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Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has announced that she will be dropping out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. She was the last remaining woman still contending for the nomination and has now decided to endorse ex-Vice President Joe Biden instead of Bernie Sanders. She will return to Hawai and serve as a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard.

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India has hanged four men who were convicted of raping and murdering a young woman on a bus in Delhi in 2012. Hundreds of people gathered outside the prison to celebrate the execution. They were initially sentenced to death in 2013 in a fast track court and all of their pleas were rejected.

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Indian Prime Minister addressed the nation on Thursday and asked for a “Janta Curfew” to combat the challenges of Coronavirus. The curfew will be observed on March 22 between 7 am and 9 pm as Modi asked people not to leave homes or to get onto the streets. He compared Janta curfew with a litmus test for the nation. The total number of cases in India jumped above 200

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The International Olympic Committee has said that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could still take place on 24th June, despite the coronavirus outbreak. They claim that things could change and the situation may settle down by the time June rolls along. It would be very difficult to move the Olympics to a later date due to the scale of the event.

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The coronavirus pandemic has brought oil prices down by another 24% as demand for oil drops. This is also in part due to the price war going on between Saudi Arabia and Russia as both countries have stopped limiting supply. This could lead to a crash in the international oil market.

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Chinese health experts have said that the worst of the coronavirus crisis is now over, not acknowledging a large number of warnings that the virus could come back in a 'second wave'. The experts have said that China will be able to eliminate the virus in the same way it eliminated SARS in 2003.

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New Zealand has banned all foreigners from entering the country in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The country has had 28 confirmed cases of the virus and no deaths so far. This decision came right after Australia announced a similar travel ban for non-citizens. They will still be allowing cargo to enter.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the government will be giving out $18.6 billion to support families and businesses that are suffering due to the coronavirus. The Canadian stock market still fell by 6% despite this large announcement. Trudeau has also said that the government is prepared to take more measures if necessary.

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Tesla owner and billionaire inventor Elon Musk made a well-received offer on Twitter for his electric car company Tesla to switch production to ventilators, which are in short supply due to the coronavirus crisis. Apple's manufacturer Foxconn has also shifted production to manufacturing masks and similar items that are in severe shortage in many countries.

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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has announced that the ECB will be printing 1 trillion EUR to help the region overcome the coronavirus crisis, with hard-hit Italy needing lower borrowing costs to fund efforts to combat the spread of the contagious infection, for which the ECB has decided to increase its spending by 1.1 trillion EUR, worth over 6 percent of the eurozone's total GDP.

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The Texas-based home diagnostics startup Everlywell, featured on the popular entrepreneur show Shark Tank, has announced that they will soon be launching at-home coronavirus testing sample kits for users, with samples being collected via swab-based collection equipment and protected for safe transport to certified labs testing for COVID-19. Test results will be delivered online within 48 hours.

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London's mayor Sadiq Khan announced that more than 40 of the city's underground railway stations are to be shut down to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection, with the night Tube being discontinued and bus services under orders to reduce operations in the city. The move came as densely populated London reported a significantly higher number of cases than other UK regions, with 900 cases and 34 deaths.

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New York-based climate experts have reported that air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions throughout the world are in rapid decline due to the slowing down of global production and economic activity caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The analysis revealed that emissions in China dropped by 25 percent over the last two weeks, with levels of carbon monoxide in New York down by 50 percent due to low traffic.

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Ahead of the release of its New Warriors comic book series, Marvel has unveiled some of the series' new superheroes, with twin African-American characters Snowflake and Safespace generating confusion and in some cases outrage among fans on social media, who take offense to the studio's apparent tone-deafness to the meanings of their names, with writer Kibblesmith describing Snowflake as a non-binary superhero who prefers non-gendered pronouns.

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Chinese medical officials have stated that they treated 340 coronavirus patients with the Japanese flu medication called favipiravir, which helped in reducing the time the virus infects the body and also improved lung condition in patients. Patients treated in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, recovered from the illness in about 4 days as compared to 11 days for patients not treated with favipiravir.

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Researchers led by infectious disease expert Didier Raoult have found that the drug hydroxychloroquine, used in the treatment of malaria, could potentially be a cure for the novel coronavirus, with a lab experiment involving 26 patients revealing more than 50 percent of coronavirus-positive patients tested negative for COVID-19 after a week of treatment with hydroxychloroquine.

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American space agency NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has identified two asteroids that will pass close to the Earth in 2020, with the first, named 2020 EF, passing near the Earth at a speed of 10,000 mph. At 98 feet, 2020 EF is too small to cause significant damage in case of collision, while the second asteroid, 2020 DP4, measuring 180 feet with a speed of 18,000 mph.

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US President Donald Trump has announced that he will invoke the Defense Production Act to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, which was an act introduced in 1950 during the Korean War giving the President special powers to direct the country's industry to produce critical products and equipment. The Act was amended in 2008 to give the President special powers in times of national emergency.

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in a speech that the country’s lockdown will be prolonged beyond the initial date of April 3. Italy is the worst-affected country outside China from the deadly Coronavirus as the number of cases in Italy jumped above 3,500 with the death toll reaching 3,000. The government warned about the extra burden on medical facilities

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According to one of the first studies on patients seriously ill with the coronavirus, standard anti-viral drugs cannot cure or even treat the coronavirus. The study was carried out in China and the researchers claim that a lot more research is required to have any kind of consensus on the effectiveness of existing medicine.

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The Sony Pictures building in Culver City was forced to close down after a person who visited the building tested positive for the coronavirus. They then deep cleaned the entire building before opening it again although they have still not reopened their studio tours to the public. There have been no other cases of the virus in the building.

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Twitter has unveiled its new policy regarding coronavirus misinformation, now banning any tweets that put people at risk of contracting the virus. This is a part of their campaign against fake news during this incredibly crucial time. They will remove all tweets that are contrary to expert advice or tweets that promise fake cures for the virus.

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Electric vehicle manufacturer, Tesla, has recently instructed its Californian factory employees to come to work despite the coronavirus crisis. The local government has issued a 'shelter in place' directive, ordering all non-essential businesses to close. The county even specifically mentioned that Tesla was a non-essential business but Tesla is showing no signs of stopping.

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French video game studio Ubisoft has announced that the coronavirus has disrupted the company's regular operations. They have said that development on most of their projects, such as the incredibly popular Rainbow Six Siege, will have to either pause or at least slow down for the foreseeable future. The company has enacted a work from home policy for its employees.

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For the first time since the outbreak of deadly COVID19 in China, the country reported not a single new case in the region as all of the new cases reported on Wednesday were overseas arrivals. Chinese health officials said that this a major milestone in the country’s fight against the pandemic. The number of cases worldwide crossed 200,000 as Australia and New Zealand closed borders for foreigners.

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