Pope Francis holds a palm branch as he leads the Palm Sunday mass in St. Peter's Basilica without public participation due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Vatican April 5, 2020. Vatican
Health workers wearing protective gear bring a dead body past a refrigerated container outside of Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil, Ecuador on
Afghan policemen inspect at the gate of a Sikh religious complex after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 25, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
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The United Nations donated 250,000 protective face masks on Saturday, March 28, to New York City to help its healthcare workers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the masks are seen at the loading dock of
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MEXICO CITY, APRIL 5 (IANS): At least 19 people were killed in a shootout between rival gangs in Mexico's Chihuahua state, authorities said.
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Medical workers transfer a patient to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea on March 11, 2020. (IANS File Photo)
SEOUL, APRIL 5 (IANS): The Seoul city government said on Sunday that it will ta
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Islamabad, April 5 (IANS): A case has been registered against Pakistani cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz and six others for disobeying a government order imposed against prayer congregati
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London, April 5 (IANS): Carrie Symonds, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pregnant fiance, has said that she was "on the mend" after spending the "past week in bed with the main symp
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Manila, April 5 (IANS) For the first time since World War II, the Philippines has suspended its Holy Week processions with Catholic devotees celebrating the start of the festival o
DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters): Warring factions in Yemen accused each other on Sunday of attacking an oil pipeline pumping station in the central province of Marib, where clashes have raged for weeks and displa
An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) removes and discards personal protective equipment (PPE) outside Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
A local priest blesses coffins that have been piling up in a church due to a high number of deaths, before they are taken away by military trucks, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus d
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Tehran, Iran on April 1, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
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Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson arrives to testify at a House Intelligence Committee closed-door hearing on a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukrai
Medical officers rest during a rapid test amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia on April 4, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (REUTERS
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Dhaka, April 5 (IANS): Bangladesh on Sunday announced a stimulus package of 727 billion taka ($8 billion) to help cushion the economic blow from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Healthcare workers load a person into an ambulance outside the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S.,
London, April 5 (IANS) UK Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove has called the conspiracy theories linking 5G masts with the spread of the novel coronavirus as "dangerous nonsense", the media reported.
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New York, April 5 (IANS) Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has announced his foundation is paying for the construction of facilities that will manufacture seven promising coronavirus vaccines and the b
New York, April 5 (IANS) US president Donald Trump warned Americans that the country is headed into a few brutal weeks ahead where "there will be a lot of death", and also circled back to his riff on reope