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Global Covid-19 Death Toll Reported To WHO Exceeds 200,000

GENEVA, Apr 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Globally, over 200,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as…

Italy’s COVID-19 Cases Top 200,000, Death Toll At 27,359

ROME, Apr 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The COVID-19 pandemic claimed 27,359 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections,…

Covid-19: UN raises alarm about police brutality in lockdowns

Police officers detain a person during a demonstration against the lockdown GENEVA, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN human rights office…

Covid-19: Lockdowns begin to ease globally, but cases top three million

WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide soared past three million on Monday as several…

Drilling Results Reveal Gas In Block 4 Of Lebanon’s Territorial Waters

BEIRUT, Apr 28 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Energy and Water Minister, Raymond Ghajar, said on Monday that, drilling results in Block…

Turkish President Orders 3-Day Lock-down To Curb COVID-19 Spread

ISTANBUL, Apr 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared three days of lock-down in 31 provinces, starting from…

Covid-19: Germans don compulsory masks as lockdown eases

BERLIN, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germans have started wearing facemasks outside the home as new rules come into force to…

Covid-19: British PM Boris Johnson says this is moment of maximum risk

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson LONDON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK is at the moment of maximum risk in…

Brexit talks can still be done within agreed timescale, UK minister says

British Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove LONDON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Talks to strike a deal on a post-Brexit relationship…

Covid-19: Russia overtakes China with cases at 87,000

MOSCOW, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia overtook China in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases when its tally climbed above…