Coronavirus: Worldwide sports collapse piles pressure on Olympics
The collapse of sports events worldwide over the rapidly spreading new coronavirus heaped pressure on the Tokyo Olympics on Friday as US President Donald...
US objection delays Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as WTO DG
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Key World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassadors on Wednesday tapped Nigeria’s nominee, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the best pick to lead the organization, but she...
Pandemic drives broadest economic collapse in 150 years: World Bank
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The coronavirus pandemic inflicted a "swift and massive shock" that has caused the broadest collapse of the global economy since 1870 despite unprecedented...
US states loosen lockdowns as coronavirus drug approved
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More US states eased pandemic lockdown measures on Friday even as coronavirus deaths rose, while American authorities greenlighted an experimental drug for emergency...
World’s workers lost $3.5 trillion in wages amid pandemic: UN
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The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavier toll on jobs than previously feared, the UN said Wednesday, with hundreds of millions of jobs...
Coronavirus may spread through normal breathing, speaking: US scientists
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The new coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government was poised...
Coronavirus: Trump suspends ‘all travel from Europe’ to US for 30...
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the United States would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days to stop the spread of the...
Mane set to be crowned king of Africa as troubles rumble...
Liverpool sharpshooter Sadio Mane is expected to become the first African football headline-maker of 2020 by winning the Player of the Year award in...
WHO suspends trial of hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment
"The decision on suspending enrolment for trials using hydroxychloroquine was “a temporary measure”
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The World Health Organization said Monday it had “temporarily” suspended...
Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian Leader Ousted in Arab Spring, Dies at 91
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for three decades before he was ousted amid the Arab Spring protests in 2011, died Tuesday at...