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US judge orders reopening of Massachusetts gun stores
May 08, 2020 (AFP)
Like many of his counterparts, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker included gun stores on the list of "non-essential" businesses ordered to close their doors d...
UN chief says coronavirus has sparked 'tsunami of hate and xenophobia'
May 08, 2020 (AFP)
"The pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering," Guterres said in a statement. "Anti-foreigner sentiment h...
Hong Kong gyms, bars and cinemas reopen as virus measures ease
May 08, 2020 (AFP)
Queues formed outside gyms in the semi-autonomous Chinese city on Friday morning for employees to check temperatures as people celebrated the return of some nor...
Police stop fewer black drivers at night when a 'veil of darkness' obscures their race
May 07, 2020 (SPX)
That is one of several examples of systematic bias that emerged from a five-year study that analyzed 95 million traffic stop records, filed by officers with 21 ...
Gas leak at Indian chemical plant kills 11
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
Fears that the death toll from the incident on the outskirts of the Visakhapatnam, an industrial port city in Andhra Pradesh state, were not borne out however. ...
At Shanghai High, new back-to-school realities under coronavirus
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
As schools in coronavirus-hit countries worldwide ponder how the pandemic will alter campus life, China's phased reopening of in-person classes points to a radi...
Epidemic lockdown: little comparison for WWII survivors
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
People in five countries -- Russia, Israel, England, France and Germany -- who survived the upheaval of the 1940s gave AFP their take on what is happening today...
India embarks on 'massive' coronavirus repatriation
May 05, 2020 (AFP)
India banned all incoming international flights in late March as it imposed one of the world's strictest virus lockdowns, leaving vast numbers of workers and st...
France say virus-tracking app won't be ready until June
May 05, 2020 (AFP)
"Today we can say that we will be ready for June 2," digital affairs minister Cedric O told BFM television of the project that must yet be presented to parliame...
Trade can spread economic toll of local disasters globally
May 04, 2020 (UPI)
Researchers developed a simulation with an urban trade network model to map cities dependence on each other across the globe and how a disaster in one area can ...
Europe emerges from virus lockdown as leaders pledge vaccine cash
May 04, 2020 (AFP)
At least 3.5 million people are now known to have been infected, but US President Donald Trump offered hope for an end to the pandemic, saying he believed there...
Swiss soldiers fight COVID-19 armed with Bluetooth app
May 03, 2020 (AFP)
The rapidly-created app traces people who have inadvertently crossed paths with someone infected with the virus. It uses wireless technology with each phone reg...
Canada invests in online mental health care amid COVID-19 crisis
May 03, 2020 (AFP)
The funds will be used mainly to create new digital platforms and applications to give Canadians "strategies to manage stress or support from a procurement prof...
China warily takes a holiday from virus anxiety
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
Officials have cast the five-day Labour Day observance as an opportunity to ease pent-up travel demand in the country where the pandemic emerged and which was f...
Virus lockdowns scale back May Day rallies
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
The traditional festival of the workers' movement usually attracts millions of people to loud and boisterous marches through the streets -- and occasional viole...
Balcony protests and e-rallies as epidemic curtails May Day demos
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
There were arrests in the Philippines and Turkey as dozens broke mandatory home confinement to hold public pickets, but most gatherings on this unusual Labour D...
New York's homeless flock to empty subway trains
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
Photos and video showing the homeless seeking shelter in the Big Apple's underground transit system have circulated widely on social media this week, sparking o...
Debate swirls on use of virus 'immunity passports'
Apr 29, 2020 (AFP)
The certificates could identify people with antibodies that reduce the risk of they will spread the deadly coronavirus, helping them to resume activities and re...
Million risk losing shelter in Yemen for lack of funds: UN
Apr 28, 2020 (AFP)
Some $89.4 million is urgently needed in the coming weeks to keep life-saving aid programmes running, the UN refugee agency said, warning the shortfall threaten...
Airbnb unveils new cleaning protocols in bid to revive bookings
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
The initiative set to launch in May calls for "enhanced procedures and guidance on how to clean every room in a home," and a certification program to identify p...
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