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Trump orders US meat-processing plants to stay open despite coronavirus fears

Trump issued an executive order using the Defense Production Act to mandate that the plants continue to function

Apr 29, 2020

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BA owner swings to first-quarter loss, warns of major job cuts as virus punishes

A big loss was reported by British Airway owner IAG on Tuesday and said that there might be around 12,000 job cuts

Apr 29, 2020

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China parliament to start key annual session on May 22

COVID-19 infected nearly 83,000 people and killed more than 4,600 on the mainland after emerging late last year in the central city of Wuhan

Apr 29, 2020

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Pompeo says US 'concerned' over south Yemen separatist self-rule declaration

The Saudi-led coalition has announced a unilateral truce prompted by a UN plea to focus on the coronavirus pandemic

Apr 29, 2020

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China lab rejects COVID-19 conspiracy claims, but virus origins still a mystery

Though the scientific consensus is that the coronavirus evolved naturally, such claims have gained a lot of traction

Apr 28, 2020

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European stocks inch higher as positive earnings counter oil, Wirecard slump

UK-based HSBC Holdings Plc slipped 1% as it warned of more earnings pain ahead as it set aside a hefty $3 billion in bad loan provisions due to the Coronavirus pandemic

Apr 28, 2020

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USA Swimming sets tentative August return to action

USA Swimming Chief Executive Tim Hinchey said the national governing body officially cancelled its major summer meets

Apr 28, 2020

Lakers return federal relief loan funds amid Coronavirus lockdown

Los Angeles Lakers join Ruth's Hospitality Group Inc and Shake Shack in returning the loans provided as relief

Apr 28, 2020

Tokyo reports fewest new coronavirus cases in 4 weeks, calls for vigilance

Hokkaido University professor Hiroshi Nishiura told the conference the pace of decline had been slow

Apr 27, 2020

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Coronavirus forces delay in US extradition case against Assange

Assange held at London's Belmarsh Prison where he is fighting a request by US to send him to stand trial for conspiring to hack government computers and espionage

Apr 27, 2020

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China to keep coronavirus tests focused, stops short of wider testing

China has acknowledged that accuracy of tests must be improved and more laboratories should be set up as plans

Apr 27, 2020

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Healthy again, British PM says too risky to relax lockdown yet

Boris Johnson compared the disease to an invisible street criminal whom Britons were wrestling to the floor

Apr 27, 2020

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Germany should only carefully lift coronavirus restrictions: minister

The economy minister in Germany has urged 16 federal states on Monday, April 27, to slowly lift the lockdown

Apr 27, 2020

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Many US businesses unlikely to seek government aid: NABE survey

Three-quarters of respondents expected their firms could survive for over six months without federal assistance, the survey found

Apr 27, 2020

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Nadal pessimistic over chances of return to normal for tennis

The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the world sports calendar, forcing the postponement of the Olympic Games, which includes tennis, and the cancellation of Wimbledon

Apr 27, 2020

Andy Murray expecting second child with wife Kim

TENNIS: Tough for Murray to win another Slam, says Rusedski

The 32-year-old Murray has not played a competitive match this year because of bone bruising near the site of his surgery

Apr 27, 2020

TENNIS: Thiem not keen on plan to assist struggling players

Thiem said he felt there were sections of society that needed more urgent help during the economic crisis caused by the pandemic than his fellow competitors

Apr 27, 2020