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Brazil’s city of Manaus resorts to mass graves as country’s coronavirus death toll soars
Brazilian city of Manaus has been burying five coffins at a time in collective graves, as the Amazon rain forest’s biggest city sees its death toll spike because of the…
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China says US is ‘shirking’ its own responsibility by accusing Wuhan of creating coronavirus
After US President Donald Trump accused once again Wuhan of fabricating the coronavirus, China has been reacting “by saying that they have been transparent all throughout the pandemic, and that…
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‘Desperate’ Lebanon takes to streets as government to seek IMF aid after approving rescue plan
Angry scenes won the streets of Lebanon this week, with riots breaking out in the Northern city of Tripoli, where one protester was killed and dozens of soldiers were injured.…
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Trump blames Wuhan lab for coronavirus, threatens tariffs, FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani reports
US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened new tariffs against Beijing as he claimed to have seen evidence linking the coronavirus to a lab in China's ground-zero city of Wuhan. Subscribe to…
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High hopes for Covid-19 vaccines around the world, as remdesivir trial shows ‘clear-cut’ effect
Remdesivir has become the first drug to show a “clear-cut” effect on coronavirus cases, as a US and European preliminary study showed. The antiviral was designed by laboratory Gilead to…
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Africa’s FinTech companies could push continent to go digital during Covid-19 pandemic
Financial tech companies across Africa have also been suffering from the coronavirus pandemic across the World, as many say the African continent had been experiencing a FinTech revolution until then.…
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Lithuania reopens its restaurants with strict rules as country eases Covid-19 lockdown
As European countries start to gradually ease lockdown measures against the coronavirus pandemic, the Lithuanian capital Vilnius is allowing cafés and restaurants to reopen but only if businesses abide to…
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Amid rise in cases, Japan rethinks carefree attitude to Covid-19
In Japan, where authorities have neither carried out mass testing of the population nor imposed a lockdown, the number of coronavirus cases is now on the rise. Even though a state…
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Coronavirus adds to economic pressure in Lebanon’s second city
In Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, the local hospital does not yet offer widespread free testing for coronavirus. But local leaders say they have the situation under control. Subscribe to France…
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Looters hit local businesses under lockdown in South Africa
Since South Africa introduced strict lockdown measures last month, protests, looting and riots have become commonplace, particularly in poorer neighbourhoods. But while some say the looting of local stores is…