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Health or wealth? Nations pressured to loosen virus rules
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Health or wealth? Nations pressured to loosen virus rules

MADRID (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic throws millions out of work and devastates economies worldwide, governments are struggling with…
South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again
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South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus had…
Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories
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Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has slowed in some of the worst-hit countries, with Spain readying Monday to…
‘Medibot’ to do rounds on Malaysian virus wards
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‘Medibot’ to do rounds on Malaysian virus wards

Malaysian scientists have created a barrel-shaped robot on wheels that they hope will make the rounds on hospital wards to…
African community targeted in China virus crackdown
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African community targeted in China virus crackdown

Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines…
Women fight for a place at the table as sushi chefs in Japan
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Women fight for a place at the table as sushi chefs in Japan

Women have warm hands, their periods alter their sense of taste and they can’t work long hours — just some…
Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins
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Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins

Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people fled Wuhan on Wednesday after a 76-day…
Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving COVID-19
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Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving COVID-19

A sense of death stalking the hospital ward, fear of dying alone, tearful despair and disarray at home, solitude, anger…
British PM fights virus in intensive care as global toll soars
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British PM fights virus in intensive care as global toll soars

Britain’s prime minister was battling the coronavirus in intensive care Tuesday, the highest-profile case in the pandemic as the United…
Japan to declare state of emergency over coronavirus
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Japan to declare state of emergency over coronavirus

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will on Tuesday declare a state of emergency in parts of the country, including Tokyo,…
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