Newly Recovered UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Joins Applause for Coronavirus Carers

The 55-year-old prime minister spent three nights in intensive care, then convalesced for two weeks at his country residence and returned to work on Monday.
May 01, 2020 at 09:55AM
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Germany Relaxes Coronavirus Lockdown for Playgrounds, Churches and Zoos

Germany's success in flattening the curve of Covid-19 infections has sparked calls for its lockdown to end, particularly from businesses that have been forced to close.
May 01, 2020 at 09:53AM
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Locked Down in Luxury, Sipping Wine & Watching Sunsets. This is How the Rich Brace a Pandemic

Some of the global elite rushed to dream homes in the countryside or were whisked away by private jet to seaside retreats.
May 01, 2020 at 09:42AM
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As China Steps Into Normal Life, Private Schools and Offices Conduct Coronavirus Tests

China had ramped up capacity to produce more than four million testing kits a day by early April, according to officials.
May 01, 2020 at 09:39AM
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New York Funeral Home Stores Bodies on Ice in Rented Trucks, Probe Initiated

Overwhelmed by coronavirus deaths, New York City funeral home rented four trucks to hold about 50 corpses.
May 01, 2020 at 09:39AM
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Several US airlines make face mask mandatory for passengSeveral US Airlines Make Face Mask Mandatory for Passengers, Crewers, crew

The announcement comes days after three European airlines Lufthansa Airlines, Swiss Airlines and Austrian Airlines made masks mandatory for their passengers during their flights.
May 01, 2020 at 09:31AM
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Cuban Embassy in Washington Struck by Gunfire, Texan Man Arrested as Suspect

"This morning at approximately 2:15 am, US Secret Service officers responded to the Embassy of Cuba following reports of shots fired," the Secret Service said in a statement.
May 01, 2020 at 09:23AM
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Hungary Forces Hospitals to Free-up Beds for Virus Patients. But Consequential Deaths Need Answers

"My mother suffered for six days at home, without appropriate medical care. She should have stayed in hospital, they sent her home dying," Lilla Ilona Szeleczki said.
May 01, 2020 at 09:12AM
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COVID-19 Cases In India Cross 35,000, Biggest Jump In 24 Hours: 10 Points

May 01, 2020 at 08:50AMIndia recorded the biggest single-day jump in the number of coronavirus cases as 1,993 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, including 73 deaths, taking the total to 35,043 and 1,147 deaths....

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'Pak Men More Likely to Have Jobs in Shutdown Industries': UK Ethnic Minorities Suffer Extra Covid-19 Deaths

Part of the extra death rate could be explained by ethnic minorities' higher likelihood to live in London or other cities hit hard by the virus, but geography was not the only factor.
May 01, 2020 at 08:44AM
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Hong Kong's Anger Against Beijing Rekindles; Democracy Protesters Plan to Hold Rallies Despite Virus

Pro-democracy unions and social media posts have called for people to shout slogans in their neighbourhoods on Friday afternoon, despite a ban on more than four people gathering in public places that is aimed at halting the virus.
May 01, 2020 at 08:41AM
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US Presidential Nominee Joe Biden To Address Sexual Assault Accusations Against Him Today

Trump, who himself faced more than a dozen accusations of sexual harassment and assault before he became president, said he knew little about the claims against Biden, even as his re-election team and Republican campaign operations aggressively push the controversy.
May 01, 2020 at 08:36AM
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Pakistan Slams 'Baseless' Media Reports of Jihadi Camps in PoK, Says Ploy to Divert Attention from J&K

Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui called the media reports an 'unfortunate ploy' and said Pakistan plans to enhance regional cooperation in South Asia.
May 01, 2020 at 08:07AM
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China Reports 12 New and 25 Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases, Up From Four a Day Earlier

Of the domestic transmission cases, five were in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang and one in the northern region of Inner Mongolia.
May 01, 2020 at 08:05AM
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WHO Should be Ashamed of Itself, It is Like a PR Agency for China, Says Trump in Latest Attack

Meanwhile, several Republican lawmakers demanding a Congressional hearing alleged that the WHO parroted the Chinese regime's 'disinformation' on multiple occasions, including denying human-to-human transmission of the virus.
May 01, 2020 at 08:04AM
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US Sees More Than 2,000 Coronavirus Deaths for 3rd Consecutive Day; Death Toll Crosses 62,000

The country -- hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities -- recorded 2,053 deaths on Thursday.
May 01, 2020 at 08:00AM
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'Screw Life': Quarantine Comes Apart in Brazil as People Come Out, Encouraged by Prez Bolsonaro

Egged on by President Jair Bolsonaro, who has routinely scoffed at both the virus and stay-at-home policies, Brazilians are heeding his call for revolt.
May 01, 2020 at 08:28AM
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'Everything He Did Was Bad': Trump Brushes Off Opinion Polls Showing Joe Biden in Lead for President

Trump has criticised Biden's decades-long record as a US senator and as President Barack Obama's vice president.
May 01, 2020 at 07:45AM
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"Propaganda": India Amid Backlash Over "Islamophobic" Posts

May 01, 2020 at 07:47AMIndia on Thursday called as "propaganda" its criticism by certain Twitter handles from the Arab world alleging that Muslims are being targeted in several parts of the country in the name of containing...

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Under Fire for Not Wearing a Mask, Mike Pence Learns Lesson & Dons One on Next Public Visit

Mike Pence's visit to the factory came hours after his wife, Karen Pence, defended her husband's decision to not wear a mask during a Tuesday visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
May 01, 2020 at 07:41AM
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Coronavirus Originated from China's Wuhan Lab, Claims Confident Trump, But Refuses to Divulge Details

Reiterating that this is something that could have been contained at Wuhan ground zero, Trump said that China could have contained it. 'They were either unable to, or they chose not to. And the world has suffered greatly,' he said.
May 01, 2020 at 07:41AM
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A Coronavirus Drug Actually Seems to Work. What Comes Next? Here are Your Questions Answered

“Will it be an overwhelming cure? No, of course not,” Anthony Fauci said. But with its use, “you will free up hospital beds, you will take less stress on the health care system.”
May 01, 2020 at 07:39AM
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'Can't Tell You Details': Trump Says Evidence Links China Lab to Origin of Coronavirus, Threatens Tariffs

The diatribe from the Republican incumbent came as data showed the United States shed more than 30 million jobs in six weeks, as lockdown measures began to bite across the nation.
May 01, 2020 at 07:18AM
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Tanzania's Silence on Coronavirus Draws Criticism Over Secrecy as Cases Jump 69% in Five Days

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa cited the issue of false statistics but gave no explanation why the government had gone silent since April 24.
April 30, 2020 at 09:12AM
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United States of America Records 2,502 Coronavirus Deaths in Past 24 Hours

US' coronavirus death numbers spiked again after relative ease of two days.
April 30, 2020 at 09:11AM
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Human Bodies in Vehicles Found Outside Brooklyn Funeral Home

New York Police Department responded to a 911 call reported of the bodies.
April 30, 2020 at 09:08AM
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South Korea Reports No New Cases of Coronavirus For the First Time Since Feb Peak

South Korean health authorities reported four new infections, all imported cases, taking the country's tally to 10,765.
April 30, 2020 at 09:04AM
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35 US States Release Formal Opening Plans From Coronavirus Shutdown

Donald Trump exuded confidence over better days for US after coronavirus deaths as 35 of the 50 states released formals plans to reopen.
April 30, 2020 at 09:01AM
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Amazon City Resorts to Mass Graves as Brazil Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs Above 5,466

In Manaus, corpses are accumulating in a refrigerated container improvised as a morgue freezer as they await burial.
April 30, 2020 at 08:55AM
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Indian-American Congressman Seeks Refugee Status for Afghan Sikhs, Hindus

Congressman Ro Khanna urged Trump administration to give refugee status to Sikh and Hindus in Afghanistan, facing persecution by terror outfits.
April 30, 2020 at 08:54AM
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India Coronavirus Cases Cross 33,000-Mark; 1,074 Deaths, 67 In 24 Hours

April 30, 2020 at 08:47AMIndia has reported 33,050 coronavirus cases till this morning, according to government data. A total of 1,718 new cases and 67 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, the Home Ministry's data...

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White House Briefly Follows Twitter Accounts In State Visits: US Official

April 30, 2020 at 08:15AMThe White House Wednesday explained that its Twitter handle typically ''follows'' the accounts of officials from host countries for a brief period during a presidential trip to retweet their messages...

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Scotland Willing to Host Australia, New Zealand Series Behind Closed Doors

Cricket Scotland said that it is willing to host their scheduled matches against New Zealand and Australia behind closed doors. Both teams are scheduled to visit the associate nation for a brief series in June and the matches are yet to be postponed.
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PCB Legal Advisor Initiates Defamation, Criminal Proceedings Against Shoaib Akhtar

Pakistan Cricket Board legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi has filed a criminal and defamation suit against former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for his alleged inappropriate comments on his Youtube channel.
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Trump Says He Won't Extend Social Distancing Guidelines as America 'Will be Rocking Again by July'

Trump laid out a vision of a return to pre-coronavirus normalcy — 'with or without' a vaccine — with packed restaurants and filled stadiums.
April 30, 2020 at 08:48AM
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Brazil's Bolsonaro Backs Down, for Now, on Controversial Police Chief Pick

The federal police are reportedly investigating multiple cases involving Bolsonaro's inner circle, including allegations his son Carlos, a Rio de Janeiro city councilor, oversaw a fake-news campaign to benefit his father.
April 30, 2020 at 08:28AM
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Trump Says He Does Not Believe Polls That Show Biden Ahead in Presidential Race

During an interview in the Oval Office, the Republican president said he did not expect the election to be a referendum on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and added he was surprised the former vice president was doing well.
April 30, 2020 at 08:26AM
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Trump Says China Wants Him to Lose his Bid for Re-Election

In an interview, Trump talked tough on China and said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for Beijing over the virus. "I can do a lot," he said.
April 30, 2020 at 08:21AM
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In New York, a Funeral Home Accepts Bodies While Others are Full

For many families in the state, where more than 20,000 people are thought to have died from the virus, finding a funeral home able to accept their relative is a challenge.
April 30, 2020 at 08:15AM
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We Briefly Follow Twitter Accounts of Host Country During Prez Visit, Clarifies White House Amid Row

The White House 'unfollowing' the Twitter accounts of President Kovind and PM Modi drew reactions on social media in India.
April 30, 2020 at 08:12AM
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World Health Organization Literally a Pipe Organ for China: Trump

President Donald Trump Wednesday termed the World Health Organization "literally a pipe organ for China" and said the United States will soon come out with its recommendations on the global body, followed by one on Beijing.
April 30, 2020 at 08:05AM
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South Africa Records Highest Daily Covid-19 Infections as Easing of Lockdown Approaches

South Africa reported its highest daily coronavirus infection in a 24-hour cycle Wednesday, just a day before the countrywide lockdown moves down to the phase-4 of a five-phase plan to combat COVID-19.
April 30, 2020 at 08:02AM
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Trump to Resume Travelling Next Week; to Visit Arizona & Ohio

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he'll resume flying around the country from next week and looks forward to holding "wild" campaign rallies as soon as he can.
April 30, 2020 at 07:58AM
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Trump Trade Office Adds Foreign Domains of Amazon, Including in India, to 'Notorious Markets' List

The Trump administration on Wednesday placed five foreign domains of Amazon, including the one in India, to its "notorious markets" list, accusing the global e-commerce giant of engaging in substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy.
April 30, 2020 at 07:53AM
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Covid-19 Complication Seen in Children is 'Rare', Says WHO

Italian and British medical experts are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and clusters of severe inflammatory disease in infants who are arriving in hospital with high fever and swollen arteries.
April 30, 2020 at 07:49AM
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Rahul Gandhi To Discuss Economy With Raghuram Rajan, Experts Today

April 30, 2020 at 04:15AMCongress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Thursday initiate his series of dialogues with experts on economy and health, with the first one being with former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan.

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Akhilesh Yadav Questions UP Government's Handling Of Coronavirus Crisis

April 29, 2020 at 09:24AMSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the BJP of creating hatred against Muslims over the coronavirus crisis, saying the ruling party members are following their "basic training".

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Coronavirus Deaths In India Cross 1,000-Mark, Biggest Jump In 24 Hours

April 29, 2020 at 08:42AM1,007 people have died of coronavirus in India and 31,332 cases have been reported in the country so far, according to the latest figures from the Union Health Ministry. 73 people have died in the...

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Former Karnataka Coach Arunkumar Appointed USA Head Coach

J Arunkumar was on Tuesday announced as the new head coach of the USA men's cricket team. Arunkumar played 109 first-class matches for Karnataka and scored 7208 runs and is also one of the most successful coaches in Karnataka's history.
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Americans Losing Faith in What Trump Says About the Coronavirus

Around 98 per cent of Americans said they would not try to inject themselves with bleach or other disinfectants if they got the coronavirus, including 98 per cent of Democrats and 98 per cent of Republicans. That is a near-unanimous rejection of an idea that Trump floated at a time of widespread anxiety about the virus.
April 29, 2020 at 08:37AM
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Young Boy was Killed by a Police Stray Bullet During Coronavirus Curfew. Now His Parents Want Answers

Kenya's dusk-to-dawn curfew went into effect nationwide on March 27 in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, which has so far killed 14 people in the country.
April 29, 2020 at 08:34AM
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US Govt Study Suggests Sunlight Can Shrink Amount of Coronavirus by Half in Just Two Minutes

US President Donald Trump raised eyebrows last week when he used his daily live national press briefing to ask whether light could become a medical treatment.
April 29, 2020 at 08:37AM
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White House Official Warns of Negative Shocks Before Rebound Later in 2020

Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted that the economy could rebound by late summer as states allow the reopening of businesses that have been closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
April 29, 2020 at 08:30AM
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With No Clarity on Accuracy of Antibody Tests, Global Experts Urge Caution in Use of Virus 'Immunity Passports'

The certificates could identify people with antibodies that reduce the risk of they will spread the deadly coronavirus, helping them to resume activities and return to work.
April 29, 2020 at 08:34AM
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The US Reopening is Coming, But 'Normal' is Still a Ways Off

White House adviser Dr Deborah Birx says social distancing will be with Americans through the summer. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards warns of a 'different way of life' until there is a widely available vaccine - maybe not until next year.
April 29, 2020 at 08:24AM
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UN Security Council Looks to 3-month 'Humanitarian Pause' in Global Conflicts

So far no date has been set for a vote, as the thorniest issue of the resolution -- how to address the role of the WHO, which has been sharply criticized by the United States -- has yet to be settled.
April 29, 2020 at 08:10AM
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US Records More than 2,200 Coronavirus Deaths in 24 Hours, Total Toll Tops That of Vietnam War

The total number of US deaths from new coronavirus have reached 58,351, passing the 58,220 which the National Archives records as US losses from combat and other causes, including accidents, in the years-long Southeast Asian war.
April 29, 2020 at 08:06AM
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