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Police struggle to enforce India’s sweeping virus lockdown
March 26, 2020
Police struggle to enforce India’s sweeping virus lockdown
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indians struggled to comply with the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday as the government began…
World leaders to hold crisis talks as virus toll tops 21,000
March 26, 2020
World leaders to hold crisis talks as virus toll tops 21,000
World leaders are to hold online crisis talks Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic that has forced three billion people into…
COVID-19 pandemic puts WHO back in hot seat
March 25, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic puts WHO back in hot seat
The UN’s health agency has faced criticism in the past for overreacting and for moving too slowly in fighting epidemics,…
Tokyo governor asks residents to stay home to avoid sharp coronavirus rise
March 25, 2020
Tokyo governor asks residents to stay home to avoid sharp coronavirus rise
TOKYO (Reuters) – Warning of the risk of an explosive rise in coronavirus infections in Japan’s capital, Tokyo’s governor on…
Trump warns coronavirus shutdown could ‘destroy a country’
March 25, 2020
Trump warns coronavirus shutdown could ‘destroy a country’
President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that he wants the coronavirus lockdown relaxed in the United States by mid-April, warning that…
Industry races to meet demand for ventilators
March 25, 2020
Industry races to meet demand for ventilators
Manufacturers are on a mission to produce desperately needed medical ventilators for the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means converting…
Tokyo begins Olympic task of reorganizing Games
March 25, 2020
Tokyo begins Olympic task of reorganizing Games
Japan set about the unprecedented task of reorganizing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Wednesday after making the tough decision to postpone…
Cleaner hands, bluer skies: what has coronavirus done for us?
March 25, 2020
Cleaner hands, bluer skies: what has coronavirus done for us?
Deaths, economic meltdown and a planet on lockdown: the coronavirus pandemic has brought us waves of bad news, but squint…
One third of humanity under virus lockdown
March 25, 2020
One third of humanity under virus lockdown
India’s billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to…
Coronavirus prompts a run on guns in US
March 25, 2020
Coronavirus prompts a run on guns in US
Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people…