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Covid-19 update: WHO like public relations agency for China, should be ashamed, says Donald Trump

Covid-19 update: WHO like public relations agency for China, should be ashamed, says Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump Thursday said the World Health Organization should be “ashamed of” itself, as he likened it to a public relations agency for China. The Trump Administration has launched a probe into the role of the WHO on coronavirus, and has temporarily suspended the US’ financial assistance to it. “I think that the […]

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Knowledge about North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is limited, but crucial

Knowledge about North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is limited, but crucial

New rumors about Kim Jong Un pour in daily. The North Korean leader is dead. Or he’s very ill. Or maybe he’s just recuperating in his luxury compound, or isolating himself from the coronavirus. As speculation about his health builds, an underlying question looms for professional spies, policymakers, academics and curious news consumers alike. What […]

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Virus may keep coming back every year: Experts

Virus may keep coming back every year: Experts

China’s top scientists on Tuesday said that Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), cannot be stopped and will continue to cause seasonal infections like the flu. The seasonal flu kills between 300,000 and 650,000 people around the world every year, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. “This is very likely to be an […]

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New NYC grading plan comes amid more signs of virus recovery

New NYC grading plan comes amid more signs of virus recovery

COVID-19 hospital admissions dipped below 1,000 and military jets soared in tribute above New York City. Meanwhile, city schools are adopting a new grading system. Here are the latest coronavirus-related developments in New York THE NUMBERS New COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York state are averaging under 1,000 a day for the first time this month, the latest […]

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PM Boris Johnson returns to work today but it still isn’t clear when UK can

PM Boris Johnson returns to work today but it still isn’t clear when UK can

London: Boris Johnson returns to work for the first time in a fortnight with one key item at the top of his in-tray: when will he let Britain do so? The prime minister will chair the government’s Monday morning meeting to coordinate efforts to tackle the virus. He spent the last two weeks recuperating at Chequers, […]

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Kim Jong Un ‘alive and well’: Seoul

Kim Jong Un ‘alive and well’: Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is “alive and well”, a top security adviser to the South’s President Moon Jae-in said, downplaying rumours over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary. “Our government position is firm,” said Moon’s special adviser on national security Moon Chung-in, in an interview with CNN on Sunday. “Kim […]

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Coronavirus global updates, April 26: Boris Johnson to join work, Spain allows outdoor exercise from May 2

Coronavirus global updates, April 26: Boris Johnson to join work, Spain allows outdoor exercise from May 2

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Latest Updates: More than 2.9 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while over 2,00,000 have died across the world. US has the maximum number of cases in the world, followed by Spain and Italy. And the World Health Organisation said there was no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 cannot fall sick […]

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Lockdown impact: Stuck in India, US visa holders worry about jobs, families

Lockdown impact: Stuck in India, US visa holders worry about jobs, families

Every time she is on a FaceTime video call with her daughter Aarya, Priyanka Reddy breaks down invariably. She cannot hold her tears back when all that the four-year-old wants to know is when would her mother return home. As she is uncertain of her return, the daughter complains of the food prepared by the […]

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‘Make No Mistake. COVID-19 Will Be With Us For Long Time’: WHO

‘Make No Mistake. COVID-19 Will Be With Us For Long Time’: WHO

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday warned the novel coronavirus crisis was here to stay, adding that several countries were only in the initial stages of the battle against the deadly infection. “Make no mistake, we have a long way to go. Coronavirus will be with us for a long time. There is no question […]

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‘This Wasn’t Just Flu, We Were Attacked,’ Says Donald Trump As US’ COVID-19 Deaths Cross 47,000

‘This Wasn’t Just Flu, We Were Attacked,’ Says Donald Trump As US’ COVID-19 Deaths Cross 47,000

Struggling to restore normalcy in the US where COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than 47,000 people and infected over 8,52,000, President Donald Trump has said that the the country was “attacked”. “We were attacked. This was an attack. This wasn’t just the flu by the way. Nobody has ever seen anything like this, […]

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