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8 hours agoAfrica must not be 'neglected' in virus fight, officials sayAfrican officials are pushing back against the global jostling to obtain medical equipment to combat the coronavirus.
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9 hours agoGermany flies in seasonal farm workers amid virus measuresTwo planeloads of Eastern European farmhands have arrived in Berlin and Duesseldorf amid strict precautions to protect the country from the new coronavirus, as an ambitio...
9 hours agoLockdowns mean millions of women can't reach birth controlLockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus’ spread have put millions of women in Africa, Asia and elsewhere out of reach of birth control and other sexual and reproductive...
13 hours agoTaiwan protests WHO leader's accusations of racist campaignTaiwan’s foreign ministry has strongly protested accusations from the World Health Organization's chief that it condoned racist attacks on him that he alleged came from t...
1 day agoUK's Johnson in ICU with coronavirus, condition improvingBritain’s government is trying to keep a grip on the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as Prime Minister Boris Johnson spends a third day in the intensive ca...
1 day agoRussia aims to prosecute destruction of war monuments abroadRussia’s defense minister called on law enforcement officials to consider filing criminal charges against representatives of other countries where World War II memorials ...
1 day agoSaudi Arabia halts parental visitation rulings to curb virusThe Saudi king has ordered the suspension of rulings and judicial orders regarding visitation rights of children of separated parents.
1 day agoEcuador struggles to bury coronavirus dead; some bodies lostBurying the dead from the coronavirus is proving to be an agonizing odyssey in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, a sweltering metropolis of 2.6 million people and one of ...
1 day agoScience row hits EU at height of coronavirus crisisThe European Union has been thrown into a scientific policy dispute at the height of the coronavirus crisis.
1 day agoAfghanistan frees 100 Taliban, but group hasn't verifiedAn Afghan official says the country has released 100 Taliban prisoners, claiming they are part of 5,000 detainees who are to be freed under a deal between insurgents and ...
1 day agoFrench aircraft carrier ends mission amid possible outbreakFrance’s defense ministry says the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is heading back to port amid a possible on-board outbreak of the new coronavirus.
1 day agoPope creates new expert commission to study women deaconsThe Vatican says Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved ...
