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May brings reopenings around the globe as virus toll climbs
Published On: May 1, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 1: May is bringing cautious reopenings from coronavirus lockdowns, from Beijing’s Forbidden city to shopping malls in Texas, as the grim toll from the pandemic ticks higher.
South Korea's exports suffer worst slump in 11 years as pandemic shatters world trade
Published On: May 1, 2020 09:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, May 1: The coronavirus crisis sent South Korean exports plunging in April at their sharpest pace since the global financial crisis, signalling a bleak outlook for international trade as the pandemic paralyses the world economy and shatters demand.
Sailors become the biggest cluster of infections in Sri Lanka
Published On: April 30, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 30: Sailors at a Sri Lankan naval base have become the biggest cluster of coronavirus infections in the Indian Ocean island nation with 248 testing positive for the disease, authorities said Thursday.
Iran death toll from coronavirus rises by 71 to 6,028 - Health Ministry
Published On: April 30, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
IRAN, April 30: The death toll from the outbreak of the new coronavirus increased by 71 in the past 24 to 6,028, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on Thursday.
Trump told Saudis: Cut oil supply or lose U.S. military support - sources
Published On: April 30, 2020 05:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON/LONDON/DUBAI, April 30: As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump gave Saudi leaders an ultimatum.
India has 1,000 coronavirus deaths but expert says no exponential rise
Published On: April 30, 2020 03:01 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, April 30: India has recorded its 1,000th novel coronavirus death, but the head of a government think-tank said on Wednesday that its 1.3 billion people, strained from weeks of lockdown, were not experiencing the feared exponential surge in infections.
Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election
Published On: April 30, 2020 11:53 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, April 30: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November.
US economy shrank at 4.8% rate last quarter as virus struck
Published On: April 29, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 29: The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a recession that will end the longest expansion on record.
Making public transit safe next hurdle in easing lockdowns
Published On: April 29, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April 29: In cities around the world, public transit systems are key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains and buses to ferries and bicycles will have to be re-imagined in the coronavirus era.
Construction site fire in South Korea kills at least 38
Published On: April 29, 2020 06:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, April 29: A fire at a construction site in South Korea killed at least 38 people and injured another 10 on Wednesday, fire authorities said.
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