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Coronavirus: US death toll exceeds 5,000 (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
The number of infections nationwide tops 216,000 as confirmed cases around the globe near one million.
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Coronavirus: Spain sees record rise in unemployment amid lockdown (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
The country imposed strict measures to fight the coronavirus, which has killed more than 10,000 there.
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Daniel Pearl: Pakistan overturns convicted man's death sentence (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was convicted of beheading Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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‘Deep concern’ over coronavirus emergency powers (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban took sweeping new powers to fight the virus on Monday.
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Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
The ruling is a tougher version of China's ban of wildlife meat, after it was linked to the virus.
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Coronavirus: Oil prices rise on hopes of a price war truce (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
US President Donald Trump said he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia to strike a deal in the next few days.
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EU court rules against three states over refugees (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law by rejecting refugees, the top EU court says.
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Brazil: Amazon land defender Zezico Guajajara shot dead (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
Zezico Guajajara is the latest activist to be killed in a campaign to protect Brazil's indigenous land.
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US sends warships to Caribbean to stop illegal drugs (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
The announcement came a week after the US accused Venezuela's leader of "narco-terrorism".
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Coronavirus: Fighting al-Shabab propaganda in Somalia (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
Muslim clerics in Somalia are moving to the front-line of the battle against coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Air India pilots 'at risk of infection' on rescue flights (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
Air India pilots say the airline is not adhering to safety protocol on coronavirus rescue flights.
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One novelist who won't be writing about coronavirus (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
One of America's greatest living writers says it would be "wrongheaded" to mention the virus in a book.
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Coronavirus: The unusual ways countries are managing lockdowns (Wed, 01 Apr 2020)
Countries are adopting movement restrictions ranging from the extreme to the relaxed to the creative.
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Big splash: The world's largest designer of water parks (Wed, 01 Apr 2020)
Geoff Chutter is the founder of Whitewater West, the world's largest water park design firm.
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Coronavirus: Where has all the hand sanitiser gone? (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
Shelves all over the world are empty - it turns out more alcohol is needed, to ramp up production.
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In pictures: Deserted streets around the world (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
Photographers around the world have taken pictures showing lockdown locations with a running theme.
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Coronavirus: How China's using surveillance to tackle outbreak (Thu, 02 Apr 2020)
China is using its high tech system to tackle the outbreak, but is the state interference justified?
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Coronavirus: Are loss of smell and taste key symptoms? (Wed, 01 Apr 2020)
However, experts say a fever and a cough are still the main ones to look out for.
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Coronavirus: Playing classical music for South Korea hospital patients (Wed, 01 Apr 2020)
Musicians in South Korea have played a classical music concert for coronavirus patients.
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Lagos lockdown over coronavirus: 'How will my children survive?' (Tue, 31 Mar 2020)
Nigeria's commercial hub and the capital have gone into lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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