America
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Trump says US death toll from COVID-10 could reach 60,000
Apr 11, 2020 01:54US President Donald Trump claimed that the death toll from coronavirus in the US could reach 60,000, lower than the initial number of 100,000 estimated last month.
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Over 3,000 sailors leave coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt
Apr 11, 2020 01:20The US Navy announced on Friday that more than 3,000 sailors have departed the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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Top US senator calls on Trump to approve Iran’s IMF loan request
Apr 11, 2020 00:22Tehran (IP) - Dianne Feinstein underlined it is in the US national interests to help Iran to fight with coronavirus.
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Drone footage shows mass burials in New York
Apr 10, 2020 16:03New video footage showed coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the number of coronavirus deaths in New York state increased to 799 on Thursday, a record high for a third day.
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COVID-19 global death toll inches closer to 100,000; more than 1.6 m infected
Apr 10, 2020 10:03Worldwide, there are now more than 1.6 million confirmed cases of coronavirus but from that number close to 354,000 have already recovered and death toll inches closer to 100,000.
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US calls Iraq’s PMU as a ‘significant’ threat
Apr 10, 2020 07:17The US State Department’s top diplomat for the Middle East voiced his country’s so-called concerns about Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), calling it a “significant” threat to US forces.
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Russia: Unilateral sanctions hamper fight against Coronavirus
Apr 10, 2020 05:47Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya called for the lifting of all sanctions outside the UN amid coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus: US death toll tops 16,500
Apr 10, 2020 05:34The coronavirus death toll in the US now stands at 16,527 and total cases neared half a million at 461,400.
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World in worst recession since great depression, IMF says
Apr 10, 2020 05:05The coronavirus pandemic will push the global economy into the deepest recession since the Great Depression, with the world’s poorest countries suffering the most, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.
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Global religious leaders urge US to lift sanctions against Iran
Apr 09, 2020 23:26In a joint letter to US President Donald Trump, ACT Alliance, the World Council of Churches, and National Council of the Churches of Christ have urged the US to lift illegal and inhuman sanctions against Iran that are impeding the fight against COVID-19.
