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US records 1,330 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States recorded 1,330 more novel coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according…

North Korea’s Kim ‘alive and well’: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to…

Spain’s daily virus death toll drops to 288, lowest in a month

  MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's daily coronavirus death toll dropped to 288 on Sunday, the lowest since March 20,…

Back from the COVID dead in Ecuador, after hospital mixup

  QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- An Ecuadoran woman who was pronounced dead of COVID-19 suddenly woke up in the hospital,…

Beijing bans ‘uncivilized’ behaviour to improve public hygiene

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Beijing has banned "uncivilized" behaviour such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing…

Locked in by virus, Iraq hit with new pandemic: domestic abuse

by Ammar Karim Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- "More morphine!" Malak's mother cried, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalized after…

WHO warns over virus immunity as global death toll tops 200,000

  by Gaël Branchereau with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse The World Health Organization warned on Saturday that recovery from…

COVID-19 deaths worldwide near 200,000 as UN pushes for global vaccine effort

  by Paul Handley with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as…

Canada says 1 million masks from China did not meet its standards for frontline workers

  MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- The Canadian government said Friday that one million KN95 masks imported from China did not…

US death toll tops 50,000 as some Georgia businesses reopen

  by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen Friday…

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