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A Chinese push to include support for the World Health Organization in a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a global ceasefire has drawn strong U.S. opposition. The Associated Press reported that a compromise on the Security Council resolution was agreed to by the U.S. and China on Thursday, but by Friday that had all changed with senior U.S officials objecting to the new language.

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Small protests have erupted in Hong Kong as hundreds of people gathered in several shopping centres to call for independence and the resignation of the city's Beijing-backed leader. On Wednesday, China's Hong Kong affairs office condemned protesters as a "political virus", warning the territory would never be calm until the demonstrators were removed.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin made an announcement on Sunday about the lockdown measures in the country. Country’s movement control order (MCO) will be extended for a further month until Jun 9, the fourth extension since it was enforced on Mar 18, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said. PM said even though the country saw many positive developments in its fight against COVID-19, the efforts have not fully succeeded

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Relations between China and Australia have not been great in recent months amid coronavirus pandemic statements. Australia criticized China’s coronavirus response while China accused Australia of siding the US narrative. Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham is “deeply concerned” by China threatening to slap a tariff on Australian barley imports, saying there is “no justification”

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A country of more than 1.3 billion people has reported around 60,000 coronavirus infections so far as health authorities conducted more than 1.5 million tests, which marks the infection rate at about 4%. This rate is one of the lowest in the world considering that the infection rate in the US, UK, and Spain has been above 10%. India has increased testing capacity to 95,000 tests per day

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko decided to hold a military parade in Minsk on Saturday despite coronavirus concerns. Unlike other former Soviet states, Belarus did not cancel mass events to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and has not imposed strict self-isolation rules. As of Saturday, Belarus, a country of 9.5 million, has officially reported 21,101 cases of coronavirus and more than 120 deaths

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Yahoo News obtained a document from the U.S Department of Homeland Security which shows that 11 of the Secret Service agents have been tested positive for COVID-19. Although, It's still not clear if any have recently been working at the White House or have had any contact with Trump or Pence. President Trump and VP Pence are both regularly tested for the virus, and neither has tested positive so far

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According to a new study conducted at Northwestern University, researchers have found a strong correlation between vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates from the novel coronavirus. The study is backed by the examples in the Eurozone area as the patients from countries with Vitamin D deficiency like Italy, Spain suffered a lot more than the patients from countries with less deficiency of Vitamin D

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According to the World Health Organization, the Wholesale wet market in Wuhan played a significant role in the virus outbreak last year. Although, it’s still not clear whether live animals or infected vendors or shoppers may have brought the virus into the market. “The market played a role in the event, that’s clear. But what role we don’t know,” said Dr. Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert on food safety

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Coronavirus cases in India jumped above 50,000, the health ministry confirmed on Thursday, with the pace of new infections showing no signs of abating despite a strict weeks-long lockdown in the world's second-most populous country. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Maharashtra, the state where Mumbai is located, was an area of particular concern and said the federal government stood ready to help.

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Kenyans Held For Weeks in Quarantine Were Told to Pay to Get Out Hundreds in the East African nation were put in quarantine for breaking curfew or not wearing masks. That, some said, was just the start of their ordeal. According to residents of A government-designated quarantine facility in Nairobi, Kenya, in early April.

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Describing the operation as a “rogue group,” Trump said the mercenaries launched a haphazard attack after they were arrested on the beach and walked to shore at gunpoint by Venezuelan police. This was a rogue group that went in there, a lot of Venezuelans, I think people from other countries also,” Trump said.

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According to the media reports, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reached out to President Xi Jinping to congratulate him on China's handling of the coronavirus. Korean Central News Agency released a report that the North Korea chairman sent a “verbal message” to President Xi, congratulating him on “registering a success” in the fight against COVID-19.

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There is a massive political chaos in Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s legislative council descended into extraordinary scenes on Friday, with opposing lawmakers throwing placards and scrambling over each other to take control of a house committee that has been unable to elect a new chairperson. The incumbent committee chair, Starry Lee, reached the seat first and was surrounded by security guards.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer also spoke to Chinese Vice Premier Liu He about the economic and public health issues, according to the government from both sides.
But during the Thursday call, both sides "agreed that in spite of the current global health emergency, both countries fully expect to meet their obligations under the agreement in a timely manner," according to the Office

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UN Chief appealed to address and counter COVID-19-related hate speech follows his April 23 message calling the coronarivus pandemic “a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis.” Guterres said then that the pandemic has seen “disproportionate effects on certain communities, the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups, and the risks of heavy-handed security responses undermining the health response.”

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Education Minister of Brazil, Abraham Weintraub said that he will reward universities that restart education activities in Brazil, despite growing coronavirus infections in the country. Abraham Weintraub came under the spotlight recently for his highly racist tweet about China. He said, “those who are teaching classes will receive more resources and will be awarded.” Federal and State governments in Brazil are not on the same page regarding reopening of universities

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According to the latest numbers released by health officials, global coronavirus infections currently stand at 3,950,321 with over 271,000 deaths. The total number of recoveries around the world are now at 1,359,000. The US tops the list with the most number of COVID-19 cases, the number which is currently near 1.3 million. The total number of deaths in the US crossed 77,000

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Elon Musk and musician Grimes announced the birth of their baby boy on May 4, since then, the baby has been in the news because of his “Innovative” name, Musk named his newly born son X Æ A-12 Musk, sparking discussions about the pronunciation, legality, and meaning of the name. While both of them have different versions of this name, as per California’s Birth Registration handbook, this name is illegal

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Singapore’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday that two quarantine officers who served orders at different dormitories of foreign workers tested positive for Coronavirus. The first officer is a 36-year-old Singaporean who experienced symptoms on Tuesday while the second officer, a 23-year-old Singaporean experienced mild symptoms on April 30. Both officers didn’t have any travel history

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PetroChina, the country’s largest gas and oil producer discovered a huge natural gas belt with an estimated reserve of over 1 trillion cubic meters in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The newly discovered gas belt is around 130 KM away from Sichuan’s capital Chengdu. PetroChina supplies natural gas to more than 1,000 large and medium-sized industrial companies and more than 20 million households in southwest China

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India started a repatriation operation to ultimately bring back more than 200,000 Indians stranded in different parts of the world. More than 300 Indians arrived from Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Passengers arrived in Kerala and went into quarantine. Over the next week, more than 15,000 Indians are expected to return on different Air India flights. This would be India’s biggest evacuation mission since 1990 from Kuwait during the Gulf War

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US President Trump said Wednesday the coronavirus “attack” is “worse” than the Pearl Harbor and 9/11 attacks. The country has reported 71,064 coronavirus-related deaths, while 2,403 people died at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and 2,977 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. When asked if he was accepting the fact that more people would die under a quick reopening, Trump said “it could very well be the case"

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The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said that the trade talks door is still open even as he tripled down on accusations that the country's leadership sought to conceal information about the origins of the coronavirus. Since the first deal was signed, the coronavirus has slowed the global economy, and President Donald Trump has said he may scrap the deal

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Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday that the country has decided to lift its coronavirus lockdown on Saturday despite the reason that Pakistan reported a record 1,523 new cases in the last 24 hours. “We are a developing country and we can’t afford to keep the country shut for much longer,” Khan said. The PM requested the nation to follow the SOPs provided by the government

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