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Maryland governor rebuts Trump over buying S. Korean coronavirus test kits

Apr 22, 2020

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday he has "no idea" why President Donald Trump got upset that he purchased coronavirus test kits from South Korea. Hogan, a Republican, said he thinks Trump "got ...
Trump vows immigration ban as virus roils world economy

Apr 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Donald Trump vowed to temporarily ban immigration to the United States to combat the "invisible enemy" of coronavirus, claiming it would save American jobs as the world economy pl...
Coronavirus could double number facing acute hunger: UN

Apr 21, 2020

PARIS (AFP) -- The coronavirus pandemic could nearly double the number of people around the world facing acute hunger, the UN's World Food Programme warned Tuesday. "The number of people facing acut...
Swiss watchmakers see exports plunge amid pandemic

Apr 21, 2020

ZURICH (AFP) -- Swiss watch exports plunged by more than a fifth in March, the Swiss watch industry federation, FH, said Tuesday, warning it expected the situation to deteriorate further in April. O...
Singapore extends coronavirus curbs as cases surge

Apr 21, 2020

SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore on Tuesday extended restrictions to fight the coronavirus until early June, the city-state's leader said, as cases surged past 9,000 due to a growing number of infections...
Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifies press freedom threats'

Apr 21, 2020

PARIS (AFP) -- The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating threats to press freedom around the world, with authoritarian states including China and Iran suppressing details of the outbreak, activists sa...
Trump to ban immigration over pandemic threat

Apr 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Donald Trump said he would temporarily ban immigration to the United States because of the "Invisible Enemy" of the coronavirus, as angry Americans took to the streets to demand a...
UN experts want to blacklist 14 ships over N. Korea sanctions

Apr 19, 2020

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN experts have recommended blacklisting 14 vessels for violating sanctions against North Korea in a report that accuses the country of increasing illegal coal exports, imports ...
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases

Apr 16, 2020

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Lavina D’Souza hasn’t been able to collect her government-supplied anti-HIV medication since the abrupt lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people last month during the coronavirus outb...
Trump directs halt to payments to WHO during virus pandemic

Apr 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was cutting off US payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do...
Health officials warn NYC could run out of virus test swabs

Apr 13, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is in danger of running out of swabs for COVID-19 tests and should only test hospitalized patients, the city health department said in a memo to health care providers o...
Health or wealth? Nations pressured to loosen virus rules

Apr 13, 2020

MADRID (AP) -- As the coronavirus pandemic throws millions out of work and devastates economies worldwide, governments are struggling with the delicate balance between keeping people safe from a high...
[Newsmaker] Bill Gates calls for funding from G-20 members to develop vaccine against coronavirus

Apr 12, 2020

In order for the world to better contain the spread of the coronavirus, leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) major economies should provide more funding to develop a vaccine, Bill Gates said. In an opi...
Why African Americans are dying at higher rates from COVID-19

Apr 8, 2020

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The new coronavirus isn’t biased about whom it infects -- so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US...
UK’s Johnson spends night in ICU; not on ventilator

Apr 7, 2020

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent the night in the intensive care unit of a London hospital with the new coronavirus, but is not on a ventilator, a senior government minister s...