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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is extending her stay-at-home order through May 15, while lifting certain restrictions on businesses and outdoor activities as cases of COVID-19 are plateauing in Michigan. Under the new order, some Michigan businesses can reopen such as garden centers. The governor is also allowing people to participate in activities such as golf and motorized boating as long as they observe social distancing rules to remain six feet apart

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India witnessed a big jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country after recording 1,752 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. The total count of confirmed COVID-19 cases today have increased to 23,452, according to the latest Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data. The total number of deaths in the country reached 723. 4,748 patients were cured of the disease

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Dubai, the commercial hub of the Gulf, is facing the risk of a debt crisis reminiscent of the 2009 crash that wiped out thousands of jobs and nearly half the value of the emirate’s stock market, economists are warning. This time, declining business growth over recent years is being compounded by crushed oil prices and global lockdowns. Last year Dubai’s economy grew at just 1.94%, its slowest pace since 2009

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Von der Leyen advocated for a recovery fund linked to the EU's upcoming seven-year budget in order to get the bloc through this crisis. Italy, France and Spain are among a group of countries proposing the use of grants to fund the bloc's economic recovery, while others, including the Netherlands and Austria, insist that this should happen in the form of loans.

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In new coronavirus updates, Germany on Friday reported 2,337 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the total of infected people in the country to 150,383. United Airlines says effective Friday flight attendants will have to wear masks or other face coverings while on duty, a measure aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.

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A study by Hong Kong researchers, according to The Guardian, is claiming China's coronavirus cases may have been four times what officials reported. According to research by academics at Hong Kong University’s school of public health, published in the Lancet, China reported more than 55,000 cases by late February, but the true number from the first great wave is more likely more than 232,000 people.

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A further 4.4 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount. A record 16 million Americans received the benefits in the week ended 11 April, the Labor Department said.But many people have had trouble getting through to state offices processing the applications.

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A U.S. warship has sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait for the second time in a month, Taiwanese and U.S. militaries said on Friday, amid heightened tensions between Taiwan and China and as a Chinese aircraft carrier passes near the island. Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said the U.S. warship had transited the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the island from its giant neighbour China in a southerly direction.

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A “deeply concerning picture” is emerging about residents of homes for the elderly, Hans Kluge, the WHO’s top official for Europe, told reporters at a news conference Thursday. Many European countries have banned family visits to nursing homes, an attempt to shelter the residents from the spread of the virus, since it is far more lethal among older people and those with preexisting conditions.

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Oxford University is launching a human trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine, with the daunting aim of making a successful jab available to the public later this year. Of the more than 100 research projects around the world to find a vaccine - described by the United Nations as the only route back to "normality" - seven are currently in clinical trials

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Saudi Arabia has announced that the holy fasting month of Ramadan will start on Friday, as Muslims around the world face unprecedented restrictions and tight lockdowns to counter coronavirus. it has been decided that Friday is the start of the month of Ramadan," the royal court said on Thursday in a statement cited by the official SPA news agency.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Hannity" Thursday that he knows many Americans are angry at China over the Beijing government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan and disclosed "I know that the president feels the same way." "[Americans] know this is a result of the virus that originated in Wuhan, China, and they know the Chinese government didn't do the things it needed to do," he said.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that reports suggesting North Korea's leader was incapacitated following a cardiovascular surgery were incorrect. "I think the report was incorrect, let me just put it that way," Trump said when asked at a White House press briefing if he knew of Kim Jong Un's condition.

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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates outlined what the world needs to do to stop the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen the economy in a blog post Thursday. Gates said the world must advance its treatments, vaccines, testing and contact tracing. It also needs to examine its policies for opening up global economies, he said. He compared the pandemic to a war. He pointed toward the potential of using blood plasma or antibodies

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Ramadan begins for the Muslim world as most of the countries are under lockdown, One non-profit in the Indian capital, Delhi, has found a way to connect the community, as no gatherings at mosques allowed. “We thought let’s give ourselves an alternative - let’s give out ration kits to families in need,” Irtiza Quraishi of the Marham non-profit said. Volunteers will aim to deliver around 200 kits every night

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Malaysia's daily new cases jumped to 71 today, which is lower than the number of recoveries at 90, according to the Ministry of Health. The total number of coronavirus cases in Malaysia increased slightly to 5,603, the total number of cured cases is at 3,542, representing a recovery rate of 63.2%. This means the number of active cases is now 1,966 the lowest since March 27 (1,876 active cases)

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Nearly 50 crew members on an Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica, docked for repairs in Japan’s Nagasaki have tested positive for the new coronavirus, raising concern about the strain on the city’s hospitals if conditions worsen for those infected. Japan has seen more than 11,500 infections and close to 300 deaths from the new coronavirus, excluding figures from the Diamond Princess

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The city of Wuhan, once the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, reopened this month after a 76-day lockdown. “People are visiting parks, markets, malls. On the roads there are many cars,” said Hector Retamal, a photojournalist with Agence France-Presse. “I have seen people who go swimming in the Yangtze River, other people dancing in a park. No big crowds yet, but step by step, life is returning to the city.”

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On Thursday Raslan and Gharib will appear at a regional court in the south-western German town of Koblenz, the first trial for war crimes in Syria since the start of the conflict nine years ago. Raslan, 57, is charged with crimes against humanity, rape, aggravated sexual assault and 58 murders at Branch 251, an intelligence unit with its own prison in Damascus, where he allegedly tortured atleast 4,000 people

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Confinement measures imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in an unprecedented fall of deadly air pollutants around the world, according to new research published on Earth Day. New Delhi recorded a 60% fall of PM2.5 from 2019 levels, Seoul registered a 54% drop, while the fall in China's Wuhan came in at 44%.

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World mustn't forget 'deeper emergency', that's the view of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in remarks released to celebrate Earth Day. But as the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the planet's "unfolding environmental crisis" is an "even deeper emergency", he says.

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It was business as usual Wednesday for North Korean state media, which reported about Kim Jong Un’s achievements and undated musings on the economy , without even mentioning the despot’s health or whereabouts. A rep for South Korea’s presidential House said they could not confirm the leader’s whereabouts, or whether he had undergone surgery.

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In a recent news briefing, President Trump pointed to a bar chart that showed one country's coronavirus death toll per capita stretched out distinctively beyond all the others. The display enraged Belgian government minister Denis Ducarme, who called it "macabre" and "level zero" politics for Trump to suggest Belgium's numbers are so poor and "all is well" in the U.S.

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That would mean an additional 130 million people were "living on the edge of starvation," largely due to the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, with wages, supply chains and humanitarian aid under pressure as a result of the outbreak. In 2020, Yemen was likely to suffer the world's worst food crisis, the WFP said, as a result of conflict, a macroeconomic crisis, pests and climate shocks.

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President Trump says the U.S. Navy should fire on Iranian boats if they continue to harass U.S. warships in the Gulf, a move that raises the prospect of open hostilities between the two rivals. In a separate development also likely to heighten tensions, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time.

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