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Sport Relief kicks off amid coronavirus concern
Sport Relief – the UK’s biennial charity fundraising telethon – got under way on BBC TV on Friday night with an acknowledgement ...Cyprus limits entry to country
Cyprus limits entry to country In the last hour, the Cypriot government has announced that only its citizens, along with other Europeans ...Trump ‘may add’ UK to travel ban
President Donald Trump says that he “may add” the UK to the list of European countries affected by the US travel ban. ...Most coronavirus patients recover, still anxiety, fear loom
Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people ...South Korea adds 114 virus cases, warns on Seoul cluster
South Korea reported fewer than 120 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, but authorities warned that a new cluster in Seoul could see ...China says ‘immoral and irresponsible’ U.S. officials shift coronavirus blame
China criticised U.S. officials for “immoral and irresponsible” comments that blamed Beijing’s response to the coronavirus for worsening the global impact of ...World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and slow government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is ...Myanmar MPs reject bid to allow Suu Kyi to become president
Myanmar’s parliament rejected on Wednesday a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, ...China allows some firms to resume work at virus epicentre
China announced Wednesday that key companies can resume work in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, in another sign authorities are confident the quarantined city is ...Italy locks down as China signals major progress in own virus fight
Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly coronavirus, as China signalled major progress in ...