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Conspiracy theories spark attacks on 5G masts in Britain, Netherlands
Coronavirus-inspired conspiracy theories have sparked dozens of attacks on telephone network masts in Britain and the Netherlands, with the perpetrators apparently believing 5G transmissions are the…
Pandemic wracked Europe needs €1 trillion to recover
Pandemic wracked Europe will need at least another 500 billion euros from European Union institutions to finance its economic recovery. The figure is in addition to the agreed €500 billion…
COVID-19: South Koreans return to work, crowd parks, malls
South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls, parks, golf courses, and some restaurants as South Korea relaxes social distancing rules amid a continued downward trend in…
Thousands of hungry, jobless Americans beg for food
Jobless Americans squeezed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye…
Coronavirus deaths in US hit over 41,000
The total number of Coronavirus-related deaths in the United States has now surpassed 41,000. According to Johns Hopkins University, US now has 41,379 Coronavirus deaths. The US…
Ramadan: Saudi Arabia sends important message to all muslims
Muslims worldwide have been advised to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Saudi news…
COVID-19 cases top 20,000, deaths hit 1,000 in Africa – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 20,000. The…
COVID-19: U.S.-Canada border to remain closed – Minister
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday that Canada and the U.S. had agreed to keep their border closed for all non-essential travel for another 30 days. “Canada and…
China’s Wuhan lab denies link with coronavirus
The director of China’s Wuhan lab has rejected claims that it could be the source of the coronavirus outbreak. He said it was “impossible” for the lab to have generated the viruss.…
China embarrassed over coronavirus – Trump
China has been “embarrassed” over the coronavirus, U.S. President Donald Trump said at a news conference on Saturday. He said China may have knowingly misinformed the international…
Coronavirus slip out of Wuhan lab? China under pressure to confirm
Western nations are mounting pressure on China to admit that the deadly coronavirus that has paralysed the world slipped out of Wuhan lab. Leading the pressure is United States, the worst affected by the virus. Confirmed cases in the…
US intelligence detected coronavirus in Nov 2019 but Trump ignored – Report
The US intelligence agencies reportedly learnt of the coronavirus weeks before China informed the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the disease outbreak. The Times of Israel…
China’s First Quarter GDP Shrinks For The First Time
China’s economy contracted for the first time on record in the first quarter as the coronavirus shut down factories and shopping malls and put millions out of work. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell 6.8% in January-March year-on-year,…
Coronavirus: See viral video accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of being part of Deep State
A viral YouTube video has accumulated over 6 million views after accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of being part of the ‘Deep State’. The video features an interview with Shiva Ayyadurai, a candidate for the GOP nomination for Senate in…
China ‘wasted time’ in alerting the world about coronavirus pandemic
Officials in China reportedly spent a week downplaying the risks of a possible coronavirus pandemic. According to AP, documents and interviews with various officials in the country…
22m Americans file for jobless claims
After three consecutive weeks of jobless claims in the millions, another 5.245 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending April 11. This is according to figures released…
Face masks compulsory in New York from Saturday – Gov. Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Wednesday said he would issue an executive order requiring people to wear face masks in public. He said at his daily news briefing that the order would be…
99-year-old WWII veteran recovers from coronavirus
A 99-year-old World War II veteran in Brazil was released from hospital with military honors Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19. Second Lieutenant Ermando Piveta, who served in the Brazilian artillery in Africa during World…
Trump threatens to shut U.S. Congress
President Donald Trump has threatened to force the U.S.Congress to adjourn if the Senate did not confirm his nominees for vacant public offices. Trump issued the threat during his daily…
Drug traffickers hide N483m cocaine in cargo of face masks
Sons-of-the-devil drug traffickers exploiting the coronavirus crisis of the moment hid cocaine in a cargo of face masks. Their plan was to sneak the 14kg drug into UK, with the most…
74m Arabs at risk of contracting coronavirus
Around 74 million in the water-scarce Arab region are at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to lack of access to hand washing facilities. The warning was handed out by a United Nations agency…
Your WHO move makes no sense – Melinda Gates tells Trump
Melinda Gates has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) at a time of coronavirus pandemic. Melinda described Trump’s move as…
Trump coronavirus missteps ’caused unnecessary death and economic disaster’ –…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released to the public a letter to her Democratic colleagues Tuesday in which she charged President Trump with missteps in handling the coronavirus pandemic that “caused…
Merkel to re-open schools after coronavirus lockdown
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Premiers of its 16 states have agreed to reopen schools from May 4, after the coronavirus lockdown. Merkel is expected to make a formal announcement later…