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Manaus fills mass graves as Covid-19 hits the Amazon: ‘Utter disaster’
On Sunday 140 bodies were laid to rest in Manaus, the jungle-flanked capital of Amazonas state. On Saturday, 98. Normally the figure…
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Egypt army: Ten soldiers killed and injured in north Sinai blast
“An explosive device went off hitting an armoured vehicle south the city of Bir al-Abd (in North Sinai),” he…
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Coronavirus: what do scientists know about Covid-19 so far?
Where did it come from and how did it first infect humans? The Sars-CoV-2 virus almost certainly originated in bats, which have…
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Qatari official Mohamad Al Meer confirms violations of foreign workers rights
Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs (MADSLA) has intensified inspection campaign at labor accommodations to ensure enough spaces…
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Banks smashed during protests in Lebanon over economic crisis
The army said a fire-bomb was thrown at one of its vehicles and a hand grenade was hurled at a…
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President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat in January and February but he continued to play down the sitution
President’s intelligence agencies issued warnings about the novel coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings prepared for President Trump in…
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Libya’s Haftar Claims ‘Mandate From The People’
Libya’s Haftar said he had “a popular mandate” to govern the country, declaring a key 2015 political deal over and…
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Coronavirus Live updates: confirmed cases top 3m worldwide
Coronavirus Live updates: Worldwide, the number of people confirmed to have the coronavirus has risen to more than three million,…
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Heat, Sunlight and Humidity Weaken Coronavirus, US Official Says
US government researchers have determined that the virus survives best indoors and in dry conditions, and loses potency when temperatures…
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WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Says ‘Virus Will be with us for a Long Time’
WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there were “worrying upward trends” in early epidemics in parts of Africa…
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