Indian police order ‘cave-dwelling’ foreign tourists into quarantine
Six foreign tourists who tried to sit out the coronavirus pandemic in an Indian cave have been sent to quarantine…
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Mali holds election runoff, despite virus and jihadist threats
Mali was voting Sunday in the final round of a legislative election that aims to revive public faith in the…
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Germany marks Holocaust anniversary in shadow of virus
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas pledged on Sunday to fight Holocaust denial as a trio of former Nazi concentration camps…
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Asia virus latest: India curbs foreign takeovers; Japanese tulips snipped
Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic: - India curbs 'opportunistic takeovers' of firms…
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Indian labourers stuck in pandemic camps long to go home
Tens of thousands of stranded labourers have been herded into camps and shelters across India like the Yamuna sports complex…
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S.African writer Deon Meyer looks back at his 2016 virus thriller
South African novelist Deon Meyer wished the deadly virus wrecking havoc in his 2016 thriller "Fever" had not turned into…
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Slovenian media fear fallout from government virus campaign
The new government of Slovenia’s conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa has so far kept the coronavirus under control -- but…
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Nine killed in Indonesia mining accident
Nine people were killed by a landslide at an illegal gold mine in Sumatra, an Indonesian official said Sunday. The…
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Hungry, jobless Americans turning to food banks to survive pandemic
American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours…
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Cuba’s private sector suffering from a lack of tourists
Havana is a ghost town. The American convertibles swooned over by tourists are back in the garage, while most restaurants…
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Forgotten: The dark legacy of Soviet internment camps in Germany
When Germany's Nazi concentration camps were liberated 75 years ago at the end of World War II, many were immediately…
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Australia calls for independent probe into global virus response
Australia on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the World Health…
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Mali set for election runoff, despite virus and jihadist threats
Mali headed into the final round of legislative elections Sunday, aiming to revive public faith in its embattled institutions despite…
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Virtual mega-concert featuring Stones, Swift celebrates health workers
A virtual concert packed with A-listers -- from The Rolling Stones to Taylor Swift to Billie Eilish -- entertained fans…
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Hundreds protest against US virus rules
Hundreds protested Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related lockdowns -- with encouragement from President Donald Trump -- as resentment…
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Director of Wuhan lab denies virus link
The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be…
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The agony of Colombia’s quarantined sex workers
Ana Maria broke quarantine rules to make a "home visit," while Estefania left home to sell drugs. Survival has become…
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America’s love affair with an elderly epidemiologist
Move over, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There is a new feisty super senior in Washington who is captivating American hearts. Anthony…
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Virus fears keep Orthodox Easter worshippers at home
More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, with church leaders asking worshippers to stay at home to avoid…
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Masks help Syrian Kurd family integrate in France
The lanes of Lavardac, a tiny village in the southwest of France, are largely silent during the nationwide lockdown, but…
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Europe’s virus toll tops 100,000 as protests spread in US
Coronavirus deaths in hardest-hit Europe surged past 100,000 on Saturday, while across the Atlantic hundreds of protesters egged on by…
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Spanish virus lockdown prolonged as toll tops 20,000
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced the nationwide coronavirus lockdown would be extended two weeks to May 9,…
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44 jihadists found dead in Chad prison: prosecutor
A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the jihadist group, have been…
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Italian church-turned-morgue ‘finally empty’ of coffins
A church in Bergamo that served as an overspill morgue at the height of Italy's coronavirus epidemic "is finally empty",…
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Charity warns UK care home deaths could be over 7,000
The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Britain's care homes could be as high as 7,500 -- five…
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Tehran cautiously reopens as economic hardship trumps virus risks
Iran allowed some shuttered Tehran businesses to reopen Saturday despite the Middle East's deadliest coronavirus outbreak, as many faced a…
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Lesotho’s under-fire PM sends in army to ‘restore order’
Lesotho's embattled prime minister announced on Saturday he had sent troops onto the streets to "restore order", accusing unnamed law…
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Lesotho’s under-fire PM sends in army to ‘restore order’
Lesotho's embattled prime minister announced on Saturday he had sent troops onto the streets to "restore order", accusing unnamed law…
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Tens of thousands defy Bangladesh lockdown for imam’s funeral
Tens of thousands of people defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh on Saturday to attend the funeral of a…
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Virus takes cheer out of Zimbabwe independence celebration
Zimbabwe on Saturday celebrated the 40th anniversary of its independence, but without the traditional pomp and nationwide rallies because of…
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