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Virus-hit cruise ship nears US port, awaits final approval
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» FORT LAUDERDALE (UNITED STATES) - A virus-hit cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers and crew neared Florida on Thursday, awaiting final clearance to dock after being barred from several South American countries.
Oil rockets as Trump signals end to price war
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» LONDON: Oil prices rocketed Thursday after US President Donald Trump said Russia and Saudi Arabia planned to end their price war by slashing output.
Virus-hit cruise ship nears US port, awaits final approval
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» FORT LAUDERDALE (UNITED STATES) - A virus-hit cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers and crew neared Florida on Thursday, awaiting final clearance to dock after being barred from several South American countries.
Test, protect, inform: what HIV can teach us about COVID-19
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» PARIS - From being a killer in the shadows, to having its own international day and UN programme, HIV's emergence into a global reality can offer many lessons in how to respond to COVID-19, the head of the International Aids Society told AFP 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.
Chinese cops intercept shipment of drug precursor
King-oua Laohong and Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 02/04/2020
» Chinese police have intercepted a shipment of hydrochloric acid bound for the Golden Triangle region, which will likely affect the production of 3.9 billion methamphetamine pills.
US weekly jobless claims hit record once again
Reuters, Published on 02/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits last week shot to a record high for a second week in a row — topping 6 million — as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy into recession.
Nationwide night curfew starts Friday
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/04/2020
» All people in Thailand are banned from leaving home from 10pm to 4am starting Friday in the government’s latest moves to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Nationwide night curfew starts Friday
Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2020
» All people in Thailand are banned from leaving home from 10pm to 4am starting Friday in the government’s latest move to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Iran, US heat up war of words on Iraq despite virus pandemic
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» TEHRAN - Iran said Thursday it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warned it against attacks on US troops in Iraq, as a new war of words heated up despite the coronavirus pandemic.