Jobless and desperate: The post-lockdown reality for many

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[caption id="attachment_7103" align="alignnone" width="950"] AFP spoke to people in countries around the world who have lost their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, including Honduran domestic...

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Healthcare News

Don’t expect first COVID-19 vaccinations until early 2021: WHO expert

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7057" align="alignnone" width="951"] File photo of a person receiving a vaccination against COVID-19 from German biotechnology company CureVac. [/caption] GENEVA: Researchers are making "good...

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News world

China says UK citizenship pathway for Hong Kong residents violates international law

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7127" align="alignnone" width="951"] FILE PHOTO: Anti-national security law protesters march at the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong,...

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Breaking News News world

US prosecutors say Chinese researcher is evading arrest in San Francisco consulate

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7054" align="alignnone" width="948"] The Chinese consulate in San Francisco. [/caption] OAKLAND: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) believes that a Chinese researcher, accused of...

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News Sports

‘It’s unbelievable’: Bilic joy as West Brom promoted to Premier League

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7218" align="alignnone" width="951"] West Bromwich Albion boss Slaven Bilic led his team back into the Premier League [/caption] LONDON: Slaven Bilic hailed West Bromwich...

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News Science & Technology

‘Waterfall’ of microbes in Antarctic sea floor leads to discovery of methane leak

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7122" align="alignnone" width="957"] A handout image shows clusters of microbes among starfish in Antarctica [/caption] BUENOS AIRES: Scientists have discovered an active methane seep...

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China state media blasts Houston consulate shutdown as Trump election gambit

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7048" align="alignnone" width="941"] Chinese and US national flags flutter at the entrance of an office in Beijing in January 2020. [/caption] SHANGHAI: The move...

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Business News

Battered US dollar ‘hanging by a thread’ as coronavirus cases grow

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7161" align="alignnone" width="936"] FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration shows a 100 Dollar banknote laying on one Dollar banknotes, taken in Warsaw, January 13, 2011....

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Healthcare News

Texas county stores bodies in trucks as state sets one-day record for COVID-19 deaths

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7069" align="alignnone" width="946"] Harris County Public Health contact tracers are seen at work as they try to help stop the spread of the coronavirus...

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News Sports

Football: Man United held by West Ham to set up tense finale with Leicester

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7221" align="alignnone" width="959"] Premier League - Manchester United v West Ham United [/caption] MANCHESTER, England: A weary-looking Manchester United were held to a 1-1...