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Britain in lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’
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Britain in lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’

Britain was under lockdown Tuesday, its population joining around 1.7 billion people around the globe ordered to stay indoors to…
For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
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For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching

A vast and contentious network of facial recognition cameras keeping watch over Moscow is now playing a key role in…
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
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Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming

PARIS (AP) — The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the US and Europe on Monday, as new…
Trump deploys emergency beds, global pandemic deaths surge
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Trump deploys emergency beds, global pandemic deaths surge

US President Donald Trump ordered thousands of emergency hospital beds set up at American coronavirus hotspots but a trillion-dollar economic…
World ramps up restrictions as virus cases top 300,000
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World ramps up restrictions as virus cases top 300,000

From Italy to India to the United States, governments rolled out tougher measures to halt the rapid spread of the…
Sewing face masks goes viral in Europe
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Sewing face masks goes viral in Europe

What do prisoners, a former first lady and textile makers have in common? All have threaded their needles to combat…
Nearly one billion people confined to homes globally to curb virus
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Nearly one billion people confined to homes globally to curb virus

Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot…
Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap
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Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap

President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France released…
Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people ‘not invincible’
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Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people ‘not invincible’

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated…
North Korea fires two ‘ballistic missiles’ into sea
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North Korea fires two ‘ballistic missiles’ into sea

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, the latest in…
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