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  • 'Spider-Man' runs in the streets of England to cheer kids up

    Andrew Baldock, a martial arts teacher, and his friend, Jason Baird, dressed up to cheer up children who are stuck indoors.

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  • UN begins home food drops for Gaza's needy to stem virus

    A U.N. aid agency has begun delivering food to the homes of impoverished Palestinians instead of making them pick up such parcels at crowded...

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  • Syria: Air defenses down missiles from Israeli warplanes

    State media reports that Syrian air defenses have opened fire on missiles launched from Israeli warplanes on the central province of Homs, shooting...

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  • Facebook joins resistance to Bolsonaro virus claims

    Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's dismissal of social distancing, joining others in the country who...

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  • Ethiopia postpones major election because of coronavirus

    Ethiopia's election set for August has been postponed as the national election board says the coronavirus makes it impossible to prepare

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  • Coronavirus, train derailment, elephant forages: World in Photos, March 31

    A look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • 'Spider-Man' runs the streets of England cheering kids up in coronavirus lockdown

    “There is nothing like helping the community.”

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  • Taliban team arrives in Kabul to monitor prisoner release

    A Taliban spokesman says a three-member technical team has arrived in the Afghan capital

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• Mar 31

  • Pyramids lit up thanking medical staff, urging people to stay home

    Messages in both English and Arabic were projected on the pyramids in Giza.

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  • Poland to seek $1.5 billion from Russia's Gazprom

    Poland's state gas company says it will seek $1.5 billion from Russia's Gazprom after an international arbitration court in Stockholm said Gazprom was...

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  • Virus slump expected to rival big recessions in history

    The coronavirus-related recessions around the world are going to be bad

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  • 13-year-old shot dead; Kenyan police enforcing curfew blamed

    The family of a 13-year-old boy is in mourning after police in Kenya's capital are accused of shooting him dead while enforcing a coronavirus curfew

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  • TC Energy going ahead with Keystone XL pipeline

    TC Energy Corp. is giving the go ahead for construction of its US$8-billion Keystone XL Pipeline project

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  • Italian youth choir shares hopeful musical message from isolation

    The choir's video is resonating around the world.

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  • Explosion in Turkey damages natural gas pipeline from Iran

    An explosion in eastern Turkey has damaged a natural gas pipeline and halted gas flows from Iran

    Mar 31

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  • Dubai throws Emirates Air a cash lifeline as travel grounded

    Dubai's government says it will inject equity into Emirates airlines as the Middle East's largest carrier has grounded nearly all of its flights at...

    Mar 31

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  • Could do better: Japan gently chided by UN climate chief

    The top United Nations climate official has chided Japan over its new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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  • Athens roads shut after machine part mistaken for WWII shell

    Roads near Greece's parliament building in central Athens have been reopened to vehicles and pedestrians after a bomb scare turned out to be a false...

    Mar 31

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  • EU chief: Fighting virus should not erode democratic rights

    The European Union's top official is urging member countries to respect the bloc’s core values amid fears that restrictions imposed by some national...

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  • EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

    The European Union is launching a new naval mission to help enforce the U.N. arms embargo on Libya

    Mar 31

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  • Assailant with ax, machete wounds man

    German police say an assailant armed with an ax and a machete has threatened a woman and wounded a man who came to her help in southern Germany

    Mar 31

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  • Europe's trade system with Iran finally makes first deal

    European countries trying to keep Iran's nuclear deal with world powers alive said Tuesday that a system they set up to enable trade with Tehran has...

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  • Commander: Kurdish forces end riots by IS prisoners in Syria

    The top commander of Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria says they have put down riots by Islamic State militants held in a prison there

    Mar 31

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  • Hundreds of stranded Americans leave Nepal amid lockdown

    Hundreds of stranded Americans have left Nepal on a repatriation flight, days after a lockdown was imposed in the Himalayan nation to help fight the...

    Mar 31

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  • Ukraine approves legislation in a bid for IMF aid

    Ukraine's parliament has voted to lift the ban on the sale of farmland in a move that will allow the country to get $8 billion worth of aid from the...

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  • Ukraine approves legislation in a bid for IMF aid

    Ukraine's parliament has voted to lift the ban on the sale of farmland in a move that will allow the country to get $8 billion worth of aid from the...

    Mar 31

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  • Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent

    In ex-communist Eastern Europe and elsewhere, rulers are assuming more power while they introduce harsh measures they say are necessary to halt...

    Mar 31

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  • Crammed in filthy cells, political prisoners fear infection

    In some cells in Iran, Syria and other countries in the Middle East, prisoners are crammed in by the dozens, with little access to hygiene or medical...

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• Mar 30

  • China state media reports 19 people killed in forest fire

    China's state media say 19 people died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern China

    Mar 30

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  • Health care professionals continue working despite shortages of protective gear

    A national survey found that 88% of cities do not have an adequate supply of protective gear.

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  • China state media report 19 people have died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern province of Sichuan

    China state media report 19 people have died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern province of Sichuan

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  • Police, local officials stand at attention outside hospital

    Police and local officials in Verona, Italy, saluted and gave a round of applause to medical workers battling against the coronavirus.

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  • Prisoners riot in Iran amid region's worst virus outbreak

    Iranian state-run media say prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot

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  • Spokesman: Kurdish forces end riots by IS prisoners in Syria

    Syrian activists say imprisoned Islamic State militants have rioted again at a jail in northeastern Syria, hours after the Kurdish-led forces running...

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  • Fearing Gaza virus spread, Hamas preps for mass quarantines

    The Gaza Strip has been largely cut off from the world for more than a decade by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade

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  • Dubai's Emaar posts $1.68B in profit, but revenue slips

    Dubai's premier developer Emaar Properties has posted net profits of $1.68 billion for 2019, but revenue slightly dipped for the builder of the...

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  • 4.2 quake hits southern Puerto Rico amid coronavirus curfew

    A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has hit Puerto Rico at a shallow depth and was felt across the U.S. territory

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  • Van Gogh painting stolen in raid from museum closed due to coronavirus

    The painting has been added to Interpol's list of stolen artworks.

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  • Coronavirus hits rich and poor unequally in Latin America

    The coronavirus is taking root in the world’s most unequal region after many of Latin America's first cases arrived with members of the elite...

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  • Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same

    The Russian capital has woken up to a lockdown obliging most people in the city of 13 million to stay home

    Mar 30

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  • Coronavirus, lemur twins and President Trump: World in Photos, March 30

    A look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year amid virus

    Local organizers of Dubai's Expo 2020 have recommended postponing til next year the event over the new coronavirus pandemic

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  • Hungary approves extra government powers, with no end date

    Hungary's parliament has approved a bill giving Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government extraordinary powers during the coronavirus pandemic, and...

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  • Woman convicted in Thai knife attack held in girl's death

    A woman who served four years in prison for a random knife attack at a girls' school in Thailand in 2005 is being held in the fatal stabbing of a...

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  • In Zimbabwe, 'you win coronavirus or you win starvation'

    As Zimbabwe enters lockdown, people in the economically shattered country are forced to choose between daily survival and measures to protect...

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  • Philippines grounds company's aircraft after deadly fire

    Philippine aviation officials are grounding all aircraft belonging to the company that owns a plane that caught fire while taking off from Manila's...

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  • 'Once a nurse, always a nurse': 20,000 former UK medics return to battle coronavirus

    “My uniform is clean, my shoes are polished and I am ready to go back.”

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  • Greek WWII resistance hero Manolis Glezos dies at 97

    Manolis Glezos, a Greek World War II resistance hero who remained active in politics into his nineties, has died in Athens

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