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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in grave danger after surgery
The South Korean government on Tuesday was looking into reports saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile condition after surgery. An official from the National Intelligence Service, who didn’t want to be named, citing office
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Trump to sign order to suspend immigration into US
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the
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US Reports 1,997 Coronavirus Deaths In Last 24 Hours: Report
The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by almost 2,000 in the past 24 hours to reach 40,661 on Sunday, a tally from Johns Hopkins University showed. The rise in deaths, by 1,997, is marginally above the 1,891 which Johns Hopkins
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Coronavirus is giving Mount Everest a much needed break from humanity
For the second time in five years, the snowy slopes of Everest will lie empty and silent. On 11 March, China suspended all climbing expeditions
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Global Coronavirus Death Count Tops 160,000: Report
More than 160,000 people have died from the new coronavirus around the world, almost two thirds of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 0940
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Hungry, Unemployed Americans Line Up At Food Banks Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars
Read MoreCoronavirus: World Economy Bound To Suffer "Severe Recession", Says IMF
The world economy, already "sluggish" before the coronavirus outbreak, is now bound to suffer a "severe recession" in 2020, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned and said the current crisis posed "daunting
Read More99-Year-Old Raises $16 Million For UK's COVID-19 Fight With Garden Walk
Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran, completed the last of 100 laps of his garden on Thursday, raising 13 million pounds ($16 million) for the health service in an endeavour that has spread joy across the country amid the coronavirus
Read MoreMoscow to review virus lockdown passes over metro crowds
Moscow said Wednesday it will review a new electronic permit system to regulate its coronavirus lockdown after large crowds formed in metros as police checked passes. Moscow authorities began issuing digital permits to residents using cars or
Read MoreOver Two Million Coronavirus Cases Recorded Globally
More than two million cases of the new coronavirus have been officially registered around the world, half of them in Europe, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT Wednesday based on official sources. At least 2,000,576 infections,
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