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Italy faces recession as coronavirus hits economy
Italy’s economy performed woefully in 2019 and is set to do even worse this year due to the coronavirus, with the threat ...Global virus death toll tops 3,000 as second man dies in US
The global death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic surpassed 3,000 on Monday after dozens more died at its epicentre in China ...Thousands of migrants mass at Greek border, more flee Syria
The United Nations said Sunday that at least 13,000 people were massed on Turkey’s land border with Greece, after Turkey officially declared ...NATO urges Syria, Russia to halt airstrikes as migrants move
NATO on Friday called on Syria and Russia to halt their airstrikes following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in northeastern Syria, ...‘Fear and panic’ as virus threatens Afghanistan, Pakistan
With porous borders, creaking hospitals and large illiterate populations, Afghanistan and Pakistan face a potentially devastating health crisis after the new coronavirus ...Italy tries to contain virus as neighbors fear its spread
Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy’s north on Monday as authorities sought to contain cases of COVID-19 virus that have ...South Korea raises virus alert to ‘grave’ as infections surge
South Korea raised its alert on the coronavirus to the highest level Sunday after reporting three more deaths and 169 new infections. ...Critics slam UK post-Brexit immigration plans
Britain’s government on Wednesday faced a backlash over its new post-Brexit immigration plans, which are designed to cut “cheap labour from Europe” ...Cruise passengers scatter, take Cambodia bus tours despite virus fears
The feel-good story of how Cambodia allowed a cruise ship to dock after it was turned away elsewhere in Asia for fear ...40 US nationals infected on Japan ship as others fly home
Forty Americans are among hundreds with the new coronavirus on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan, a US official said on Sunday, ...