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Trump suspends funding to World Health Organization 15 Apr 2020 - 09:34 am
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 14, 2020. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
99-year-old WWII veteran beats coronavirus in Brazil 15 Apr 2020 - 09:26 am
TOPSHOT - Brazilian 99-year-old former WWII combatant Ermando Armelino Piveta, gestures as leaves the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia, after being treated for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and discharged, on April 14, 2020. / AFP / EVARISTO SA
U.S. may need to extend social distancing for virus until 2022, study says 15 Apr 2020 - 09:07 am
Social distance markings are seen on a street in London, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Cuomo says if Trump ordered New York to reopen, he 'wouldn't do it' 14 Apr 2020 - 03:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: New York governor Andrew Cuomo speaks in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Trump calls Fauci a 'wonderful guy' the day after promoting a tweet that called for him to be fired 14 Apr 2020 - 11:43 am
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, US, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Popular NYC sports photographer dead at 48 from COVID-19 13 Apr 2020 - 12:22 pm
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WHO says 70 vaccines in the works, with three leading candidates 13 Apr 2020 - 11:20 am
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S.Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to U.S. on Tuesday -source 13 Apr 2020 - 09:53 am
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Melania Trump is having a moment during coronavirus pandemic 12 Apr 2020 - 01:55 pm
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Virus mutes Easter celebrations as US deaths top 20,000 12 Apr 2020 - 09:13 am
A man tends to a live broadcast of clergy conducting Easter mass in an empty church and streamed online as part of social distancing measures amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Jakarta on April 12, 2020. AFP / ADEK BERRY
You can't relax': Vigilance urged as New York sees signs of coronavirus progress 10 Apr 2020 - 03:18 pm
NEW YORK, USA - APRIL 7: Super Pink Moon is seen over New York City, United States on April 7, 2020. ( Tayfun Co?kun - Anadolu Agency )
Canada loses 1.0 million jobs in March as coronavirus hammers labor market 09 Apr 2020 - 04:01 pm
A view of Yonge and Dundas Square, as the number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
US weekly jobless claims top 6 mln for second straight week 09 Apr 2020 - 03:49 pm
Wearing a mask and a surgical glove to prevent coronavirus spread, a jobless man named Paul panhandles at an intersection in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
UN delivers 90 tons of COVID-19 aid to Venezuela 09 Apr 2020 - 11:18 am
CARACAS, Venezuela - APRIL 02: Two men pass by a down town street covered with umbrellas which is empty as a preventive measure against the new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Caracas, Venezuela on April 02, 2020. ( Carolina Cabral Fernandez -
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 14,600, second highest in world behind Italy - Reuters tally 09 Apr 2020 - 09:06 am
A member of the U.S. Army walks among cubicles being prepared in phase 2 of the Javits new york medical Station at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 3, 2020. R
New York's virus toll tops 9/11, while Wuhan ends lockdown 08 Apr 2020 - 01:47 pm
:A nearly deserted 7th Avenue in Times Square is seen near midday in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
NY Times: White House adviser warned Trump of coronavirus pandemic in January 08 Apr 2020 - 12:30 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses as he addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US coronavirus deaths pass bleak 10,000 milestone 07 Apr 2020 - 12:45 pm
People take advantage of minimal traffic as they run, walk, jog and cycle down East Capitol Street towards the U.S. Capitol building as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

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This photo taken with a mobile phone on Aug. 29, 2026 shows a city view in Cairo, Egypt. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Egyptian court sentences well-known TV presenter, 11 others to death in drug case
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A Civil Defence member collects human remains in the rubble of Al-Muhandisin Tower, that was destroyed in Israeli strikes in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on September 5, 2026. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 73,651
AFP File photo. Representational. UN report documents forced displacement of 33,000 Palestinians in northern West Bank

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Stranded passengers gather as they wait at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang on September 6, 2026. The Airport has been temporarily closed to all flight operations due to ash spewing from the Anak Krakatoa volcano. (Photo by Syarief Akbar / AFP) Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Excavators work to clear the road at Mingkeng Village, Suichuan County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 6, 2026. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang) Four dead as mudslides and landslides strike China's Jiangxi
Bulldozers clear debris as rescue personnel conduct a search operation at the site following a building collapse in the Satya Niketan area in New Delhi on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) Multi-storey building collapse in Delhi kills 2, injures 7
A helicopter takes off from a temporary relief camp in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli Bazar, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist

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