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Supporters of jailed activist Edward Leung, gather outside the High Court as Leung appeals against a conviction and sentence in Hong Kong, China on October 9, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
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United Nations, April 29 (IANS) Carbon-intensive, polluting industries should not receive taxpayer bailouts in the COVID-19 recovery efforts that should instead tackle climate change and pollution, according to
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Rome, April 29 (IANS) The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 27,359 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 201,505 as of Tuesday,
An illustration picture shows the new COVIDSafe app by the Australian government on a mobile phone, as the country works to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in this picture taken on April
Boston EMS medics work to resuscitate a patient on the way to the ambulance amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
SEOUL/WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - Fear of the coronavirus could have been keeping North Korean leader Kim Jong Un out of public sight since mid-April, a South Korean minister and U.S. sources said on Tuesd
Healthcare workers from the NYU Langone Medical Center wait in line for lunch outside of the hospital as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S.,
U.S. President Donald Trump rubs his hands between U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza while defending his comments on using household disinfec
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) attend a ceremony to unveil a portrait honoring retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Capitol Hill in Washingto
A man walks past the boarded up Sondheim Theatre, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 28, 2020 REUTERS/John Sibley
April 28 (REUTERS): A rare infla
People protest against the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) outside of St Thomas' Hospital, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Hann
Tania Robledo Banda, lawyer and head of the APIS Centre Foundation for Equity, looks through the door of the headquarters where she and her team receive women at risk and victims of domestic violence, amidst th
Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro attends a media event in Paris, France on January 28, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
ABIDJAN, April 28 (Reuters): Guillaume Soro, the former reb
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustra
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to first lady Melania Trump during a tree planting ceremony in recognition of Earth Day and Arbor Day on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, US on April
The Toniolo family make a toast, clinking their glasses at home after cooking homemade ravioli, in San Fiorano, one of the original 'red zone' towns in northern Italy that have been on lockdown since February,
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GENEVA, APRIL 28 (IANS): A record 50.8 million people worldwide are internally displaced due to conflict or disaster, with the coronavirus pandemic posing a new threa