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NBA legend Jordan donating $100 million to social justice groups
AFP, Published on 06/06/2020
» LOS ANGELES: Michael Jordan said Friday he is making a record $100 million donation to groups fighting for racial equality and social justice amid a wave of protests across the United States.
Cobain 'Unplugged' guitar sells for record $6 million at auction
AFP, Published on 21/06/2020
» LOS ANGELES: The guitar that grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain played during his legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold Saturday for a record $6 million, the auction house said.
Virus cases top nine million as WHO says pandemic 'accelerating'
AFP, Published on 23/06/2020
» DUBAI - Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday shortly after the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating, even as France took its biggest step yet back to normality by allowing millions of children to return to school.
US infections top three million as Trump begins WHO pullout
AFP, Published on 09/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - Coronavirus infections in the United States topped the three million mark Wednesday, as President Donald Trump began withdrawing the country from the World Health Organization.
Millions under Australia lockdown as global cases hit 12 million
AFP, Published on 09/07/2020
» MELBOURNE - Millions of people in Australia's second-biggest city went into lockdown on Thursday to battle another coronavirus outbreak, as the number of infections worldwide surged past 12 million.
Ten million kids 'may never return to school' after virus
AFP, Published on 13/07/2020
» LONDON: The coronavirus pandemic has caused an "unprecedented education emergency" with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back to class, Save the Children warned Monday.
India locks down 125 million as virus surges across globe
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» PATNA, India: More than 125 million people in India began a new lockdown on Thursday as authorities worldwide scramble to get a handle on a surge in coronavirus cases that continues to wreak havoc from America to Asia.
India passes 1 million virus cases as global crisis worsens
AFP, Published on 17/07/2020
» NEW DELHI - India on Friday became the third country in the world to record one million coronavirus cases, following Brazil and the United States where infections also continued to surge.
Greta Thunberg donates million-euro rights prize to green groups
AFP, Published on 21/07/2020
» STOCKHOLM: Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change.
Europe imposes fresh curbs as global cases top 30 million
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» COPENHAGEN - Large parts of Europe on Friday geared up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus, after infections worldwide topped 30 million and the World Health Organization warned of "alarming rates of transmission".