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Technology

SITE: Hackers behind WHO-NIH-Wuhan lab data leak aim to 'weaponize' the COVID-19 pandemic

The sole purpose behind the hacking activity targeting top world organizations was to aid Coronavirus conspiracy theories, including linking HIV to the virus

Apr 23, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

Society

Video shows bodies lying outside restaurant in Harbin, China's new coronavirus epicentre

A video clip of three collapsed individuals on a sidewalk outside a restaurant in Harbin, the capital of China's Heilongjiang province, has gone viral on social media.

Apr 23, 2020

By Manthan C.

Society

Three negatives and a positive: problems with coronavirus tests in China

Over 2.5 million people have been infected with the coronavirus globally and about 177,000 have died

Apr 23, 2020

By Reuters

Health

Coronavirus crisis: Here's evidence suggesting COVID-19 isn't sexually transmitted

A new study, published in Fertility & Sterility, claims that COVID-19 is unlikely to be spread through semen

Apr 23, 2020

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Business

Oil companies struggle as oversupply leaves them with no storage space

As much as 130 million barrels of crude is already in floating store, according to traders and shipping data

Apr 23, 2020

By R. Ghosh

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Society

Coronavirus: UAE's youngest COVID-19 survivor discharged from hospital

The Filipino boy who celebrated his 9th birthday earlier this month has become the youngest COVID-19 patient in the UAE to overcome the disease and walk out of the ICU

Apr 22, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

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Business

US states safely reopening, says Trump despite warnings of second wave of coronavirus

Georgia will be the first state to open gyms, hair salons, massage and tattoo parlors from Friday. Movie halls and restaurants will open next week

Apr 22, 2020

By R. Ghosh

World's biggest underwater restaurant to open in Maldives in November

Science

How AC spread Coronavirus from one table to nine others at a restaurant in China

Study claims that air conditioner can spread coronavirus as nine other people from three families tested positive after one infected person had lunch at the same restaurant

Apr 22, 2020

By Bharat Sharma

Society

Germany approves the first human clinical trials for possible Coronavirus vaccine in the country

After careful consideration, with the help of a biotech firm, Germany has approved the first human clinical trials in the country

Apr 22, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Weird World

Biblical warning ignored? Bat consumption in China behind Coronavirus outbreak, point out critics

Several people believe that coronavirus outbreak has happened as Chinese people ate bats, despite Biblical warnings

Apr 22, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

Crime

Fact check: Did Germany actually send China a €130bn bill for Coronavirus damages?

The German government did not send any bill to China for coronavirus damages. It was in fact a newspaper's estimate

Apr 22, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Fake news

Society

Australia asks for probe into the origins of Coronavirus as France says now is not the right time

The deadly virus outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 170,000 people globally in recent times

Apr 22, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Stephen Hawking's private ventilator donated to a hospital by his daughter to fight Coronavirus

Family of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking decided to donate his private ventilator to help fight COVID-19, daughter Lucy donates it to a Cambridge hospital

Apr 22, 2020

By Vinay B.S.

Society

Hoax busted: Can immunity boosting IV drips prevent Coronavirus?

UK's Advertising Standards Authority identified companies which claim to have special IV drips to boost immunity that could prevent or treat Coronavirus

Apr 22, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

China is planning to focus on clusters of Coronavirus infections in hospitals

The coronavirus outbreak has created a major stir around the world and has spread to more than 170 countries in the world

Apr 22, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Society

British PM Boris Johnson facing the wrath over the handling of the Coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus outbreak has created havoc in recent times claiming the lives of more than 170,000 people globally

Apr 22, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Politics

ANALYSIS : Globalisation will be the first high street casualty in post-pandemic world

Rather than the comfort of inter-dependence, strong nations states will choose the safety of independence - whether it's in the matter of vaccines, ventilators or weapons.

Apr 22, 2020

By Jacob J

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