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Drunk people can't socially distance, UK police conclude
AFP, Published on 05/07/2020
» LONDON: Britain's police said Sunday that revellers who packed London's Soho district the night pubs finally reopened made it "crystal clear" that drunk people cannot socially distance.
New York under curfew as looters hit luxury stores
AFP, Published on 02/06/2020
» NEW YORK: New York was under a curfew that would last until early Tuesday morning, officials said, after looters raided stores in central Manhattan, targeting some of the city's top retailers.
Johnson sticks by aide over 'minor' lockdown violation
AFP, Published on 28/05/2020
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday stuck by his most senior adviser Dominic Cummings after police said he appeared to have only committed a "minor" lockdown violation and closed the politically charged case.
Awful data show US economy is in deep trouble
AFP, Published on 15/05/2020
» WASHINGTON - Newly released economic data shows the US economy is in a terrible state and may not rebound quickly even when the devastating lockdowns imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic are lifted.
US threatens to block China Telecom from American market
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States threatened Thursday to cut off Beijing-controlled China Telecom from serving the US market because of legal and security risks, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Coronavirus drives 6.65 mn to file for US jobless benefits
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - Another 6.65 million US workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, the most ever recorded, as the coronavirus forces businesses to shut down nationwide, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Italy mourns its virus dead at end of fateful month
AFP, Published on 31/03/2020
» ROME - Italy marked a minute of silence and flew flags at half mast Tuesday to mourn the 11,591 people who have died from the coronavirus pandemic that has dramatically altered life in the Mediterranean country.
Coronavirus could create bed shortage in US hospitals
AFP, Published on 17/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - Beds, ventilators and masks soon could all be in short supply in US hospitals rocked by the novel coronavirus, with doctors worrying they may have to start choosing which patients to treat.
China virus death toll surges past 300
AFP, Published on 02/02/2020
» BEIJING: The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic soared to 304 on Sunday, as an increasing number of countries imposed extraordinary Chinese travel bans to combat the spread of the disease.
New climate models suggest Paris goals may be out of reach
AFP, Published on 14/01/2020
» PARIS: New climate models show carbon dioxide is a more potent greenhouse gas than previously understood, a finding that could push the Paris treaty goals for capping global warming out of reach, scientists have told AFP.