ukrainian passenger plane, Ukrinform reported. "Talks with Iran are ongoing. [...] We are working to gain control of the ....

  • Coronavirus: UK deaths could reach 1,000 per day around Easter peak, says health secretary

    Date: 2020-04-03 16:04:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8381425

    LONDON, April 3 (MENA) – UK Health secretary Matt Hancock has said it is "perfectly possible" that the coronavirus outbreak will peak in the UK around Easter Sunday, with as many as 1,000 deaths a day in the period leading up to it, The Independent ....

  • Putin extends precautionary measures in Russia to April-end

    Date: 2020-04-03 15:56:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:8381417

    MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the special precautionary measures in Russia until the end of April to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. This is what the experts believe, and, of course, we are listening and ....

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