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New Zealand to ease virus lockdown next week

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand will ease a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown next week after claiming success in stopping…

US records 1,997 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- USThe number of coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by almost 2,000 in the…

UPDATED: At least 16 killed in Canada’s worst-ever shooting rampage

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people in an Atlantic Canada…

Europe, New York see progress in coronavirus battle

  by Catherine TRIOMPHE with Mariette LE ROUX in Paris and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States…

Central Park, the calm amid New York’s coronavirus storm

by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse New York, United States (AFP) -- Gone are the softball games, horse-drawn carriages and…

More than 30 French studies under way into COVID-19 treatment

Paris, France (AFP) -- More than 30 studies are under way in France -- of a world total of 860…

6.4 magnitude quake strikes off Japan coast: USGS

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early Monday, according to the…

UK gov’t launches task force to develop vaccine vs COVID-19 as soon as possible

  (Eagle News) -- The UK government has launched a “new Vaccine Taskforce” meant to “drive forward, expedite and co-ordinate…

Hungry, jobless Americans turning to food banks to survive pandemic

  by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic…

Director of Wuhan lab denies virus link

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims…

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