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Coronavirus could drive half a billion people into poverty worldwide – Oxfam

The fallout from the Coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a...

Taiwan demands apology from WHO chief over virus ‘slander’

Taiwan demanded an apology from the World Health Organization chief on Thursday after he accused the island's government of leading personal attacks against him...

Coronavirus: Australia police seize cruise ship’s black box

Australian police are investigating why the Ruby Princess cruise ship allowed ill passengers to disembark in Sydney amid mounting Coronavirus fears, according to local media. Public broadcaster...

New York’s daily death toll hits record high

New York is "undoubtedly flattening the curve", Governor Andrew Cuomo says, despite reporting the largest single-day death toll - for the second day in...

Denmark dishes out salaries to virus-hit companies

Denmark has always prided itself on its "flexicurity" model that marries the free market with a welfare society, but in the face of the...

Airbus cuts jet production to cope with coronavirus crisis

Airbus (AIR.PA) on Wednesday cut production across the board to absorb the hit to manufacturing from the coronavirus crisis. In its largest ever production adjustment,...

Tesla cuts staff pay as coronavirus halts production

Electric car-maker Tesla will reduce staff pay and put non-essential workers on furlough while production of its vehicles is stopped due to coronavirus. Work at...

Coronavirus: ‘Drop in global trade to be worse than 2008 crisis’

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is predicting a severe decline in international commerce this year. The wide range of possibilities reflects the uncertainties about the...

Elephants, dogs reclaim India’s streets in virus lockdown

Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace, leading an animal offensive taking advantage of deserted streets as the country...

Ugandan police officers charged for ‘torturing’ women

Ten police officers in Uganda have been charged for allegedly torturing a group pf women while enforcing a lockdown to curb the spread of...

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