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Trump admits taking unproven anti-malaria drug to ward off coronavirus View 24 comments Sam CorbishleyTuesday 19 May 2020 7:30 am Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messenger 604 SHARES Trump claims he takes dangerous drug hydroxychloroquine ‘every day’ Play Video Loaded: 0% 0:00Progress: 0% PlayMute Current Time0:00 / Duration […]

ANSA) – Rome, May 18 – Shops, bars and restaurants are reopening on Monday as Italy steps up phase two by further easing the lockdown measures imposed due to the coronavirus emergency. Hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons and beaches are reopening too after Premier Giuseppe Conte signed off a new timetable for phase two following talks […]

(Yonhap) People who test positive for the novel coronavirus after making a full recovery do not transmit the disease to others, health authorities said Monday, reversing earlier guidance directing for an additional two-week quarantine in such cases. Jung Eun-kyeong, director general of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said health authorities arrived at […]

Al-Shabaab fighters display weapons as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu, Somalia, OCtober 21, 2010. (File photo AP)  Users in the Arab Gulf region reacted to the reports of Qatari involvement in the recent hostage release of Italian volunteer Silvia Romano after her captivity by al-Shabaab, pointing to Doha’s track record of facilitating finance […]

A police officer wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) stands with commuters as they travel in the morning rush hour last week (Picture: AFP via Getty Images) Passengers without a reservation will be stopped from boarding trains and police will be deployed to manage rush hour crowds as services are ramped up this morning. After the […]

Doctors guide the treatment of severe COVID-19 patients at Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital in early April. Photo: Courtesy of Guan Xiangdong As China’s most important political events are around the corner, during which the government will subject itself to public oversight and pool the wisdom of national legislators and political advisers, participants of the events and […]

Officials say that in at least one of the slaughterhouses, the security protocol is said to have been followed. © Xavier Leoty, AFP file picture Around a hundred people are believed to have been infected by the coronavirus in newly discovered outbreaks in two French abattoirs.  One abattoir is in the central Val de Loire region […]

  EU officials have forecast “the deepest economic recession” in the bloc’s history as a result of the coronavirus. Failure to agree on common solutions for the post-pandemic recovery could undermine the European project. European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni told reporters on Wednesday that the bloc is headed for “a recession of historic […]

President Donald Trump. | Evan Vucci, File/AP Photo  President Donald Trump accused state governments of using the pandemic to make up for “25 years of bad management,” as local leaders prod the federal government for more aid. Democrats were not pleased. In a wide-ranging interview with Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business, Trump was asked how […]

Smoke fumes rise above buildings in the Libyan capital Tripoli, during reported shelling by warlord Khalifa Haftar’s forces, on May 9, 2020. (AFP Photo)  Adrone strike by the Libyan army on Saturday destroyed a Russian-made Pantsir air defense system deployed by self-renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar. According to a statement released by Muhammed Kununu, the military […]