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Pandemic Could Make Another 25 Million Jobless: UN
The COVID-19 pandemic will significantly increase global unemployment, leaving up to 25 million more people out of work, and will...
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Virus-Hit British Cruise Ship Docks in Cuba
"We are very grateful to the Cuban government for swiftly enabling this operation and for their close co-operation to make...
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First Virus Death in Sub-Saharan Africa as WHO Warns ‘Prepare for Worst’
Sub-Saharan Africa on Wednesday recorded its first coronavirus death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the...
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Reeling Under US Sanctions, Venezuela Braces for Potentially Devastating COVID-19 Outbreak
“U.S. sanctions have already killed tens of thousands of people .... But these sanctions with a pandemic will kill even...
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Europe Locks Down as WHO Calls for ‘Boldest Actions’ Against Pandemic
The draconian measures, never before seen in peacetime, have upended society and roiled financial markets, prompting governments to roll out...
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Emergency Powers in Virus Fight Must Not be Used to Quash Dissent: UN Experts
Governments in countries going into crisis mode over the spread of the deadly new coronavirus must not use the emergency...
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Venezuela Puts 7 States in Virus Quarantine as LatAm Steps Up Measures
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday ordered a "collective quarantine" in seven states, including the capital Caracas to stem the...
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Stocks Plunge Again as Fed Virus Move Fails to Ease Fears
Stock markets and oil prices went into freefall Monday as interest rate cuts and fresh stimulus measures by central banks...
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In Rebuke to Trump, Germany Says Virus Vaccine Research Not for Sale
Die Welt newspaper had previously reported that Trump had offered "a billion dollars" to secure research into a vaccine by...
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Iran Imposes Nationwide Lockdown to Check All Citizens For Virus
Zarif appealed to the United Nations for an end to U.S. sanctions, which he said were "undermining our efforts to...
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Putin May Extend Term Over ‘Threats to Russia’, Coronavirus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved legislation allowing him to stay in power beyond 2024 due to global instability and...
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Brazilian Official Who Met Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's communications chief, who met Donald Trump last weekend at his Florida resort, has tested positive for...
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Europe Furious Over Trump’s Unilateral Travel Ban
European officials reacted with surprise and anger Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a trans-Atlantic travel ban they fear...
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Stocks, Oil Plunge as Trump Travel Ban Fans Recession Fears
Stock markets tumbled across the globe and oil prices slumped Thursday after President Donald Trump banned all travel from mainland...
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Greece Has ‘Secret Site’ for Migrant Pushbacks: Report
Greece has a "secret site" on the border with Turkey to incarcerate and expel migrants arriving in a surge facilitated...
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UN Sec. Council Approves US-Taliban Deal as Afghan Gov. Agrees to Release POWs
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a United States' resolution on the recent deal between the U.S. and...
Read moreUN Appeals for Funds to Shield Refugees from Coronavirus
84 percent of the world's refugees are meanwhile hosted in low or middle-income countries with weaker health, water and sanitation...
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Rockets Mar Afghan President’s Swearing-In as Rival Inaugurates Self
Rocket fire interrupted the swearing-in ceremony Monday for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, whose second-term win has been undercut by his...
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‘Mutual Extortion Racket:’ How Defense Manufacturers Influence US Foreign Policy
In a new report titled "A Mutual Extortion Racket: The Military Industrial Complex and U.S. Foreign Policy - The Case...
Read moreOil Crash Sparks ‘Black Monday’ Meltdown on Virus-Hit Markets
World oil prices crashed Monday, fueling a vicious selloff on stock markets which were already buckling under intense pressure over...
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