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Virus attacks global economy as Europe, US deaths mount
The coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s major economies and could spiral into the deepest global recession in generations, experts warned Wednesday, ...WHO urges virus unity after Trump attack
The World Health Organization on Wednesday pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus, following US President Donald Trump’s stinging attack on ...Virus may spark ‘devastating’ global condom shortage
A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world’s top maker of the ...Exodus begins as virus-hit Wuhan lifts ban on outbound travel
Thousands of Chinese travellers rushed to leave coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan early Wednesday as authorities lifted a more than two-month prohibition on outbound travel ...Japan declares state of emergency as coronavirus cases climb, but experts fear ‘it’s too late’
Japan on Tuesday declared a month-long state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases, ramping up efforts to contain infections but ...British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fights virus in intensive care as global deaths soar
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled the coronavirus in intensive care on Tuesday as death tolls in the United States and Europe ...Trump warns ‘toughest week’ ahead as global virus deaths top 60,000
US President Donald Trump warned Americans to brace for a “very horrendous” number of coronavirus deaths in the coming days, ahead of ...Indonesia covers up to protect orangutans from virus threat
Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia’s orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the critically ...China pauses in memory of virus victims and ‘martyrs’
China came to a standstill on Saturday to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, as the world’s most populous ...Deaths of doctors, nurses highlight virus risks they run
Air raid sirens sounded across China and flags flew at half staff in a tribute Saturday to victims of the coronavirus pandemic ...














