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‘All is well’. In Italy, triage and lies for virus patients
MILAN: The fight against death pauses every day at 1 pm. At that time, doctors in the intensive care unit of Policlinico San Donato phone relatives of the unit’s 25 critically-ill coronavirus patients, all of whom are sedated and have
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Hindus, Muslims in Yamuna Vihar divided due to last month’s riot
NEW DELHI: For years, Hindus and Muslims lived and worked peacefully together in Yamuna Vihar, a densely populated Delhi district. But the riots that raged through the district last month appear to have cleaved lasting divisions in the community, reflecting
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Biden, Sanders’ disagree with Trump handle COVID-19
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted US President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak during a Democratic debate yesterday, touting their own plans to deal with a widening crisis that has upended the daily life of Americans. Democratic
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COVID-19: Wisma Putra to bring back Malaysians from Italy, Iran
KUALA LUMPUR: Wisma Putra is making detailed preparations to bring back 323 Malaysians from Italy and 55 from Iran, following the worsening COVID-19 outbreak in the two countries. Foreign Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said preparations included identifying the locations of
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Zii Jia’s All England run ends in semis
KUALA LUMPUR: National men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia’s journey in the 2020 All-England has come to an end after he was eliminated in the semi-finals yesterday. The world number 13 fought tooth and nail before going down 21-17, 13-21, 19-21 to
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Trump tests negative for coronavirus: White House doctor statement
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump has tested negative for coronavirus, the president’s physician, Sean Conley, said in a statement yesterday. The president two days ago decided to take the test for the virus, which has killed some 5,800 people worldwide,
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India’s palm oil imports from M’sia have turned negligible
NEW DELHI: India’s palm oil imports from Malaysia have turned negligible, according to the most recent monthly data released by a trade group yesterday. The country imported 540,470 tonnes of palm oil in February, but only 5,890 tonnes were from
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Four states hold US primary votes decides to go ahead as planned
WASHINGTON: Arizona, Illinois, Ohio and Florida will hold primary votes on Tuesday as planned, election officials in the four states said in a joint statement, despite growing government cancellations as officials try to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Officials
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US summons Chinese ambassador over coronavirus conspiracy theory
In a news report today by CNN, US Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell summoned China’s ambassador in Washington to the State Department Friday morning, hours after a prominent Chinese official suggested that the US military may have been responsible
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Chinese diplomat: US military brought coronavirus to Wuhan (conspiracy theory)
Wuhan, amid war of words between the two countries over the rapid spread of the deadly virus across the world. China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday reported that US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield reportedly
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