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Countries all around the world are celebrating Earth Hour 2020, an event originally hosted by the World Wildlife Foundation in 2007 to encourage individuals, communities and governments to turn off non-essential lighting and electric devices for an hour to combat climate change. Global landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and the Kremlin Wall have gone dark for an hour starting at 8:30 pm.

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An ailing cat in Liege, Belgium belonging to an owner who has previously tested positive for the COVID-19 infection, has also been diagnosed with the highly contagious coronavirus after it displayed the infection's classic symptoms, including breathing problems, diarrhea, and vomiting. Previously, two dogs in Hong Kong died after contracting the disease, but this is the first known coronavirus case in cats

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Sundance, a dog belonging to Karen Evelth residing in a Colorado neighborhood, has gone viral after his owner Karen trained him to fetch groceries for her neighbor Renee Hellman, who suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other underlying conditions which make her particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 infection. Sundance fetches Renee's grocery list every morning and delivers the supplies to her house at night.

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The city of Jonesboro, Arkansas in the US was unexpectedly hit by a tornado that injured several people and damaged significant properties. At least half a dozen people were injured while the Mall at Turtle Creek and Jonesboro Municipal Airport sustained severe damage from the tornado. This is the first tornado to hit Jonesboro since the 1970s when a tornado almost destroyed a school in the city.

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Zororo Makamba, a well-known journalist and political commentator became the first casualty in Zimbabwe due to novel coronavirus. Thirty-year-old spent his last three days in an isolation facility of the Wilkin hospital. Makamba returned from New York with flu-like symptoms but was told by his doctor it was a regular flu. His death shocked the entire nation as questions raised about the country's ability to fight COVID19

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Saudi Arabia's air defences have intercepted two ballistic missiles above the kingdom's capital, Riyadh, and the southern city of Jizan, according to a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. The call coincided with the fifth anniversary of Saudi Arabia's intervention in Yemen's civil war, at the helm of a military coalition supporting the internationally recognized government against the Houthi rebels.

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Some rural counties in Georgia, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho are recording some of the highest rates per capita in the nation, threatening to overwhelm local hospitals unprepared for the onslaught, USA Today reported. Rural counties in Colorado also reporting some of the highest rates of coronavirus cases per capita across the country.

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Massive deliveries of urns in Wuhan have raised fresh skepticism of China’s coronavirus reporting. As families in the central Chinese city began picking up the cremated ashes of those who have died from the virus this week, photos began circulating on social media and local media outlets showing vast numbers of urns at Wuhan funeral homes.

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On Saturday evening the Panamanian government for “humanitarian reasons” reversed a decision to stop it passing through the canal, allowing it to proceed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Panama’s health ministry said it would make a humanitarian exemption to new rules about the global pandemic and allow the cruise ship to pass.

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The three men leading the United Kingdom’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty are in quarantine after coming down with COVID-19 symptoms, and receiving strong criticism for not better protecting themselves from the disease

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North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the global coronavirus pandemic. North Korean troops are conducting ongoing military drills, usually personally overseen by the country’s leader, Kim Jong-Un.

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Italy reported 889 deaths in the last 24 hours to reach 10,000 deaths since the COVID19 outbreak in the country. Spain had the worst day since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the country with more than 800 deaths in a single day. The USA tops the list of overall coronavirus cases with more than 110,000 cases across 50 states. Worldwide cases jump above 640,000 with fatalities near 30,000

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The Pope has recently said that the coronavirus has put everyone in the same boat and held a solo service in St. Peter’s Square on Friday. He prayed for relief from the coronavirus and urged people to see the virus as a test of global solidarity. He praised emergency workers and those who had to continue to work during the pandemic.

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A cruise ship off the coast of Panama has already reported 4 deaths with 130 passengers carrying mild COVID19 symptoms. The coronavirus has been detected on board but very few people have been tested so far. The organizers of the cruise intend to transfer healthy passengers onto a different ship

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Paramedics in Israel displayed a picture of peace and harmony in these difficult times after Avraham Mintz and Zoher Abu in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva prayed together. After responding to a call of a 41-year-old woman with respiratory problems, Avraham Mintz and Zoher Abu got a small break in the afternoon, Mintz, a religious Jew, stood facing Jerusalem while Abu Jama, an observant Muslim, knelt facing Mecca

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"Today, I signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use any and all authority available under the Defense Production Act to require General Motors to accept, perform, and prioritize federal contracts for ventilators," Trump said in a statement on Friday.

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Groups sympathetic to the president are circulating posts mainly on WhatsApp and Twitter, calling on people to leave their homes and join motorcades protesting the closure of nonessential businesses and schools that have brought life to a near standstill in some areas, including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

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In Punjab, the northern state of India, the authorities have quarantined more than 40,000 people from 20 different villages after a 70-year-old preacher died due to coronavirus. The man identified as Baldev Singh ignored self-quarantine advice by the Government after visiting Italy and Germany. He visited a large gathering to celebrate the Sikh festival of Hola Mohalla. Authorities have identified around 550 who came in direct contact with him

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The Environmental Protection Agency has stated that it is selectively easing certain environmental protection policies that require monitoring and reporting of the kind that is not possible amid the coronavirus pandemic, where the safety of workers must be ensured. However, it will maintain policies on matters not affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, with the private sector facing more stringent checks than public companies.

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As most businesses deemed non-essential such as restaurants, hotels, barbershops, and gyms close due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in the US to curb the spread of coronavirus, the country has seen the numbers of people filing for unemployment rise to 3.3 million in the last week alone, the highest number in history and far surpassing the previous record of 695,000 filers in a single week in 1982

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The British government has committed to paying self-employed residents up to 80 percent of their earnings lost as a result of the lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic, stated UK Treasurer Rishi Sunak. Self-employed individuals will be paid a maximum of 2,500 GBP a month for three months, with the policy backdated to March and covering those earning 50,000 GBP or less, with 3.8 million beneficiaries expected.

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In a first for Europe, 20 critically ill coronavirus patients were evacuated aboard a fully medicalized, high-speed train. The ride was much smoother than a helicopter, another quick alternative to transfer critically ill patients, through this patients will be stable, allowing medical personnel to perform emergency care aboard the trains, if needed.

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The US has charged Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro, and other senior officials in the country with "narco-terrorism". At a news conference announcing the indictment on Thursday, the US authorities accused Mr. Maduro of conspiring with a faction of the Colombian Farc rebel group "to flood the United States with cocaine" and "devastate American communities".

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“We are preparing for the worst,” said Avril Benoit, the executive director of Doctors Without Borders in the United States, which has deployed teams to work with refugees around the world. Daily life in a refugee camp is an ideal incubator for infectious diseases. A refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, was built for 3,000 people but now has 20,000 and almost no sanitation

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Professor Robert Kelly, also known as "BBC Dad" in 2017, was back on the air Thursday, along with his wife, Kim Jung-A, and their children Marion and James, giving the world a fresh glimpse of the kids who were last seen upending a somber discussion about South Korean politics.

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