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Iran closer to COVID-19 containment, Turkey poised to become hardest-hit country in Mideast
Iran said on Friday that it was closer to the containment of the COVID-19 outbreak in most of the country....
Read moreChina reports 27 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 4,632 after data revisions
China’s National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 17, up from 26 the day earlier, according...
Read moreChina mandates coronavirus tests for key public workers leaving Wuhan
China, on Saturday, ordered that anyone in Wuhan working in certain service-related jobs must take a coronavirus test if they...
Read moreHong Kong Police detain veteran democracy activists in raids
Hong Kong Police, on Saturday, arrested about a dozen democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly in raids across the...
Read moreU.S. sends officers to Guatemala after deportees found with coronavirus
The Trump administration has deployed a team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to Guatemala to...
Read moreUK hospital COVID-19 death toll rises 847 to 14,576
The United Kingdom’s hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose by 847 to 14,576, as of 1600 GMT on April 16,...
Read moreVirus not reason to let migrants drown, European rights chief warns
The COVID-19 epidemic cannot justify leaving migrants to drown or returning them to risk abuse in Libya, Council of Europe...
Read more3 boys sentenced in child gang rape
A German court on Thursday handed youth sentences to three 15-year-old boys for the gang-rape of a young woman in...
Read more20 sailors hospitalised after French navy coronavirus outbreak
About 20 French sailors were hospitalised following a large outbreak of the coronavirus in the French aircraft carrier Charles de...
Read moreNew York extends coronavirus shutdown to May 15
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday extended the state’s shutdown to stem the spread of coronavirus until May 15....
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