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Arab doctor leads Israeli hospital’s anti-virus fight
Hussein, 44, has emerged as a prominent member of Israel’s often marginalised Arab community which is now playing an essential…
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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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Pompeo says China government may have known of coronavirus in November
Pompeo said in an interview: “You’ll recall that the first cases of this were known by the Chinese government maybe…
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promoted COVID-19 treatment Avigan as a possible game-changer in the war against coronavirus
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has enthusiastically promoted anti-influenza drug Avigan as a possible game-changer in the war against the coronavirus,…
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Europe’s coronavirus lockdown pushes economy into record slump
An estimate of private-sector activity in the euro area plunged to just 13.5 from 29.7 in March, IHS Markit said…
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