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Saudi forces intercept missile over Riyadh
The National 29 Mar 2020
He said destroying the missiles caused some shrapnel to fall on residential neighbourhoods in the two cities, SPA reported ... The assault comes after all parties in Yemen's long conflict offered support on Thursday for the United Nations' call for a ceasefire to protect civilians from the novel coronavirus pandemic....
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The US coronavirus death toll has surpassed 2,000, doubling in just 2 days
The Times of India 29 Mar 2020
More than 2,000 people have died in the United States after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University ... Prior to that, roughly one month lapsed between the first reported coronavirus death in the US and the 1,000th....
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Will Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt make their relationship official through an interview?
Pinkvilla 28 Mar 2020
When Brad and Angelina broke up, people desperately wanted the Fight club actor and the Friends actress to get back together ... According to the latest reports, the 51-year-old actress and 56-year-old actor are all set to officially confirm their reconciliation in a candid interview....
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US civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies aged 98
RTE 28 Mar 2020
He co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with King and other black ministers in 1957 to fight segregation across the Southern US ... Lowery was married to Evelyn Gibson Lowery - who shared his activism - for 63 years before her death in 2013 ... Lowery transitioned from earth to eternity....
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Are Conservatives And Trump Hopeless? Cognitive Science And COVID-19 Say "Yes"
WorldNews.com 27 Mar 2020
But Donald Trump wants to immediately ease social distancing measures and “have the country opened up” and just “raring to go by Easter,” or April 12.Epidemiological and economic models show that easing social distancing measures could cost as many as 600,000 lives ... Liberals were much more open and inclusive to changing their beliefs and behavior....
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US lab unveils portable 5-minute COVID-19 test
Deccan Chronicle 28 Mar 2020
Abbot Laboratories said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given it emergency authorization to begin making the test available to healthcare providers as early as next week ... and Abbott is working with the FDA to send it to virus epicenters....
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Trump signs $2 trillion stimulus bill
China Daily 28 Mar 2020
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the largest economic stimulus package in American history -- a $2 trillion relief measure in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The law will give direct payments and jobless benefits to individuals, money to states and a huge bailout businesses battered by the crisis....
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro questions coronavirus statistics, says ‘sorry, some will die’
France24 28 Mar 2020photo: AP / Antonio Calanni
Nearly 1,000 deaths in Italy; second country to surpass China in number of cases
The Malta Independent 27 Mar 2020photo: Creative Commons / Simon Mannweiler
Microsoft divests from Israeli facial-recognition tech used in military checkpoints
Deccan Chronicle 28 Mar 2020
Attorney General Eric Holder to lead a team of lawyers to audit Israeli firm AnyVision ... Holder's team was asked in October to determine whether AnyVision's technology applications comply with Microsoft's ethical principles against using facial recognition for mass surveillance....
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4 ways to keep your lungs healthy amidst the coronavirus pandemic
The Times of India 27 Mar 2020
By now we all know that the novel coronavirus infection has symptoms similar to that of a normal flu, which can get more severe. Novel coronavirus attacks your lungs and thickens the mucus, which makes it really difficult to breathe ... In order to keep our lungs healthy to fight the germs, our body needs to be able to break down mucus rapidly....
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Trump: No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ
Stars and Stripes 29 Mar 2020
— President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, instead directing Saturday night that a “strong Travel Advisory” be issued to stem the spread of the outbreak....
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‘Have Entered Recession That May Be Worse Than 2009’: IMF Chief
Yahoo Daily News 27 Mar 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has driven the global economy into a downturn that will require massive funding to help developing nations, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday, 27 March ... is aiming to beef up its response “to do more, do it better, do it faster than ever before.”....
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Paris hospitals will be swamped within 48 hours after coronavirus spike: Official
Press TV 27 Mar 2020
He was referring to the Grand Est region, where the first major cluster took hold in France and where hospitals are already overwhelmed, with the army helping to transfer some critically ill patients to other cities ... We will need to show real solidarity between regions, hospitals, and increase the numbers of patient transfers.”....
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