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Covid 19: LinkedIn offers free job postings for frontliners
Job postings for critical roles in healthcare are rising around the world, including in Malaysia. The healthcare sector is seeking professionals including doctors and nurse in the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has announced
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Country folk singer John Prine dies at 73 of coronavirus complications
LOS ANGELES: Grammy-winning singer John Prine, who wrote his early songs in his head while delivering mail and later emerged from Chicago’s folk revival scene in the 1970s to become one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died on
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Playing to the balcony: clowns entertain German seniors in isolation
BERLIN: A group of clowns who usually entertain retirees in their rooms at seniors homes has taken to performing outside instead so their audience can watch from their windows or balconies while in coronavirus-enforced isolation. The clowns were determined that
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Trump says U.S. may be getting to top of coronavirus curve
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States might be getting to the top of the “curve” of the coronavirus outbreak and said he did not see an early written warning about the pandemic from a top White
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New York Governor says coronavirus crisis may have hit plateau
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo noted on Monday that hospitalizations of coronavirus patients are down and the rate of rise in deaths has leveled off in the hardest-hit state, suggesting the crisis may be plateauing, but he warned against complacency
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UK on lockdown as Boris Johnson in ICU
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit at a London hospital on Monday after his symptoms of COVID-19 infection worsened. Below are some immediate comments from health experts: * James Gill, a general practitioner
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Oil drops over $1 on oversupply after OPEC+ delays meeting
SINGAPORE/NEW YORK: Oil prices slipped more than $1 a barrel on Monday, after the world’s top producers delayed a meeting to discuss output cuts that could partly alleviate oversupply in global markets as the coronavirus pandemic pummels demand. Brent crude
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Japan PM Abe set to declare state of emergency as soon as Tuesday
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus spreading across the country, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, as the cumulative number of infections topped 1,000 in
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Trump says will do ‘substantial tariffs’ if oil price remains where it is
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would do “very substantial tariffs” if the oil price stays the way it is, although adding that he did not think he would need to. A month-long price war between Saudi
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U.S. braces for ‘hardest’ week as coronavirus deaths mount
The United States on Sunday entered one of the most critical weeks so far in the coronavirus crisis, with government officials warning that the death toll in places such as New York, Michigan and Louisiana was a sign of trouble
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