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Published: 23:49 pm,Friday 27 March 2020
Iran's coronavirus cases surpass 30,000, death toll raises to 2,378
Iran on Friday announced 144 new deaths from COVID-19 and 2,926 new cases of infection. Meanwhile, Turkey's number of COVID-19 infections kept rising fastly as the second hardest-hit country in the Middle East. The latest figures brought Iran's death toll to 2,378, as the total number of COVID-19
Published: 01:41 am,Saturday 28 March 2020
Google announces support for small businesses and crisis response
Google pledged more than 800 million U.S. dollars of support on Friday to help combat the coronavirus outbreak around the world. "As the coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen around the world, it's taking a devastating toll on lives and communities. To help address some of these challenges, today
Published: 21:23 pm,Friday 27 March 2020
Coronavirus vaccine at least 12-18 months away: WHO
Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed half a million with more than 20,000 deaths, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday, calling them "tragic numbers." The situation dashboard by WHO showed a total of 509,164 coronavirus cases have been reported globally as of 10:00 CET
Published: 23:57 pm,Friday 27 March 2020
80 inmates escape from prison in western Iran
At least 80 inmates escaped from a prison in Saqqez city in Iran's western province of Kurdistan on Friday, semi-official Fars news agency reported. The riot erupted amid the concerns about the raging novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, the report said. On March 19, at least 20
Published: 22:26 pm,Friday 27 March 2020
Number of COVID-19 cases in U.S. passes 90,000
More than 90,000 people in the United States were reported to have infected with COVID-19, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. As of 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday (1800 GMT), there were 94,238 confirmed cases in
Published: 22:11 pm,Thursday 26 March 2020
G20 leaders pledge over $5 trillion to boost global economy
Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies on Thursday vowed to inject over 5 trillion U.S. dollars to boost the global economy as part of their joint efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. The leaders made the pledge in a joint statement released
Published: 02:04 am,Friday 27 March 2020
U.S. becomes country with most coronavirus cases
The United States reported 82,404 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 6 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday (2200 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The United States has surpassed China to become the country with most COVID-19 cases in
Published: 20:51 pm,Thursday 26 March 2020
UN chief asks for wartime plan for coronavirus
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday asked the Group of 20 (G20) largest economies of the world for a "wartime plan" to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. "We are at war with a virus -- and not winning it," Guterres told a virtual summit of G20 leaders. "This war
Published: 21:34 pm,Thursday 26 March 2020
Benny Gantz elected as Israeli parliament speaker
Benny Gantz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, was selected on Thursday as the parliament's speaker amid an emerging deal on a unity government with Netanyahu. Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, was backed by 74 lawmakers, while 18 lawmakers voted against him and
Published: 22:18 pm,Thursday 26 March 2020
6.3-magnitude quake strikes off central Indonesia
A shallow earthquake of 6.3 magnitude jolted North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Thursday evening, but did not potentially trigger tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake, which rocked at 10:38 p.m. Jakarta time (1538 GMT), was centered at 221 km northwest Tahuna town of
