New York: New York, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, will end its statewide shutdown on Friday by reopening three regions where the health crisis has shown …
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Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new multimillion dollar loan program for large companies impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The program called the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF), …
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San Francisco: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has pledged $10 million to help prisons in the US fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The donation is given to criminal justice advocacy group REFORM …
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United Nations: The UN held a wide-ranging policy discussion stressing a variety of multilateral solutions to ease the global COVID-19 pandemic and also to get back on track toward achieving the …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump said that Vice President Mike Pence had tested negative for the novel coronavirus again. “The Vice President first of all has been tested and he’s negative …
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United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he has decided to extend the current telecommuting arrangements at UN headquarters in New York through June 30. “After consulting with senior …
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Washington: White House staff have been ordered to wear masks when entering the West Wing after two aides tested positive for coronavirus. The White House personnel office has said that staff …
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Paris: Coronavirus-linked fatalities stood at 26,643 after 263 new patients died in the last 24 hours in France, the fifth worst-hit country in the world in terms of human losses, while …
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New York: The number of COVID-19 deaths in the US topped 80,000 on Monday, reaching 80,087, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. A …
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London: A COVID-19 vaccine is “by no means guaranteed,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday night. Speaking at a press conference, Johnson referred to the part Britain was playing …
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