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Australian court dismisses cardinal George Pell's sex abuse convictions

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Australia's highest court on Tuesday acquitted former Vatican treasurer George Pell of sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, allowing the 78-year-old cardinal to walk free from jail. The seven judges of the High Court agreed unanimously that the jury in the cardinal's trial "ought to have entertained a doubt" as to his guilt...

Coronavirus: 'Idiot' Kiwi health minister breaks lockdown restrictions, demoted

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New Zealand health minister David Clark said he offered his resignation to PM Jacinda Ardern after revealing he took a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) drive to the beach with his family. Ardern said she had demoted Clark in the cabinet rankings...

World Short of Six Million Nurses to Battle Against Pandemic, Says WHO

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The UN's health agency along with partners Nursing Now and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) underscored in a report the crucial role played by nurses, who make up more than half of all health workers worldwide...

US Begins Blood Tests For Coronavirus Immunity: Reports

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The United States has begun taking blood samples from across the country to determine the true number of people infected with the coronavirus, using a test that works retrospectively, according to reports...

Hydroxychloroquine Saved My Life From Covid-19, Felt Relief Within 2 Hours: US lawmaker

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Whitsett, who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30, said she started taking Hydroxychloroquine tablets from the very next day as it was prescribed by her doctor...

Virus pain easing in Spain, Italy; bleak days for France, UK

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Iran says virus infections show 'gradual' decline

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The figure shows a drop in officially reported new cases of the novel coronavirus for the sixth consecutive day after a peak of 3,111 reached on March 31. Iran is by far the country most affected by the pandemic in the Middle East, according to official tolls released by each state. President Hassan Rouhani reiterated a call for people to stay at home as he warned Iran could be "put back in a difficult situation" unless people follow guidelines...

India Significant Partner of US in Pharma Sector, Cooperation to Continue, Says Official

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Trump said he spoke to Prime Minister Modi on Saturday morning and made a request to release Hydroxychloroquine - an old and inexpensive drug used to treat malaria - for the US...

Revered South African Hindu Spiritual Leader Cremated in Live Broadcast Due to Covid-19

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Swami Premananda Puri, 74, died of pneumonia and two COVID-19 tests conducted as a precautionary procedure by specialists treating him were both confirmed negative, officials of the Sri Ramakrishna Dham..

UN Security Council to Hold First Coronavirus Talks on Thursday, Say Diplomats

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Last week, exasperated by the back-and-forth that has paralysed the council, including between China and the United States, nine of the 10 non-permanent members formally requested a meeting featuring a presentation by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst-ever Coral Bleaching: Scientists

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Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism...

US warns China not to 'exploit' virus for sea disputes

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"We call on the PRC to remain focused on supporting international efforts to combat the global pandemic, and to stop exploiting the distraction or vulnerability of other states to expand its unlawful claims in the South China Sea," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement...

California to Loan 500 Ventilators to National Stockpile for Other States Facing Crisis Due to Coronavirus

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The loan comes after California's hospitals added more than 3,000 ventilators to their supplies through refurbishing old or broken ones and buying some new...

UK PM Boris Johnson admitted to intensive care for coronavirus treatment

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was in hospital due to persistent coronavirus symptoms, has been taken into intensive care, Downing Street has said. UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab has taken charge as Johnson was moved to the ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in London on Monday. “Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the PM has worsened," the spokesperson said...

Queen Elizabeth II delivers message of resolve in special coronavirus address

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The 93-year-old British monarch and Head of the 54-member Commonwealth of nations which includes India, acknowledged the grief, pain and financial difficulties being faced the world over during this "time of disruption" and expressed the hope that the whole world was uniting in a "common endeavour"...

Australian High Court quashes Cardinal Pell’s conviction on sex offences

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With worst to come, 3 in 4 hospitals already facing Covid-19

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Three out of four US hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed as cases rocket toward their projected peak...

Affected by Month-long Lockdown, Italy Injects Record 400 Billion Euros into Pandemic-hit Economy

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the nation to be patient in the face of a pandemic that has now claimed 16,523 lives in the Mediterranean country and left millions unemployed...

Trump Wishes Johnson Well, Says Americans Praying for His Recovery

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Johnson, 55, was tested positive for coronavirus more than 10 days ago and was admitted to the hospital a day earlier, which Downing Street said was done as part of a precautionary measure...

UN Refrains From Directly Blaming Russia For Syria Hospital Attacks: Document

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A UN board of inquiry formed last summer to investigate attacks on civilian establishments in Syria, including hospitals, has refrained from directly holding Russia responsible, according to a summary of its report...

New York governor extends shutdown to April 29

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday extended a shutdown in the epicenter of America's deadly coronavirus pandemic until near the end of the month...

US for first time designates white supremacists as foreign terrorist group

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Moved to Intensive Care as Covid-19 Symptoms Worsen

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Boris Johnson was shifted to the ICU just a day after he was admitted for what were said to be routine tests...

Dominic Raab: Boris Johnson's de facto deputy

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China tightens land borders after rise in asymptomatic cases

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Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as the government vowed tighter controls at land borders. The National Health Commission said on Monday that 78 new asymptomatic cases had been identified as of the end of Sunday, compared with 47 the day before. Hubei province, the original epicentre, accounted for almost half the new asymptomatic cases...

Battling coronavirus, British PM Boris Johnson shifted to intensive care

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Coronavirus: Arab uprisings struggle amid lockdowns

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Pain, Solitude, Fear: Stories of Surviving COVID-19

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A sense of death stalking the hospital ward, fear of dying alone, tearful despair and disarray at home, solitude, anger and the desire to share, or change their life: 12 people from different parts of the world who have survived COVID-19 share emotional and harrowing stories of the pain and fear after catching the virus:..

China Reports No New Coronavirus Deaths for First Time Since January, But Imported Cases Continue

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Cases in mainland China have been dwindling since March, but the country faces a second wave of infections brought in from overseas, with health officials reporting nearly 1,000 imported cases in total...

US Repatriates 1,300 Americans from India, Several Developing Cold Feet at Last Moment, Says Official

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While Alice G Wells, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, did not give a clear idea on why rest of the Americans had developed cold feet to return back home, it can be seen in the context of the US emerging as the hot spot of coronavirus in the world...

Amid brief decline in death toll, Trump says there us light at the end of the tunnel

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Covid-19: British PM Boris Johnson moved to ICU as his condition worsens

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Britain's PM Boris Johnson's condition has worsened since being hospitalised with persistent Covid-19 symptoms and he has been moved into intensive care, his Downing Street office said in a statement on Monday. "The PM has asked foreign secretary Dominic Raab, who is the first secretary of state, to deputise for him where necessary," the statement said...

Covid-19: World leaders wish UK PM Boris Johnson a quick recovery

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UK PM Boris Johnson remains in hospital under observation with persistent coronavirus symptoms

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China faces new wave of coronavirus infections as number of imported cases rises sharply

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China stepped up border control measures on Monday as the number of imported coronavirus cases rose sharply to 951 while the asymptomatic cases also surged, raising fears of a second wave of the COVID-19 infections, mainly from Chinese returning home from abroad despite drastic containment efforts...