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COVID-19 cases around the world reached 4.58 million as the US and Russia reported more than 10,000 cases each in the last 24 hours. The total number of deaths crossed 300,000 as the tally now stands at 305,803 according to the data available on worldometers. More than 1.7 million people already recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. Countries around the world are reopening after months of lockdowns

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Slovenia, a small country with a population of 2 million became the first European country to declare its domestic coronavirus outbreak officially over. On Thursday, Prime Minister Janez Jansa told the country’s parliament that Slovenia “has the best epidemiological picture in Europe.” According to data from Slovenia’s Ministry of Health, just one new case of the coronavirus was confirmed on Thursday, with no deaths reported

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After months of being rumored to be working on an in-house token, the secret is finally out. Reddit has finally revealed and introduced to its millions of users its Reddit cryptocurrency. The token we now understand will be called Moon token. We also understand Reddit cryptocurrency will be based on the Ethereum blockchain which can be regarded as a big win for Ethereum.

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Qatar Airways introduced “Travel with Confidence” on May 14, an updated rebooking policy that covers flights through Dec. 31, 2020, that are booked by Sept. 30, 2020, with the main focus to provide flexibility during coronavirus pandemic. This updated rebooking policy states that Qatar Airways flyers can make “unlimited” changes to their itineraries, including changing their flight destination to anywhere within a 5,000-mile radius of their original destination

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Anastasija Puzankova, a 35-year-old Latvian who calls herself a mother of more than 200 Chinese senior citizens with an average age of 85, resides at the Jiufeng Senior Home in Qingpu district's Liantang town, Shanghai. She is taking care of all the residents, cheering them up and making them smile every day as they can't have nursing home visits due to the coronavirus epidemic

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According to the latest numbers released by Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India added 3,967 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the total reached 81,970. The country’s cumulative number of confirmed cases is the second highest in Asia behind China’s 82,933 infections. India’s death toll rose by 100 to 2,649, the health ministry said. The total number of recoveries also climbed by 1,685 to 27,920

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Singapore had around 1,000 coronavirus cases at the start of April, the country now has more than 26,000 cases and most of them are migrant workers. 1.4 million migrant workers live in the city-state, mostly employed in construction, manual labor. Of these, about 200,000 live in 43 dormitories, according to Minister of Manpower Josephine Teo. Singapore is struggling to contain the dorm clusters, with at least 23,758 infected dormitory residents

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For almost two weeks, Russia is adding more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases daily. Now, the country is just behind the US and Spain in the list of most number of COVID-19 cases. The mysterious part behind Russia's data is its mortality rate. The mortality rate in the US is 6%, in Brazil 7% and Western European countries like Italy and Spain 10% but in Russia, it’s less than 1%

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New Zealand eased lockdown restrictions for most of the businesses, including retail shops, malls, restaurants, and barbershops. Businesses opened their doors at 12.01 am Thursday with many employees returning to their workplaces. Long queues were spotted outside barbershops. Mass gatherings will still be limited to 10 people and social distancing guidelines remain in place under the country's Level Two restrictions

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One of the world’s most populated cities, Mumbai in India is now suffering from the blood shortage crisis in public and private hospitals amid the coronavirus crisis and lockdown. The acute shortage has worsened as a limited number of units left in public and private hospitals in the city. According to the Maharashtra State Blood Transfusion Council, only one-sixth of the usual stock if left in some hospitals

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated the 743rd anniversary of the Turkish Language on Wednesday. "We always defended the interests of our country and the right of the oppressed in Turkish," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter. He encouraged people to speak Turkish. Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University rector Mehmet Akgul said that Turkey's "greatest responsibility" to protect and develop the Turkish language against the adverse effects of other languages

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According to a London-based research firm, IWSR Drinks Market Analysis. India consumes more whiskey than any other country in the world and ranked second, just behind China in the overall consumption of alcohol. The country saw long queues outside the liquor shops when the Government announced easing in lockdown restrictions. In cities like Mumbai, booze-loving people made a mockery of social distancing, prompting the government to shut the shops again

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Global air traffic has fallen 90% amid lockdowns and travel restrictions around the world. Dubai International Airport recently released its numbers for the first quarter of 2020 and recorded a 20% drop in the number of passengers. “Dubai Airports today confirmed that Dubai International (DXB) recorded a total of 17.8 million customers during the first quarter of 2020, a year-on-year contraction of 19.8%, ” a statement from Dubai Airports said

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Emergencies director at WHO, Dr. Mike Ryan said in a virtual press conference in Geneva that coronavirus pandemic may never go away just like HIV. "It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," Dr. Ryan said. "HIV has not gone away - but we have come to terms with the virus”

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Coronavirus cases are exploding in Brazil. The country has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from COIVD-19, health officials say. Brazil registered 881 new deaths on Tuesday. The total death toll now stands at 12,400. It comes after researchers said the first recorded coronavirus-related death in Brazil happened almost two months earlier than previously thought

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According to the statement by FBI, “The FBI is investigating the targeting and compromise of U.S. organizations conducting COVID-19-related research by [the People’s Republic of China]-affiliated cyber actors and non-traditional collectors,” the public service announcement issued by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said.

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In his first statement to Parliament on the coronavirus pandemic, months after the beginning of the outbreak in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday issued a lengthy clarification to his government's advice over the lifting of lockdown measures.

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As countries are reopening after a drop in coronavirus cases, Austria and Germany agreed to reopen borders. Austria’s conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that the border with Germany will reopen gradually. “As of May 15, there will be only spot checks on the German-Austrian border. A full border opening will follow on June 15,” Kurz’s office said in a statement

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The U.S. has said that the country will not use ventilators sent by Russia after reports of deadly incidents of hospital fires in St. Petersburg that killed five people. US is currently investigating the safety of ventilators. The Russian hospital fire victims were in an intensive care unit and on ventilators at the time of the incident, Russian news agencies reported; 150 other people were evacuated from the hospital

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New York Governor Cuomo confirmed that 100 children in New York are now suffering from a deadly Inflammatory disease believed to be related to coronavirus, known as Kawasaki disease. ‘We have about 100 cases of an inflammatory disease in young children that seems to be created by COVID-19, this is something that’s just starting…the symptoms of the children are analyzed to the Kawasaki disease or toxic shock syndrome” Cuomo said

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Maria Branyas, 113-year-old woman in Spain is believed to be the oldest woman to recover from coronavirus. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March during the lockdown in Spain but recovered after weeks. Maria Branyas was born in Mexico in 1907 but later shifted to the Catalan province of Girona during World War 1. "Now that she is well, she is wonderful, she wants to speak, " her daughter tweeted

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Russia has been struggling to cope up with coronavirus recently as the total number of cases exploded to reach 232,000. Third highest in the world behind US and Spain. A fire broke out on Tuesday in a hospital of St. Petersburg treating coronavirus victims claimed the lives of five patients and forced the evacuation of 150 people. Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's longtime spokesperson, had been hospitalized with coronavirus

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CO2 emissions in India have fallen for the first time in four decades, and that’s not only because of the coronavirus lockdown but a significant drop in the usage of electricity and fossil fuels in the country, according to an analysis by the environmental website, Carbon Brief. The study finds that Indian carbon dioxide emissions fell 15% in March, and are likely to have fallen by 30% in April

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Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) on May 2 launched World’s Tallest Donation Box campaign at the Burj Khalifa as part of the 10 million meals campaign. Burj Khalifa met the target of 1.2 million meals on Monday. Besides the financial donations that poured in from people belonging to 110 different nationalities, the initiative received unique in-kind contributions including fast food vouchers from Burger King, and McDonald’s

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According to the latest report by The Paper, Wuhan administration is drawing up plans to test more than 11 million people in 10 days after the city reported six new coronavirus cases. Every district in Wuhan has been told to draw up a 10-day testing plan by Tuesday. Life was slowly getting back to normal in Wuhan where the virus first emerged in 2019 but new cases threatened revival efforts

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