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US hits record 2,228 COVID-19 deaths in a day
WASHINGTON: The United States recorded 2,228 deaths related to COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns...
COVID-19: Virus-hit Carnival cruise ship docks in Australia as country’s death toll hits 39
SYDNEY: Carnival Corp's troubled Ruby Princess cruise liner, the biggest single source of coronavirus infections in Australia, docked south of...
SAF making thousands of calls a day to contact trace, check stay-home compliance as COVID-19 fight hits ‘critical juncture’
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is making between 1,000 to 2,000 calls a day to help contact trace and...
Coronavirus hits hundreds of US police amid protective gear shortages
NEW YORK: When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday,...
Singapore’s economy contracts by 2.2% in Q1 as COVID-19 outbreak hits construction, services sectors
SINGAPORE: The Singapore economy contracted by 2.2 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, as the COVID-19 outbreak and global measures to...
Fake cures, risky rumours: COVID-19 misinformation hits home
HONG KONG: From being duped into taking poisonous "cures", to watching businesses crumble and avoiding life-saving medication, people are suffering...
Coronavirus kills senior cleric as Iran toll hits 853
TEHRAN: The novel coronavirus killed a top Iranian cleric on Monday (Mar 16), the Islamic republic said as it reported...
US coronavirus death toll hits 62 as Americans urged to hunker down more
WASHINGTON: No more 24-hour Walmarts due to panic buying, chaos at airports as Americans flood back into the country and...
Airline stocks nosedive as US travel ban hits EU travel industry
PARIS: Europe's travel sector reacted with dismay on Thursday (Mar 12) to a US-imposed trans-Atlantic travel ban with the share...
‘It’s pandemonium’: Coronavirus panic-buying hits Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES: Sprinting shoppers, rationed mineral water and not a roll of toilet paper to be seen: panic-buying sparked by...
Sanders hits Biden over Social Security, trade, as new US presidential contests loom
WASHINGTON: Two former presidential rivals endorsed Joe Biden on Friday (Mar 6) in the latest sign that the Democratic establishment is...
Spain virus death toll hits eight as infections jump
MADRID: Spain reported five new deaths due to the novel coronavirus on Friday (Mar 6), bringing the toll to eight as...
COVID-19 death toll hits 12 in US, helicopter flies test kits to cruise ship
WASHINGTON: The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 12 on Thursday (Mar 5) with the latest...
