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Analysts warn of tougher times ahead, with weaker external demand for Chinese goods to weigh on growth
World
20.08.2024
Virus hands China its first economic contraction in decades
The laid-back Australian seaside towns usually function as a single community
World
20.08.2024
Aussie 'twin towns' split by virus border
Egyptian authorities have rejected pleas to free up overcrowded jails
World
20.08.2024
Pandemic worsens plight of Middle East prisoners
President Trump said in January 2020 that "we have it totally under control," but did not declare a government initiative to "slow the spread" of COVID-19 until March 16
World
20.08.2024
Trump was too slow in virus response: poll
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US President Donald Trump and government coordinator Dr Deborah Birx lay out the plan for reopening the economy
World 20.08.2024
Trump announces gradual US reopening against dire economic backdrop
Stress, fatigue, lack of contact with patients... Mathilde, a night nurse on a COVID-19 unit at Ixelles hospital, feels that the coronavirus pandemic has changed the relationship between patients and medical staff.
World 20.08.2024
Belgium says transparency explains high virus toll
Many workers in the sector are undocumented, meaning they cannot benefit from the federally approved relief plan
World 20.08.2024
California orders sick leave for essential food workers
Medical personnel transport a body at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey on April 16, 2020
World 20.08.2024
Pile of bodies linked to coronavirus found at US nursing home
Princess Basmah bint Saud was detained in March last year
World 20.08.2024
Saudi princess pleads for release from high-security prison
As Brazil's health minister, Luiz Henrique Mandetta had promoted isolation as a tool to combat the spread of the coronavirus
World 20.08.2024
Brazil health minister sacked amid virus crisis
A Venezuelan migrant wears a face mask as he waits to board a bus to voluntarily return to his country because of the novel coronavirus in Cali, Colombia, on April 14
World 20.08.2024
Coronavirus could spark second LatAm 'lost decade': IMF
China's President Xi Jinping (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, pictured November 2019, spoke after the US criticised China for not sharing information on the virus more quickly
World 20.08.2024
Putin, Xi slam attempts to blame China for late virus response
Many African countries have imposed lockdowns and curfews in a bid to slow the spread of the virus
World 20.08.2024
Africa says debt moratorium is positive but falls short
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