Houston: Retail businesses in the US state of c have reopened for the first time in weeks, as a slow reopening process have started amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a $484 billion relief package to boost funding for small businesses, hospitals and virus testing, as the country grapples with the COVID-19 …
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Washington: US Food and Drug Agency approved the first “at-home test” for diagnosing COVID-19, said Dr Stephen Hahn, who heads the agency. He said the president tasked him with cutting down …
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the importance of multilateralism amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a message for the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, which falls on …
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO), together with a group of global partners, launched a groundbreaking collaboration to accelerate both the development and equitable access to new essential technologies for COVID-19. …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump while addressing the daily coronavirus briefing said his administration is sending ventilators to other countries in need as the US now has a “tremendous capacity” of …
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Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed the recent launch of a military satellite by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) into orbit. “It was a right move in the right direction,” …
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Washington: More than 50,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States while debates are heightening over reopening the country’s economy severely battered by the virus. A total of 870,468 …
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Wuhan: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hubei province dropped to below 50 for the first time since the pandemic originated in its capital Wuhan last December, a health …
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Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday announced an easing of some lockdown restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic beginning next month, citing economic concerns. In the statement, …
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