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The presidents of Turkey and Iran on April 22 discussed the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic in a phone call, according to an official statement. Turkey’s Directorate of Communications said Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani also exchanged views on bilateral relations and regional developments. Erdoğan also spoke with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte over […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about product research and development, production and marketing, and the resumption of work and production during an inspection of production line in Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, April 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)  April 24 (Xinhua) — At a time when the world economy […]

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on the new coronavirus dubbed COVID-19, at the WHO headquaters on March 2, 2020 in Geneva. (AFP Photo)  The World Health Organization is cautioning against the idea of “immunity passports.” It says there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered […]

A technician works in the lab of the COVID-19 department of the Policlinic of Tor Vergata in Rome, Friday, April 17, 2020.   –   Copyright  Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse With all the information circulating on coronavirus, it can be hard to sort fact from fiction. In our latest Q&A we asked our experts to answer your questions. Our experts this week […]

  President Donald Trump steps away from the lectern to allow Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday,April 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)  WASHINGTON — For the first time, President Donald Trump cut […]

In this Saturday, April 11, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang. AP China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to […]

France’s armed forces ministry on Friday said it had bought a consignment of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine from China as a precaution in case it becomes an approved medication for the coronavirus, an idea dismissed by many experts. GERARD JULIEN AFP/File France’s armed forces ministry on Friday said it had bought a consignment of the anti-malarial […]

According to reports from Saudi Arabia, the authorities abolished the punishment of flogging in accordance with a legal document circulated by the media. The document indicated that the Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia decided to abolish the punishment provided that it replace it with imprisonment or a fine. A prominent Saudi human rights activist “dies […]

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — The parent company of Lysol and another disinfectant warned Friday that its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus after President Donald […]

Prison personnel wash their hands at the entrance of the Baidoa Central Prison. ©ICRC/ Feisal Mukhtar Like most countries around the globe, Somalia finds itself in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of known infections has risen dramatically in the last weeks. Sweeping public restrictions have followed suit in a bid to curb the […]