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Facebook confirms contractor in Seattle diagnosed with coronavirus
Published On: March 5, 2020 01:09 PM NPT By: Reuters
MARCH 5: Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday confirmed that a contractor at a Seattle office has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and the social media giant said it would close that location until March 9.
California declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises in U.S.
Published On: March 5, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
LOS ANGELES, March 5: The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation’s largest outbreak.
Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100
Published On: March 5, 2020 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LIMA, PERU, March 5: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help re-establish democracy in his Peruvian homeland, has died. He was 100.
India lifts some internet restrictions in Kashmir, opening access to social media
Published On: March 5, 2020 10:50 AM NPT By: Reuters
SRINAGAR, INDIA, March 5: India lifted some restrictions on internet access in Kashmir on Wednesday, including allowing access to social media websites for the first time since the restive Himalayan region was locked down and its autonomy revoked in August.
Coronavirus death toll jumps to 107 in Italy, all schools shut
Published On: March 5, 2020 10:04 AM NPT By: Reuters
ROME, March 5: Italy closed all schools and universities and took other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jumped.
Iran cancels Friday prayers in major cities amid outbreak
Published On: March 4, 2020 10:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TEHRAN, IRAN, March 4: Friday prayers in Iran have been canceled across all provincial capitals amid the country’s growing coronavirus outbreak, state television said.
EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism
Published On: March 4, 2020 09:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BRUSSELS, March 4: Amid fierce criticism from environmental activists, the European Commission is unveiling plans Wednesday for its first ever climate law — the basis of the European Union’s Green Deal aimed at making the 27-country bloc climate neutral by 2050.
U.S. carries out first airstrike on Taliban since Doha deal
Published On: March 4, 2020 08:19 PM NPT By: Reuters
KABUL, March 4: The United States conducted an airstrike on Wednesday against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, a U.S. forces spokesman said, the first such attack since a troop withdrawal agreement was signed between the two sides on Saturday.
Ukrainian parliament set to accept PM’s resignation
Published On: March 4, 2020 03:14 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KYIV, UKRAINE, March 4: Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday is set to accept the resignation of the nation’s prime minister and reshuffle the Cabinet after six months on the job.
China’s schools, forced online by virus, run into censors
Published On: March 4, 2020 03:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, March 4: Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian’s class was abruptly cut short.
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