At least four people have been confirmed dead and another 24 injured as an earthquake shook southwestern China, local authorities said Tuesday. The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late Monday evening, the Yunnan government said on its social media account. Video clips on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo showed shoppers taking cover in a store […]
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Emirates Group is planning to cut about 30,000 jobs to reduce costs amid the coronavirus outbreak, which will bring down its number of employees by about 30 per cent from more than 105,000. A media reported on Sunday that the company was also considering speeding up the planned retirement of its A380 fleet. An Emirates […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) may never go away, just like HIV. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization health emergencies program, says the virus may just become one of the viruses around the world that kill people annually. “This virus just may become another endemic virus in […]
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Countries should maintain essential health care to non-Covid-19 patients while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. This is a message from Secretary-General Patricia Scotland ahead of the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting taking place virtually on 14 May. Some countries have temporarily suspended cancer treatment and surgery to help hospitals manage an influx of Covid-19 patients. At […]
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Eleven people have been killed and hundreds hospitalised after a pre-dawn gas leak at a chemical plant in eastern India on Thursday that left unconscious victims lying in the streets, authorities said. Fears that the death toll from the incident on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, an industrial port city in Andhra Pradesh state, might rise […]
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The United States Treasury has announced that its borrowing will reach a record 3 trillion dollars in the current quarter, as the coronavirus battered the economy and government spending increased, including through massive stimulus programmes. Treasury also noted a change in tax revenue, in part because it is offering deferrals. Last year, the department borrowed […]
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Following rumours of his death, North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, made his first public appearance in weeks when he cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory, KCNA reported Saturday. Kim “attended the ceremony” on Friday and “all the participants broke into thunderous cheers of ‘hurrah!’” when he appeared, the Korean Central […]
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The Republic of Ghana has confirmed 1,032 new cases of Coronavirus, nearly two weeks after lifting the lockdown on some parts of the country. President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted the three-week lockdown on the basis of “improved coronavirus testing”, on April 19, with the nation recording 1,042 cases, and 99 recoveries at that time. His decision prompted mass […]
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The presidential task force on COVID-19 has said bank branches in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory will be open to customers from Monday, May 4. The national coordinator of the task force, Sani Aliyu, said banking halls would be open to customers between 8am and 2pm. Sani said federal offices, food processing companies […]
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Facebook has introduced new products that make it easier to spend quality time with loved ones and to deal with feelings of isolation and loneliness during challenging times like the present COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook has lately monitored a rise in demand for real-time video with Video calling on Messenger and WhatsApp video more than doubling […]
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