How to have a fun conversation again

When you don’t leave your house for days on end, it can be challenging to be a dazzling conversationalist when friends and family call. Anytime someone asks me what’s new lately, my mind goes blank. Looking around for inspiration, I usually mumble something about the weather. There’s also a lot of heavy sighing on my end, which isn’t particularly entertaining for the other person.

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Loving the lockdown

In early March, when Ethan Rasiel read that Italy was going into a nationwide lockdown because of the coronavirus, he had one overriding response: envy. When, in-mid March, Rasiel, the owner of a public relations firm in Maplewood, New Jersey, learned that the Bay Area had issued a similar directive, California started looking very good to him.

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Trump hopes for his own booster shot from SpaceX rocket launch

For President Donald Trump, the launch of the sleek SpaceX rocket with two NASA astronauts Saturday not only propelled America back into the heavens but, he hoped, gave a booster shot to his own beleaguered presidency after months of misery afflicting the country.

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বার্সেলোনার সামনে ‘১১টি ফাইনাল’

লম্বা বিরতির পর প্রতিযোগিতামূলক ফুটবলে ফিরতে ব্যাকুল বার্সেলোনার আর্তুরো ভিদাল। চিলিয়ান এই মিডফিল্ডার দৃঢ়প্রতিজ্ঞ নিজের টানা নবম লিগ শিরোপা জয়ের ব্যাপারে। এজন্য কাম্প নউয়ের দলটির সামনে ‘১১টি ফাইনাল’ অপেক্ষা করছে বলে মনে করেন তিনি।

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সেমেদোকে বিক্রি করতে বার্সাকে বারণ

নেলসন সেমেদোকে বিক্রি করতে বার্সেলোনাকে বারণ করেছেন পর্তুগিজ ডিফেন্ডারের বেনফিকা কোচ হেলদার ক্রিস্তোভাও। তার মতে, সেমেদোকে ছেড়ে দেওয়া হবে ভুল সিদ্ধান্ত।

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Industrialist Abdul Monem dies at 86

Prominent industrialist Abdul Monem, the founder of conglomerate Abdul Monem Ltd, has died in hospital care at the age of 86.

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S Arabia reopens mosques with strict regulations for worshippers

Saudi Arabia’s mosques opened their doors to worshippers on Sunday for the first time in more than two months as the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, eased restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus.

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S Arabia reopens mosques with strict regulations for worshippers

Saudi Arabia’s mosques opened their doors to worshippers on Sunday for the first time in more than two months as the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, eased restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus.

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Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to add countries to invitation list

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India.

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Trains, launches resume services amid COVID-19 fears

Services on the rail and waterways have restarted after a 66-day shutdown amid fears that it could aggravate the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh

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গুতিয়েরেসকে নিয়ে জিদানকে গোরদোর পরামর্শ

বয়সভিত্তিক দল থেকে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের মূল দলে মিগুয়েল গুতিয়েরেসকে ডেকেছেন জিনেদিন জিদান। অনুশীলনের সুযোগ দিয়েছেন মার্সেলো-বেনজমাদের সঙ্গে। স্পেনের অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ দলের কোচ দাভিদ গোরদো চান, ম্যাচে যেন নিজেকে প্রমাণের সুযোগ পান গুতিয়েরেস।

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Bangladesh announces 60% hike in bus fares

Bangladesh has announced a 60% hike in fares for long-haul buses and minibuses to offset losses for transport owners hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bangladesh reports 40 new virus deaths, a single-day record; cases surge by 2,545

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh has climbed to 650 after 40 new fatalities, the most in a single day, were registered in a daily count.

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Hasina announces Tk 20bn in interest subsidy for banks in pandemic

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a Tk 20 billion fund for banks to subsidise the interest on loans issued to businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

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রেকর্ড বইয়ে গুয়ার্দিওলাকে ছাড়িয়ে ফ্লিক

বায়ার্ন মিউনিখের কোচ হিসেবে রেকর্ডের বইয়ের একটি পাতায় নিজের নাম লিখিয়েছেন হ্যান্স ফ্লিক। পেছনে ফেলেছেন দলটির সাবেক কোচ পেপ গুয়ার্দিওলাকে। বাভারিয়ানদের কোচ হিসেবে শুরুর ২৫ ম্যাচের মধ্যে ২২টি জিতে এই কীর্তি গড়েছেন ফ্লিক।

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Bazlul Karim Chowdhury, a former secretary, dies from COVID-19

Former secretary M Bazlul Karim Chowdhury has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

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Nilphamari man tests positive for COVID-19, travels to Narayanganj

A man with COVID-19 symptoms from Nilphamari has travelled to Narayanganj in a rented microbus with his wife and 12 others without waiting for his test results to come out.

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'Unacceptable': Plan to hike bus fares by 80pc draws flak

The government's plans to increase transport fares by 80 percent while halving the passenger load have been met with widespread criticism as buses begin to hit the roads again after more than two months in hiatus amid the coronavirus crisis.

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Results of SSC, equivalent exams handed to PM Sheikh Hasina

The pass rate in SSC and equivalent exams has risen to 82.87 percent, according to results announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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Global coronavirus cases surpass 6 million

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 6 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as Latin America reported a grim milestone of 50,000 deaths from the disease.

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US protests over Minneapolis death rage on amid political finger-pointing

The full Minnesota National Guard was activated for the first time since World War Two after four nights of civil unrest that has spread to other US cities following the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck.

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Reopening after botched lockdown will aggravate coronavirus crisis: Mansur

Economic researcher Ahsan H Mansur has warned of socioeconomic instability and an eroding public trust in government as Bangladesh is set to reopen offices and resume public transport system after a shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak.

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SpaceX lifts NASA astronauts to orbit, launching new era of spaceflight

The United States opened a new era of human space travel Saturday as a private company for the first time launched astronauts into orbit, nearly a decade after the government retired the storied space shuttle program in the aftermath of national tragedy.

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IMF approves $732m in COVID-19 loans for Bangladesh

The International Monetary Fund has approved $732 million in emergency loans for Bangladesh to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic that is severely hurting the country’s economy.

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Minneapolis is under curfew as protests continue nationwide

Chanting “Hands up! Don’t shoot,” and “I can’t breathe,” thousands of protesters gathered in cities across the country Friday night after a fired Minneapolis police officer was charged with third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd.

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George Floyd worked with officer charged in his death

One was a veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department who moonlighted as an off-duty security guard. The other provided security at a Salvation Army store and spent some of his evenings at local clubs, working as a bouncer.

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সেরি আ ফেরার আগে কোপা ইতালিয়ার ফাইনাল

কোপা ইতালিয়ার শেষ ধাপ দিয়ে শুরু হবে ইতালিয়ান ফুটবল মৌসুম। এরপর মাঠে ফিরবে দেশটির শীর্ষ লিগ সেরি আ।

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BRTA recommends 80pc hike in bus fares to cushion virus impact

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority is seeking to increase public transport fares by 80 percent as bus services gear up to restart in a reduced capacity from Sunday.

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India posts record jump in COVID-19 cases, Modi says 'long battle' ahead

India reported a record daily jump of 7,964 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, with a recent surge in cases as lockdown restrictions start to ease raising the possibility that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could extend curbs beyond May 31.

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Wealthy flyers worried about coronavirus turn to private jets

Commercial air travel has plummeted in the coronavirus pandemic, but interest in private jet service is surging, particularly among people who have not paid to fly privately before.

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Bangladesh records 28 new virus deaths, caseload surges by 1,764

Bangladesh has registered 28 new deaths from the coronavirus infection, taking the body count to 610.

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Train services to resume at half capacity Sunday, ticket prices unchanged

The government has decided to restrart inter-city train services at half the passenger capacity from Sunday as the country comes out of a two-month lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak.

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Shutters up: New Market gears up for reopening in troubled times

Dhaka's New Market will pull up its shutters on Sunday after more than two months of closure during the shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak.

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চলে গেলেন ‘আবাহনীর হেলাল’

অসুস্থতা ছিল দীর্ঘদিন ধরে। ওপেন হার্ট সার্জারি করানো হয়েছিল। সমস্যা ছিল কিডনিতেও। কদিন আগে আবার ব্রেন স্ট্রোক করায় ভর্তি হতে হয়েছিল হাসপাতালে। শেষ পর্যন্ত জীবনের সঙ্গে কঠিন এই লড়াইয়ে পেরে ওঠেননি গোলাম রব্বানী হেলাল। সাবেক এই ফুটবলার পাড়ি জমিয়েছেন না ফেরার দেশে।

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1985: When ‘Rambo’ tightened his grip on the American psyche

Thirty-five Memorial Days ago, Sylvester Stallone was atop the box office pile, in “Rambo: First Blood Part II,” smooth, rippling and outrageously oily. The movie opened alongside a flaccid 14th Bond film (“A View to a Kill”) and a confusing Richard Pryor comedy (“Brewster’s Millions”); it crushed both. This was a great Top 10 week. You had the country’s two most important comedians, Pryor and Eddie Murphy, at the back half and the beginning of their careers, movies with Cher, Madonna and Grace Jones; and Harrison Ford aligning his stardom with excellent, nonfranchise filmmaking.

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The president versus the mods

As a teen in the early 2000s, I spent a lot of time on online message boards. They were funny, chaotic places where my fellow nerds and I spent hours arguing about everything under the sun: sports, music, video games, the latest episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

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Imamul Kabir Shanto, chairman of Shanto-Mariam Foundation, dies from COVID-19

Md Imamul Kabir Shanto, the chairman of Shanto-Mariam University, has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with COVID-19 at the age of 66.

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America is a tinderbox

The last 2 1/2 months in America have felt like the opening montage in a dystopian film about a nation come undone. First the pandemic hit and hospitals in New York City were overwhelmed. The national economy froze and unemployment soared; 1 in 4 American workers has applied for unemployment benefits since March. Lines of cars stretched for miles at food banks. Heavily armed lockdown protesters demonstrated across the country; in Michigan, they forced the Capitol to close and legislators to cancel their session. Nationwide, at least 100,000 people died of a disease almost no one had heard of last year.

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America is a tinderbox

The last 2 1/2 months in America have felt like the opening montage in a dystopian film about a nation come undone. First the pandemic hit and hospitals in New York City were overwhelmed. The national economy froze and unemployment soared; 1 in 4 American workers has applied for unemployment benefits since March. Lines of cars stretched for miles at food banks. Heavily armed lockdown protesters demonstrated across the country; in Michigan, they forced the Capitol to close and legislators to cancel their session. Nationwide, at least 100,000 people died of a disease almost no one had heard of last year.

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Their Minneapolis restaurant burned, but they back the protest

On Friday morning, as dawn broke through the smoke hanging over Minneapolis, the Gandhi Mahal Restaurant was severely damaged by fire. Hafsa Islam, whose father owns the Bangladeshi Indian restaurant with members of his family, woke at 6 am to hear the news.

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Coronavirus infection rate may shift toward younger ages; death risk higher in cancer patients

The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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Russians are angry, but Putin’s foes struggle to seize the moment

This should be the moment for Aleksei A Navalny, Russia’s most visible opposition leader.

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Trump cutting US ties with World Health Organization over virus

The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China.

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Protests flare across America, arrest of Minneapolis police officer fails to appease

The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in the man’s death, an incident that has unleashed four nights of violent protests.

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Trump backpedals after 'shooting' threat to Minneapolis rioters

US President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man.

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টিভি সূচি (শনিবার, ৩০ মে ২০২০)

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Online child sex abuse cases triple under lockdown in Philippines

Cases of online child sex abuse in the Philippines have tripled under coronavirus, the government said, with campaigners warning that the country's lockdown has left more children vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers and cash-strapped relatives.

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নতুন সূচিতে এফএ কাপ

ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগ মাঠ গড়ানোর অপেক্ষায়। ফুটবলপ্রেমীদের জন্য এবার আরেকটি সুখবর- আগামী জুনের ২৭ ও ২৮ তারিখে এফএ কাপের কোয়ার্টার-ফাইনালগুলো অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। সেমি-ফাইনাল হবে ১১ ও ১২ জুলাই এবং ফাইনাল মাঠে গড়াবে ১ অগাস্ট।

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Taiwan decriminalises adultery in landmark ruling

Taiwan's constitutional court on Friday decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding personal rights and privacy, scrapping a law that activists said discriminated against women.

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Indian doctors go online to treat patients amid coronavirus outbreak

As India's health system grapples with the coronavirus, doctors are increasingly going online to consult with patients suffering less critical or chronic diseases, while the south Asian economy prepares to emerge from a nationwide lockdown.

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What’s the risk of catching coronavirus from a surface?

Fears about catching the coronavirus from contaminated surfaces have prompted many of us to spend the past few months wiping down groceries, leaving packages unopened and stressing about touching elevator buttons.

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‘Beyond the Pandemic’ streams Saturday with focus on reopening Bangladesh

‘Beyond the Pandemic,’ an online discussion programme organised by the Awami League, will focus on the challenges of restarting the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic in its third episode.

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No call between Trump and India's Modi on China border tension

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not spoken with US President Donald Trump about the south Asian nation's military standoff with China, a government source said on Friday, after Trump suggested Modi was upset about border tension.

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Roman villa’s mosaics are unearthed, again, a century after last dig

Italian archaeologists have again unearthed the well-preserved, colorfully patterned mosaic floors of an ancient Roman villa in a vineyard that was last excavated nearly a century ago and then lost to public memory.

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Seven shot in Louisville protests over killing of black woman – police

Seven people were shot and at least one was in critical condition after protests in Louisville, Kentucky over the killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman fatally shot in her apartment in March, police said on Friday.

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Bangladesh reports 2,523 new virus cases, a daily record; deaths hit 582

Bangladesh has reported a record 2,523 new coronavirus cases in a day, bringing the tally of infections to 42,844.

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Twitter attaches disclaimer to Trump's Minneapolis tweet for 'glorifying violence'

Twitter on Friday said that one of US President Donald Trump's tweets on Minneapolis protests had breached its rules about "glorifying violence”.

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Prince Charles sends condolences to Bangladesh after Cyclone Amphan

Britain's Prince Charles has offered his condolences to Bangladesh for the loss of lives and devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan.

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Temperature checks and desk shields: CDC suggests big changes to offices

Upon arriving at work, employees should get a temperature and symptom check.

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As China's factories feel economic blues, band of workers tell their story through rock music

Wang Zongxing hoped that opening a restaurant would lead to an easier life after 14 years of working long hours in Shenzhen's factories, but serving the spicy noodles of his central China hometown was never his dream.

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Pamela Anderson’s Garden of Eden

Nothing can prepare you for FaceTiming Pamela Anderson. One second there is only you — staring, through a layer of iPhone glass, at your tired, trapped reflection, both of you hoping that is not how you actually look — and the next second there is Pamela Anderson, brightening the screen instantaneously and completely, the way a ray of sun stretching beyond a cloud can seem to bounce off the whole Pacific.

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Civil unrest rages in Minneapolis over racially charged killing by police

Peaceful rallies gave way to a third night of arson, looting and vandalism in Minneapolis on Thursday as protesters vented their rage over the death of a black man seen on video gasping for breath while a white police officer knelt on his neck.

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Defying Trump, Twitter doubles down on labelling tweets

Twitter has continued to add new fact-checking labels to hundreds of tweets, even as the Trump administration issued an executive order to curtail the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content posted on their platforms.

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Inside a COVID-19 hospital in India, doctors see no end in sight

It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi swung open and staff in white coveralls rolled out a stretcher. Mourning relatives looked on, as a body bag was loaded into an ambulance and taken away to a cemetery.

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Scientists revise timelines for coronavirus spread

The first confirmed coronavirus infections in Europe and the United States, discovered in January, did not ignite the epidemics that followed, according to a close analysis of hundreds of viral genomes.

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Trump officials consider defying Congress to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia

The Trump administration is moving to sell another cache of munitions to Saudi Arabia, according to lawmakers and congressional aides, a step that would again defy Congress and ignore the objections of lawmakers in both parties about Riyadh’s human rights record.

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Beijing hardens resolve to defy US, even while calling for cooperation

Ignoring threats from Washington, China stripped another layer of autonomy from Hong Kong on Thursday, plowing ahead with a plan that would ban any form of dissent deemed subversive in the territory reclaimed from Britain more than two decades ago.

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Millions relying on pandemic aid can see its end, and they’re scared

For millions of Americans left out of work by the coronavirus pandemic, government assistance has been a lifeline preventing a plunge into poverty, hunger and financial ruin.

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India's economy seen slowing rapidly in March quarter, with worse to come

Gross domestic product data out later on Friday is expected to show India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two years in the March quarter as the coronavirus pandemic weakened already declining consumer demand and private investment.

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৭০ কোটি ইউরো ক্ষতির মুখে সেরি আ

করোনাভাইরাসের প্রার্দুভাবে বড় ক্ষতির মুখে ইতালির ফুটবল। স্থগিত থাকা সেরি আ চলতি মৌসুমে পুনরায় শুরু করতে না পারলে ৭০ কোটি ইউরোরও বেশি ক্ষতি হতে পারে বলে জানিয়েছেন দেশটির ফুটবল ফেডারেশনের (এফআইজিসি) সভাপতি গাব্রিয়েলে গ্রাভিনা।

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কোপা আমেরিকা পেছানোয় হতাশ মেসি

এ বছরের কোপা আমেরিকা নিয়ে দারুণ রোমাঞ্চিত ছিলেন লিওনেল মেসি। করোনাভাইরাসের কারণে টুর্নামেন্টটি পিছিয়ে যাওয়ায় তাই তিনি ভীষণ হতাশ। তবে বাস্তবতাও ভালোমতো বুঝতে পারছেন আর্জেন্টিনা অধিনায়ক।

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Opinions vary on govt decision to expand COVID-19 treatment to all hospitals

The government's decision to expand the treatment of COVID-19 to all hospitals in Bangladesh has drawn mixed reactions from health experts and hospital authorities.

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Thousands crowd Shimulia terminal to reach Dhaka in pandemic

Thousands of travellers from the southern districts have gathered at Munshiganj’s Shimulia ferry terminal to make their way towards Dhaka after the end of Eid holidays amid coronavirus fears.

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Where coronavirus help on Facebook is ‘inherently political’

The three young idealists met before this all started, when the most pressing issues they faced were climate change, environmental justice and ensuring clean water for Detroit residents. They were all organisers of a sort: eager to do the unglamorous work of convincing people that they could dream bigger, and demand more from their government.

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‘রিয়াল এগিয়ে থাকলে লিগ শেষ হয়ে যেত’

অদ্ভূত এক অভিযোগ তুলেছেন বার্সেলোনার সাবেক প্রেসিডেন্ট হুয়ান গাসপার্তে। দুই মাসের বেশি সময় ধরে স্থগিত থাকা লা লিগায় শীর্ষে আছে বার্সেলোনা। কঠিন পরিস্থিতিতেও চলছে লিগ শুরুর প্রস্তুতি। তবে পয়েন্ট তালিকার শীর্ষে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ এই মৌসুমে লিগ আর শুরু হতো না, দাবি বার্সেলোনার সাবেক প্রেসিডেন্ট হুয়ান গাসপার্তের।

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United Hospital lacked adequate fire safety system, says DNCC Mayor Atiqul

Dhaka North Mayor Atiqul Islam has condemned the lack of an adequate fire safety system at United Hospital after visiting the scene of a fire that burned down the hospital's isolation unit and killed five patients.

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Moderna extends lipids deal to boost COVID-19 vaccine output

Moderna Inc has extended a deal to secure large volumes of the lipids used to produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in a bid to meet increasing demand for the medicine, the US biotech company said on Thursday.

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Bangladesh reports 15 new virus deaths, daily caseload tops 2,000 for first time

The tally of coronavirus infections in Bangladesh has surged to 40,321 after the daily caseload crossed 2,000 for the first time. 

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Google faces antitrust case in India over payments app

India’s antitrust body is looking into allegations that Alphabet Inc’s Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its mobile payments app in the country, five sources familiar with the case told Reuters.

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Bangladesh public transport services to resume May 31

Bangladesh will allow public transport services such as buses, trains and launches to restart operations with a fixed number of passengers from May 31, the day after the nationwide lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak ends.

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Is takeout and delivery food safe?

As America begins to reopen for business, restaurants in several states have reopened for indoor dining. Others, like those in Connecticut and New Mexico, are serving outdoors only. Restaurants in New York City and Los Angeles allow no sit-down service at all.

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China's parliament approves Hong Kong national security bill

China's parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved directly imposing national security legislation on Hong Kong to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in a city roiled last year by months of anti-government protests.

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Riot police deployed across Hong Kong as US-China tensions rise

Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of China's national anthem, and as the United States piled pressure on China to preserve the city's freedoms.

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Canada’s largest newspaper changes hands amid vow to keep liberal voice

The new owners of the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper by circulation, pledged Wednesday to maintain its tradition of championing liberal causes in a news market dominated by conservative views.

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First poverty, now pandemic threatens access to electricity

One in 10 people lack electricity and the pandemic will likely make it harder still to meet a global goal of getting power to everyone by 2030, international organisations said on Thursday.

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Instagram wants its influencers to make more money

Instagram is beginning to roll out updates that will allow creators to make money directly on the platform, a change that could drastically alter the influencer moneymaking landscape.

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Asian stocks gain on economic hopes, but Hong Kong risk clouds outlook

Asian shares and US stock futures rose on Thursday as growing optimism about a global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic trumped immediate concerns about a standoff between the United States and China over Hong Kong.

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Probe opens into United Hospital fire that killed 5 patients in COVID-19 unit

The Bangladesh Fire Service has formed a four-member panel to investigate the fire that burned down the isolation unit and killed five patients at the United Hospital in Dhaka. 

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Boeing cutting more than 12,000 US jobs, thousands more planned

Boeing Co said on Wednesday it was eliminating more than 12,000 US jobs, including 6,770 involuntary layoffs, as the largest American planemaker restructures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking, phishing related to COVID-19

Security experts at Alphabet Inc's Google sent 1,755 warnings in April to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers, following a resurgence in hacking and phishing attempts related to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Huawei CFO Meng loses key court fight against extradition to United States

Huawei Technologies Co's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was dealt a setback by a Canadian court on Wednesday as she tries to avoid extradition to the United States to face bank fraud charges, dashing hopes for an end to her 18-month house arrest in Vancouver.

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Hong Kong no longer deserves special US status, Pompeo says

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Wednesday that Hong Kong no longer qualifies for its special status under US law, potentially dealing a crushing blow to its status as a major financial hub.

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Taiwan president pledges humanitarian relief for Hong Kongers

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday pledged to draw up a plan to give humanitarian relief to people involved in pro-democracy protests in Taiwan’s most concrete intervention since a renewal of unrest in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong.

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Makeup and the mask. It’s about the eyes

As a makeup artist, Keita Moore has become an observer of faces. Months ago, in the early stages of the pandemic, he saw very little makeup when he ran out on the occasional errand. Lately, though, he has noticed that the faces are changing, slowly. Masks are plentiful, as are filled-in brows and lashes coated in mascara.

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Three die from electrocution during storm in Narayanganj

Three people, including a child, have been electrocuted to death after a storm tore down a power cable in Narayanganj Sadar Upazila.

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Clawing back normality: Bangkok cat cafe reopens after virus shutdown

As Thailand’s capital cautiously reopens many restaurants shuttered over coronavirus fears, the feline “employees” of the Caturday Cafe are back at work.

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14 die in northern Bangladesh after consuming ‘alcoholic drinks’

At least 14 people died in three days after consuming spirit in the neighbouring districts of Dinajpur and Rangpur during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday.    

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‘I can’t breathe’: 4 Minneapolis officers fired after black man dies in custody

The FBI and Minnesota law enforcement authorities are investigating the arrest of a black man who died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer’s knee, in an episode that was recorded on video by a bystander and sparked large protests in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh reports 22 new virus deaths, caseload tops 38,000

Bangladesh has registered 22 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, bringing the death toll to 544.

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Hong Kong police fire pepper pellets to disperse protests over security bill

Hong Kong riot police fired pepper pellets to disperse protesters in the heart of the global financial centre on Wednesday, as new national security laws proposed by Beijing revived anti-government demonstrations.

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To fight COVID-19, don’t neglect immunity and inflammation

AFTER SEEING WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO BECOME INFECTED AND DIE, IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION WARRANT FURTHER DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC ATTENTION.

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How to share food safely during the pandemic

Maybe your big sister just had a baby, and you want to take her a home-cooked meal. Or you’d love to swap some sourdough starter for your neighbour’s famous beef stew. Or maybe you baked a birthday cake for your immunocompromised neighbour.

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টিভি সূচি (বুধবার, ২৭ মে ২০২০)

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Govt to issue coronavirus shutdown update Thursday

The government is set to decide whether to lift or extend the ongoing lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday.

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Afghanistan begins freeing 900 Taliban prisoners, urges truce extension

The Afghan government said it was in the process of freeing 900 Taliban members from prison on Tuesday, the biggest such release yet, and urged the insurgent group to extend a three-day ceasefire set to end at midnight.

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Three dead after microbus plunges into ditch in Munshiganj

Three people have died after a microbus lost control and fell into a roadside ditch in Munshiganj's Gazaria Upazila.

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Four die as storm lashes Joypurhat

At least four people, including two children, were crushed to death by falling trees and collapsing walls after a storm slammed into Joypurhat shortly after Tuesday midnight.

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Bangladesh orders all hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients in separate units

The government has ordered all public and private hospitals in Bangladesh to provide treatment to COVID-19 and other patients in separate units.

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Hunger programme’s slow start leaves millions of children waiting

As child hunger soars to levels without modern precedent, an emergency programme Congress created two months ago has reached only a small fraction of the 30 million children it was intended to help.

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Here’s how Wuhan tested 6.5 million for coronavirus in days

In Wuhan, medical workers armed with coronavirus test swabs scoured construction sites and markets to look for itinerant workers while others made house calls to reach older residents and people with disabilities. Officials aired announcements over loudspeakers urging people to sign up for their own good.

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Riot police shield Hong Kong legislature as protests gather against anthem bill

Hong Kong deployed riot police around the Legislative Council on Wednesday as activists called for protests against a bill to criminalise disrespect of the Chinese anthem, amid soaring tensions over perceived threats to the city's freedoms.

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Apple to reopen about 100 US stores, most with curbside pickup

Apple Inc plans to reopen about 100 US stores, mostly with curbside pickup but some with walk-in service, the company said on Tuesday.

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White woman fired from job after calling cops over black man in NY Central Park

Denouncing "racism of any kind," a global investment firm has fired a white woman after a viral video showed her calling police to say she felt threatened by an African-American man who asked her politely to leash her dog in New York's Central Park.

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Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for the first time

Twitter on Tuesday for the first time prompted readers to check the facts in tweets sent by US President Donald Trump, warning that his claims about mail-in ballots were false and had been debunked by fact checkers.

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Fears of coronavirus second wave prompt flu push at US pharmacies, drugmakers

US pharmacy chains are preparing a big push for flu vaccinations when the season kicks off in October, hoping to curb tens of thousands of serious cases that could coincide with a second wave of coronavirus infections.

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The galaxy that grew up too fast

In the early days of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers, eager to see how far out in space — and how far back in time — their new instrument could peer, pointed it at an empty tract of sky. What returned was an image of space littered with what the astronomer Alan Dressler of the Carnegie Observatories called “train wrecks”: irregular, fragmented clouds of stars known as protogalaxies, flecks of starlight scattered like orphan jigsaw puzzle pieces across the primordial heavens.

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The US is getting shorter, as mapmakers race to keep up

Height is height, right? Look at a Manhattan skyscraper, or the Washington Monument, or a mountain peak in California, and you imagine that it will be the same height tomorrow as it is today.

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India coronavirus cases rise as millions return home

Indian states witnessing millions of migrant labourers returning from the big cities are recording rising coronavirus infections, officials said on Tuesday, fearing that the pandemic could spread through villages where medical care is basic at best.

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Gucci says fashion shows should never be the same

Gucci wants to change show business. Or, rather, the business of shows. The Italian brand has joined the chorus of brands and retailers calling for a permanent reset of the fashion system thanks to COVID-19, adding the weight of a giant global name to the movement.

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আর্জেন্টাইন ডিফেন্ডারের পায়ে অস্ত্রোপচার

হ্যামস্ট্রিংয়ের চোট থেকে সেরে উঠতে অস্ত্রোপচার করাতে হবে ভিয়ারিয়ালের আর্জেন্টাইন ডিফেন্ডার রামিরো ফুনেস মোরিকে।

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Japan bans entry of visitors from Bangladesh, 10 other countries

Japan has moved to expand its travel ban to travellers from Bangladesh and 10 other countries in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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More patients than beds in Mumbai as India faces surge in virus cases

When Manit Parikh's mother tested positive for the new coronavirus, she was rushed by ambulance to Mumbai's private Lilavati Hospital, but officials told the family no critical-care beds were available.

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Bangladesh reports 21 more virus deaths, 1,166 new cases

Bangladesh has registered new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, raising the death toll to 522.

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Campaigning in a crisis: Obama, McCain and the 2008 meltdown

It was a late Sunday afternoon in September 2008, and senior aides to Barack Obama were gathered at his presidential campaign headquarters in Chicago. Their latest polling showed that Obama, the Democratic nominee, had lost his lead over his opponent, Sen John McCain, since the Republican convention. They were worried.

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Anwara Begum, wife of deputy speaker, dies

Anwara Begum, the wife of Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah, has died during treatment at the age of 67.

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Dancing with disinfectant: China's nightclubs back in the groove

Nightclubs in China have mostly come back to life as owners and customers feel increasingly comfortable the novel coronavirus epidemic is under control, but disinfectant, disposable cups and masks have become part of the experience.

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Spain’s courts, already strained, face crisis as lockdown lifts

A flood of new court cases, some with little precedent, is expected to deluge a Spanish judicial system already gasping for breath, bogged down by delays and lagging in technology.

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12 great TV series by film directors

With studios getting more squeamish about bankrolling non-franchise movies, and the streaming wars opening up new avenues for more adventurous, niche-driven television, big-name film directors have not only flooded to television they have also survived the transition with their sensibilities intact. In just the past two weeks, Damien Chazelle (“Whiplash” and “La La Land”) has brought his musical obsession to bear on the cosmopolitan Netflix jazz drama, “The Eddy,” and Crystal Moselle has brought back the New York girl-gang skateboarders of her 2018 indie “Skate Kitchen” for the HBO series “Betty.”

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On a Scottish isle, nursing home deaths expose a COVID-19 scandal

On the Isle of Skye off the western coast of Scotland, residents thought they had sealed themselves off from the coronavirus. They shuttered hotels. Officials warned of police checks. Traffic emptied on the only bridge from the mainland.

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Couples who eat together may not stay together

Since the global pandemic lockdown began, Marianne Andrews, Jonathan Miller and their two teenagers have been eating dinner together every night, and sometimes lunch.

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Nissan and Renault shelve merger plans to repair their alliance: sources

Renault and Nissan have shelved plans to push towards the full merger former leader Carlos Ghosn craved and will instead fix their troubled alliance to try to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, five senior sources told Reuters.

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How will we remember the pandemic? Museums are already beginning to decide

Six-year-old Franklin Wong captured the simple frustration of being a student in the Los Angeles Unified School District in mid-March, after his classes were cancelled. He wrote in big blocky letters: “I did not go anywhere,” and added an unhappy face in green and red crayon for his remote-learning assignment.

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Bangladesh start-up Inovace sets sights on coronavirus contact tracing app

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh has provoked the imposition of several drastic and unprecedented measures as part of a nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

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Niloufer Manzur, founding head of Sunbeams, dies from COVID-19

Niloufer Manzur, founding head of Sunbeams school, died in hospital care from the COVID-19 illness, an official of the school, has confirmed.

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You’re getting used to masks. Will you wear a face shield?

The debate over whether Americans should wear face masks to control coronavirus transmission has been settled. Governments and businesses now require or at least recommend them in many public settings. But as parts of the country reopen, some doctors want you to consider another layer of personal protective equipment in your daily life: clear plastic face shields.

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Americans ponder losses past and present on a subdued Memorial Day

On a holiday that usually mixes sombre remembrance and blissful renewal, the nation marked an unusually grim Memorial Day in which losses from the past merged with ones from the present.

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India looks to store cheap oil in United States: oil minister

India is looking at storing some low priced US oil in facilities there as its local storage is full, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told CNBC TV18 news channel.

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রিয়ালে 'নতুন' শুরুর অপেক্ষায় আসেনসিও

বাঁ পায়ের হাঁটুর চোটে লম্বা সময়ের জন্য ছিটকে যাওয়া মার্কো আসেনসিওর ২০১৯-২০ মৌসুমে মাঠে নামার কোনো সম্ভাবনা ছিল না। তবে করোনাভাইরাসের প্রাদুর্ভাবে বদলে গেছে পরিস্থিতি, যা শাপেবর হয়েছে এই স্প্যানিয়ার্ডের জন্য। থমকে থাকা ফুটবল আছে ফেরার পথে, তাতে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদে যেন ‘নতুন’ করে শুরু করতে যাচ্ছেন আসেনসিও।

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The virus has wrecked some families. It has brought others closer

The coronavirus has smothered New York City’s economy and sealed off its museums and concert halls like crime scenes. Many people have filled the void with something that has always been there, close at hand but often crowded out of reach: their families.

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In Philippine slums, heat, hunger take a toll under lockdown

One by one, Michelle Asinto's six children take the plate of rice doused in soy sauce and eat their share before passing it on.

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Hong Kong and Beijing officials defend security laws, citing threat of terrorism

China's foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the city's security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass pro-democracy protests last year as terrorism.

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Is it time to stop clapping for health care workers? An organiser thinks so

On Thursday nights, Britons bang pots and pans and let out hearty cheers of support for doctors and nurses who care for coronavirus patients and for other essential workers amid the pandemic.

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Hospitals beset by gloom as COVID-19 subdues Eid celebrations

When Aminul Islam tested positive for the novel coronavirus on May 24, he was immediately admitted to the Bangladesh Kuwait Government Friendship Hospital specialising in treating COVID-19 patients.

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Myanmar updates top UN court on measures to protect Rohingya minority

Myanmar has filed a first report with the UN's highest court on its adherence to measures imposed in January to protect the Muslim minority Rohingya, the court said on Monday.

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'No Eid in our home': Pakistani families mourn crash victims

As Fazal Rahmaan, 80 and his wife, Wahida Rahmaan, 74, boarded a plane in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, their family's biggest fear was that they might get catch the coronavirus on their way to spend the holiday in Karachi.

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Indian Olympic great Balbir Singh dies aged 95

India's three-times Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh has died at the age of 95 after a prolonged pulmonary illness.

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No hugs, no handshakes: Social distancing curtails Eid celebrations in Bangladesh

Despite the relaxing of social distancing, concerns about the continued spread of the coronavirus are hindering the celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr across Bangladesh.

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‘সেভিয়া ডার্বি’ দিয়ে লা লিগা ফেরার সম্ভাবনা

সরকারের অনুমতি মিলেছে, এবার নিজেদের সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়ার পালা। দিনক্ষণ চূড়ান্ত না হলেও, আগামী ১১ জুন রিয়াল বেতিস-সেভিয়া ম্যাচ দিয়ে লা লিগা মাঠে ফেরানোর আশা করছেন প্রতিযোগিতাটির প্রেসিডেন্ট হাভিয়ের তেবাস।

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India's among 10 worst-hit COVID-19 nations as cases jump; air travel reopens

India on Monday posted its biggest single-day jump in cases of COVID-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worst-hit nations, even as the government allowed domestic air travel to restart.

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Virus casts shadow on Eid as cases surge by daily record; deaths top 500

The COVID-19 outbreak has put a further damper on muted Eid-ur-Fitr celebrations in Bangladesh after another 1,975 people tested positive for the infection, the most in a daily count, taking the caseload to 35,585.

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Singaporean cooks up Eid feast for migrant workers in lockdown

As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of the fasting month, thousands of migrant workers in Singapore have had to spend the holiday in quarantine because of outbreaks of the novel coronavirus in their dormitories.

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US CDC warns of ‘aggressive’ rats searching for food during shutdowns

Humans are not the only ones who miss dining out.

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Why China’s move to rein in Hong Kong is just the start

China’s move to strip away another layer of Hong Kong’s autonomy was not a rash impulse. It was a deliberate act, months in the making. It took into account the risks of international umbrage and reached the reasonable assumption that there would not be a significant geopolitical price to pay.

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US bans flights from Brazil, where pandemic is raging

The United States, citing Brazil’s surging coronavirus crisis, has banned flights from the nation, delivering a blow to its embattled leader, who has tried to use his warm relations with President Donald Trump to bolster his political standing.

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The artisans behind Italian fashion tremble at their future

Until recently, some of most intricately embroidered fabrics in the world, like those found in garments designed by Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Etro and Prada, have come out of a duplex apartment complex in Milan, the home of a small business called Pino Grasso Ricami.

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Forlorn presidential palace as virus mutes Eid celebrations in Bangladesh

The global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the regular Eid celebrations at the Bangabhaban, the residence of the president.

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‘Quite a decent shake’: quake interrupts Jacinda Ardern’s TV interview

A sizable earthquake struck New Zealand on Monday, shaking Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a live television interview, but failing to cause major damage or disrupt Ardern’s calm demeanour.

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Johnson risks party wrath to back aide who crossed UK during lockdown

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday, despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 250 miles during the coronavirus lockdown.

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Bangladesh holds Eid prayers in pandemic

A large number of Muslims joined the first congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque while maintaining social distancing rules in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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Americans pass pandemic holiday on beaches, in parks as death toll nears 100,000

Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, but the occasional person wearing a mask was a constant reminder that the world is still battling the coronavirus pandemic.

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Hasina calls for efforts to help the poor as Bangladesh gears up for Eid in pandemic

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for the members of the public to stand beside the poor and vulnerable groups as Bangladesh prepares to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr amid an escalating coronavirus crisis.

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Mugda Medical College principal, COVID-19 focal person among four doctors transferred

The government has transferred the principal of the Mugda Medical College and three other doctors of the general hospital, including its COVID-19 focal person.

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Britain's Brexit mastermind Cummings fights for job over claims of lockdown hubris

Dominic Cummings, the mastermind of Brexit who openly scorned the British elite, is fighting for his job as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser after claims he flouted the government's coronavirus lockdown rules.

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করোনাভাইরাস: প্রিমিয়ার লিগে আক্রান্তের সংখ্যা বাড়ল

দ্বিতীয় ধাপে কোভিড-১৯ পরীক্ষায় ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগের দুই ক্লাবের দুইজন পজিটিভ হয়েছেন।

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Israel's Netanyahu goes on trial for corruption

The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu opens on Sunday in a Jerusalem court, where he will become the first serving Israeli prime minister to face criminal prosecution, in a case he calls a political witch-hunt.

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Iranian 107-year-old woman recovers from coronavirus: Fars

A 107-year-old Iranian woman who was infected with the new coronavirus has recovered, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

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Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters rise up against security law

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands protesting on Sunday against Beijing’s plan to directly impose national security laws on the city, signalling a return to mass protests that roiled the financial hub last year.

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The pandemic has increased money anxiety. Therapists hope to cure that

Dale Mackey closed her event space in Knoxville, Tennessee, a week before the state issued its orders to end large gatherings. She did not think about the economic ramifications of shuttering her business, the Central Collective; she said it was the right thing to do to reduce the spread of the virus.

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The project behind a front page full of names

Instead of the articles, photographs or graphics that normally appear on the front page of The New York Times, on Sunday, there is just a list: a long, solemn list of people whose lives were lost to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bayern cruise past Frankfurt 5-2 to stay on title track

Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 5-2 on Saturday, surviving a brief second-half comeback scare to stay four points clear of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga with seven games left to play.

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Africa's Muslims celebrate Eid in the shadow of COVID-19

Bakari Diakité normally celebrates the end of Ramadan by visiting the local mosque and hosting a large family gathering. This year, with COVID-19 still spreading in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan, he has scaled back festivities.

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Taliban, Afghan president declare three-day Eid ceasefire from Sunday

The Taliban declared a three-day Eid ceasefire in Afghanistan starting Sunday, via a tweet on Saturday from the hardline Islamist group, and the country's president said the government would reciprocate.

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Bangladesh reports 28 new virus deaths, a daily record, as cases surge by 1,532

Bangladesh has registered 28 new fatalities, the highest in a daily count, bringing the death toll from the disease to 480.

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Tycoon Saiful Alam's mother, son contract COVID-19

The mother and son of Saiful Alam Masud, chairman of S Alam Group, have tested positive for COVID-19, a day after his elder brother and the conglomerate's director Morshedul Alam died from the disease.

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Jacinda Ardern sold a drastic lockdown with straight talk and mom jokes

Halfway into a Facebook Live video last week, updating the world on New Zealand’s plan to reopen restaurants, schools and even movie theatres, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern noticed a concern cropping up among the commenters: They thought she looked tired.

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Zoo animals get a respite from crowds amid lockdown

The coronavirus lockdown seems to have given zoo animals a breath of fresh air as crowds stay home amid contagion risks.

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Simple stretches to combat all that sitting

Whether you are hunched over a laptop in a makeshift workspace or slouched on the couch binge-watching TV, you know — and can feel — that sitting for long periods can sabotage your health. From head to toe, these simple exercises can provide relief, restore muscle function and improve posture.

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British PM Johnson resists calls to sack Cummings over 400km drive

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack senior adviser Dominic Cummings after he travelled 400 km (250 miles) to northern England while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms.

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Rattled by a pandemic, people turn to leaders — any leaders

As world leaders grapple with when and how to safely reopen their countries, many are also facing a political problem: how to maintain support as they oversee tanking economies, stifling restrictions and staggering death tolls.

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UN documents abductions and torture of Iraqi protesters

Hundreds of people were killed and thousands wounded in the anti-government protests in Iraq last fall and winter that halted political life and immobilised cities from Baghdad to Basra.

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‘A sad mood’: Muslim doctor in Malaysia spends Eid in hospital amid pandemic

Malaysian doctor Muhammad Syahidd Al-Hatim was used to being away from his family on Eid al-Fitr, having spent the past two years celebrating the end of the holy Ramadan fasting month at Kuala Lumpur Hospital where he works.

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Hong Kong braces for protests on heels of proposed national security laws

Hong Kong braced on Sunday for its first protests since Beijing’s controversial plan to directly impose national security laws on the city, in what could provide a litmus test of public opposition to China's tightening grip over the financial hub.

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After 3 children die, a race to investigate a baffling virus syndrome

Blood will be collected from dozens of children in New York to determine whether they share any genetic variations that might make them susceptible to a mysterious syndrome linked to the coronavirus.

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Death toll from Pakistan airliner crash 97, 2 survivors: authorities

The death toll from Friday's passenger aircraft crash in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi has been confirmed at 97 with two survivors, while no fatalities were reported from the dense residential neighbourhood where the aircraft crash-landed, authorities said on Saturday.

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Awami League launches online campaign against COVID-19 as outbreak rages on

As the coronavirus continues to ravage Bangladesh, the Awami Leauge has initiated a campaign across several digital platforms to raise awareness about COVID-19 among ordinary people and serve their needs during the crisis.

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Mass firing on zoom is latest sign of weight watchers unrest

On the afternoon of May 14, Joanne Patten sat down at her computer in her home in Houston and logged in to a Zoom call with her employer, WW International, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers.

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Bangladesh reports 1,873 new cases, a single-day record, as body count hits 452

Bangladesh has reported 1,873 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in a single day, raising the tally to 32,078.

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The pandemic ad salutes you

There’s something about the coronavirus that has alienated us from the visual cues of disaster. Locked inside under stay-at-home orders, a pandemic appears oddly routine. It looks like the inside of the refrigerator and the menu of the Roku. Bingeing some reality show from my couch, I begin to forget why I’m stuck here, watching it night after night. Until the commercial break arrives.

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বাতিল হলো মেক্সিকোর লিগ

করোনাভাইরাসের প্রাদুর্ভাবে শেষ পর্যন্ত বাতিল হয়ে গেল মেক্সিকোর পেশাদার ফুটবল প্রতিযোগিতা লিগা এমএক্স। এই প্রথমবার দেশটির শীর্ষ লিগে কোনো চ্যাম্পিয়ন থাকছে না।

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Ivanka Trump draws derision in India for praising migrant's hard journey home

US presidential adviser Ivanka Trump's praise of an Indian teenager's bicycle ride home hundreds of kilometres away is drawing criticism in India for being insensitive to the plight of impoverished migrant workers struggling in a lockdown.

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In search of time lost and newly found

Almost as soon as it appeared, COVID-19 seeded a peculiar and deep dread of the literature it might someday inspire. “Novel coronavirus” — in the literary sense — already conjures contempt and exhaustion, but why? What do we fear? Limp attempts at parody? Schematic sci-fi? Autofictional accounts of quarantine in Brooklyn in which the pandemic serves as a backdrop to the personal epiphany of an alienated protagonist who discovers the virtues of the simpler life, via much massaging of dough and theoretical jargon? (Yes.)

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US employers grapple with question as they reopen: To test or not to test?

As the country reopens, employers are looking into how to safely bring back their workers. One recurring question: Should they be tested for the new coronavirus?

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Another casualty of the coronavirus: summer internships

When she found out in mid-March that she had landed an internship with an education nonprofit in Washington, Lydia Burns, a senior at the University of Louisville, called her mother to celebrate. The whole world was falling apart, but here, finally, was good news.

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As coronavirus keeps the West at bay, China moves to tame Hong Kong

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has made one of his boldest political gambits yet, wagering that he can tame Hong Kong through national security legislation, despite the risk of fresh upheavals there and a new flashpoint with the United States.

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Donated plasma benefits COVID-19 patients in small US study

Patients with severe COVID-19 given plasma from someone who recovered from the disease were more likely to stabilise or need less oxygen support than other similar hospital patients, according to results of a small US study released on Friday.

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Govt appoints new CMSD director after N95 mask scam

The government has moved to appoint a new director to the Central Medical Stores Depot which came under scanner for delivering ordinary masks mislabelled as N95 masks to government hospitals during the coronavirus crisis.

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Rohingyas targeted in Malaysia as coronavirus stokes xenophobia

Eleyas, a Rohingya Muslim, fled to Malaysia six years ago, seeking a safe haven from persecution in Myanmar.

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The pandemic ad salutes you

There’s something about the coronavirus that has alienated us from the visual cues of disaster. Locked inside under stay-at-home orders, a pandemic appears oddly routine. It looks like the inside of the refrigerator and the menu of the Roku. Bingeing some reality show from my couch, I begin to forget why I’m stuck here, watching it night after night. Until the commercial break arrives.

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Trucks haul passengers outfoxing police in pandemic

It has been nearly two months since the government suspended inter-district transport services in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus. And people still continue to take the long routes by outfoxing the law enforcement.

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‘Lionhearted’ girl bikes dad across India, inspiring a nation

She was a 15-year-old with a simple mission: bring papa home. Jyoti Kumari and her dad had nearly no money, no transport, and their village was halfway across India. And her dad, an out-of-work migrant labourer, was injured and could barely walk. So Jyoti told her dad: Let me take you home. He thought the idea was crazy but went along with it. She then jumped on a $20 purple bike bought with the last of their savings. With her dad perched on the rear, she pedalled from the outskirts of New Delhi to their home village, 700 miles away. "Don’t worry, mummy,” she reassured her mother along the way, using borrowed cellphones. “I will get Papa home good.”

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How Western retailers put a Bangladesh garment supplier on the brink

It’s the days leading to Eid-ul-Fitr that Mostafiz Uddin is most cheerful. It’s that time of the year when the owner of Denim Expert pays his workers, hands them gifts, and takes them to a restaurant for Iftar.

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South America a new COVID epicentre, Africa reaches 100,000 cases, WHO says

South America has become a new epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic with Brazil hardest-hit, while cases are rising in some African countries that so far have a relatively low death toll, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

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India plans scrutiny of new portfolio investors from China, Hong Kong

India has drafted rules proposing tighter scrutiny of new Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from China and Hong Kong, three government sources told Reuters, its latest effort to check foreign inflows during the coronavirus pandemic.

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US plans massive coronavirus vaccine testing effort to meet year-end deadline

The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine candidates in an effort to deliver a safe and effective one by the end of 2020, scientists leading the programme told Reuters.

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বার্সেলোনাতেই থাকতে চান ভিদাল

মাঠের ফুটবল বন্ধ। তবে শারীরিক ও মানসিকভাবে ভীষণ ভালো বোধ করছেন আর্তুরো ভিদাল। ভালো লাগা আছে বার্সেলোনায় ড্রেসিং রুমে অসাধারণ সব বন্ধুদের নিয়েও। সব মিলিয়ে বেশ সুখী এই মিডফিল্ডার থেকে যেতে চান কাম্প নউয়ের আঙিনাতেই।

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North Korea's Kim keeps low public profile in May: analysts

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made an unusually small number of public appearances in the past two months, once again going three weeks without state media reporting his attendance at a public event, according to analysts.

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বার্সায় গেলে মার্তিনেসের ‘বিপদ’ দেখছেন কাপেলো!

ইন্টার মিলানের স্ট্রাইকার লাউতারো মার্তিনেসকে দলে পেতে আগ্রহী বার্সেলোনা। তার ফুটবলে মুগ্ধ ফাবিও কাপেলোও। তবে কাম্প নউয়ে যোগ দিলে আর্জেন্টাইন এই তরুণের জন্য হিতে বিপরীত হতে পারে বলে সতর্ক করে দিয়েছেন কাপেলো।

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Many jobs may vanish forever as layoffs mount

Even as states begin to reopen for business, a further 2.4 million workers joined the nation’s unemployment rolls last week, and there is growing concern among economists that many of the lost jobs are gone for good.

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China moves to tighten its control of Hong Kong

China signaled Thursday it would move forward with laws that would take aim at anti-government protests and other dissent in Hong Kong. It is the clearest message yet that the Communist Party is moving to undermine the civil liberties the semi-autonomous territory has known since the 1997 British handoff.

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The streets are empty in Istanbul, but the bakers’ ovens remain full of life

Every weekend, for over a month now, Istanbul has been under a strict curfew because of the coronavirus. No one is allowed out, not for exercise or groceries, and the police impose fines. Sometimes, the lockdown stretches for four days to take in public holidays.

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কামড় দেওয়া সুয়ারেসের প্রশংসায় কিয়েল্লিনি

২০১৪ বিশ্বকাপে ইতালি-উরুগুয়ের উত্তপ্ত ম্যাচে জর্জো কিয়েল্লিনিকে কামড় দেওয়ায় তখন ভীষণ সমালোচিত হয়েছিলেন লুইস সুয়ারেস। তবে সেদিনের প্রতিপক্ষের ওপর এখন আর কোনো ক্ষোভ নেই ইতালিয়ান ডিফেন্ডারের। উল্টো আগ্রাসী মনোভাবের জন্য উরুগুয়ের স্ট্রাইকারের প্রশংসা করেছেন তিনি।

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Pakistan's PIA aircraft with 107 passengers on board crashes in Karachi

A PIA aircraft with 99 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said.

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Indian PM offers help to cyclone stricken Kolkata, Bangladesh counts cost

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, peering down from his aircraft on Friday, saw the devastation and flooding caused by the most powerful cyclone to strike India and Bangladesh in more than a decade, before he landed in the stricken city of Kolkata.

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Bangladesh reports 24 new virus deaths, a daily record, as caseload tops 30,000

The body count from the coronavirus infection in Bangladesh climbed to 432 after 24 new deaths, the highest in a single day, were registered.

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Bangladesh panel meets Saturday to announce Eid-ul-Fitr date

Bangladesh is set to announce the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival in the country, on Saturday as Ramadan winds down amid a nationwide lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak.

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Bangladesh mango farmers devastated as cyclone scythes harvest hopes

Cyclone Amphan has dealt a crushing blow to Bangladesh's mango growers, already beleaguered by a coronavirus crisis, as they stare at huge losses from the widespread damage it caused to orchards and fruits ripe for its seasonal harvest.

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India reports biggest 24-hour rise in virus cases as lockdown eases

India registered some 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, the country's biggest jump in 24 hours, as New Delhi eases a nationwide lockdown and airlines prepare to resume some domestic flights.

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Amphan death toll climbs to 22 in Bangladesh

The death toll from Cyclone Amphan has risen to 22 with seven more people found dead in Jashore, one of the districts hardest hit by the disaster.

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Eid travellers allowed to move in ‘private’ vehicles amid coronavirus crisis

Eid travellers are being allowed to travel in ‘private’ vehicles though the government has ordered the shutdown of public transport services asking citizens to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr in their respective areas amid the coronavirus crisis. 

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Facebook starts planning for permanent remote workers

Facebook said Thursday that it would allow many employees to work from home permanently. But there’s a catch: They may not be able to keep their big Silicon Valley salaries in more affordable parts of the country.

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China abandons growth target for year as coronavirus disrupts economy

Parting with years of precedent, China abandoned its growth target for 2020, in an acknowledgment that restarting its economy after the coronavirus outbreak will be a slow and difficult process.

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After new coronavirus outbreaks, China imposes Wuhan-style lockdown

In Shulan, a city in China’s northeast, the streets are eerily quiet, devoid of taxis and buses. Apartment complexes have been sealed off, confining residents inside. Teams of government workers go door to door rounding up sick people as part of what they call a “wartime” campaign.

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Scientists predict an above-average Atlantic hurricane season

The coming Atlantic hurricane season is “expected to be a busy one,” with the likelihood of as many as 19 named storms, including as many as six major hurricanes, a federal weather scientist said Thursday. That worrisome forecast could be further complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, which is hobbling relief agencies and could turn evacuation shelters into disease hot spots.

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US secures 300 million doses of potential AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1 billion doses planned for AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine by pledging up to $1.2 billion, as world powers scramble for medicines to get their economies back to work.

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US to pull out of Open Skies treaty, Trump's latest treaty withdrawal

The United States said on Thursday it would withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, the Trump administration's latest move to pull the country out of a major global treaty.

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Huawei launches ASEAN Academy to empower digital talents

Huawei Malaysia has introduced a dedicated training module set, Huawei ASEAN Academy, to empower digital talents in the region.

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Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws

Hong Kong activists on Friday made online calls for a march against China's plans to impose national security legislation on the semi-autonomous city which many fear could erode its freedoms and international standing as a global finance hub.

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US to sell Taiwan $180 million of torpedoes, angering China

The US government has notified Congress of a possible sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan worth around $180 million, further souring already tense ties between Washington and Beijing, which claims Taiwan as Chinese territory.

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More bad news expected in unemployment numbers

The coronavirus pandemic has produced a somber Thursday ritual: the tally of unemployment claims across the United States.

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চেলসিতে জিরুদ ও কাবাইয়েরোর চুক্তির মেয়াদ বাড়ল

চেলসিতে আরও এক মৌসুম থাকছেন বিশ্বকাপজয়ী ফরাসী ফরোয়ার্ড অলিভিয়ে জিরুদ ও আর্জেন্টাইন গোলরক্ষক উইলি কাবাইয়েরো।

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অবসরে স্পেনের সবচেয়ে বেশি বয়সী গোলদাতা

পেশাদার ফুটবল থেকে অবসরের ঘোষণা দিয়েছেন আথলেতিক বিলবাওয়ের স্প্যানিশ স্ট্রাইকার আরিৎস আদুরিস।

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13 dead as truck overturns in Gaibandha

At least 13 people have died after a goods-laden truck overturned in Gaibandha's Palashbari Upazila.

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Lockdown over, Pakistan's COVID-19 deaths, infections tick higher

COVID-19 infections in Pakistan trended higher in recent days and were approaching 50,000, official data showed, with total deaths crossing 1,000, as the government remained unsure over the consequences of its decision to end the nation's lockdown.

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Bangladesh reports 22 virus deaths and 1,773 new cases, both single-day records

Bangladesh has registered 22 more fatalities from COVID-19 and 1,773 new cases over a 24-hour period, setting grim milestones on both counts.

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In china’s crisis, Xi sees a crucible to strengthen his rule

Before an adulatory crowd of university professors and students, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, offered a strikingly bold message about the global coronavirus pandemic. Summoning images of sacrifice from Communist Party lore, he told them that the calamity was ripe with possibility for China.

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AIIB approves $250m in COVID-19 loans for Bangladesh

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB, has approved a $250 million loan to Bangladesh as the country grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus disease.

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EC may appeal to president for more time to hold pending polls: CEC Huda

The Election Commission may not be able to arrange the polls to the vacant parliamentary seats and Chattogram City Corporation within the constitutional time limit amid the coronavirus crisis, believes Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.

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Police to issue travel pass to control movement during lockdown

Police are set to issue travel passes to the public in an effort to regulate emergency movements, including transportation of goods and services, during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.

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US has not cut Afghan security funds despite Pompeo vow of immediate slash: sources

The US Defense Department has not withheld $1 billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's vow on March 23 to cut that sum "immediately", five sources familiar with the matter said.

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COVID-19 shows silver lining in global climate change efforts: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes the coronavirus pandemic has brought a positive shift in the global efforts to tackle climate change and growing competition for natural resources despite the economic ravages.

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Cyclone Amphan kills 12 in Bangladesh before turning into land depression

Cyclone Amphan has killed at least 12 people in seven coastal districts before turning into a land depression.

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What is all of that screen time doing to your skin?

You’ve probably heard more about the perils of blue light lately because our lives are more likely to be lived indoors and online. Our laptops, phones, tablets, TVs and even LED light bulbs are all sources of blue light. And now that we’re tethered to those devices, are we getting drenched? Should we be more worried about damage to our skin?

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Asia shares temper rally, await China policy meeting

Asian shares stepped back slightly and US stock futures fell on Thursday as lingering caution about the long-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak offset some of this week’s enthusiasm over re-opening of economies.

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Indian workers rescued from borewell digging get rare slavery payout

A group of 14 Indian workers rescued from borewell digging companies during the coronavirus lockdown in south India have received a rare payout after being held in slavery as investigations continue, officials said on Wednesday.

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All 50 states are now reopening. But at what cost?

In Connecticut, flags that had been lowered during the somber peak of the coronavirus pandemic were raised to full-staff on Wednesday to signal a return to business.

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Michigan flooding displaces thousands, encroaches on chemical plant

Rising floodwaters unleashed by two dam failures submerged parts of the central Michigan town of Midland on Wednesday, displacing thousands of residents and spreading into a Dow Chemical Co plant in the riverfront city.

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Mastercard to allow staff to work from home until virus fears subside

Mastercard Inc will not ask employees to return to its worldwide corporate offices until they are comfortable that the sometimes fatal coronavirus is under control with vaccines or other measures, a senior executive told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Cyclone Amphan loses intensity as it crosses Bangladesh

Cyclone Amphan which was centred over the district of Satkhira and adjoining areas has moved northwards to Jhenaidah on early Thursday.

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A nurse struggled with COVID-19 trauma. He was found dead in his car

Becoming a nurse in 2018 was a dream come true for William Coddington.

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Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million, infections rising in South America

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 5 million on Wednesday, with Latin America overtaking the United States and Europe in the past week to report the largest portion of new daily cases globally.

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Man sentenced to death in Singapore on Zoom call

A judge in Singapore has sentenced a man to death via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, one of just two known cases where a capital punishment verdict has been delivered remotely.

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Taiwan president rejects Beijing rule; China says 'reunification' inevitable

Taiwan cannot accept becoming part of China under its “one country, two systems” offer of autonomy , President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, strongly rejecting China’s sovereignty claims and likely setting the stage for an ever worsening of ties.

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২০২২ বিশ্বকাপ পর্যন্ত বেলজিয়ামের কোচ মার্তিনেস

বেলজিয়ামের সঙ্গে চুক্তির মেয়াদ বাড়িয়েছেন কোচ রবের্তো মার্তিনেস। ২০২২ বিশ্বকাপ শেষ হওয়া পর্যন্ত দলটির দায়িত্বে থাকবেন ৪৬ বছর বয়সী এই স্প্যানিয়ার্ড।

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অনুশীলনে ফিরে উচ্ছ্বসিত রোনালদো

অন্য সবার মতো ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদোও ঘরবন্দি জীবনে অস্থির হয়ে উঠেছিলেন। অপেক্ষায় ছিলেন, কবে ফিরবেন মাঠে। অবশেষে অনুশীলনে ফিরতে পেরে ভীষণ খুশি ইউভেন্তুস ফরোয়ার্ড।

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Cyclone Amphan begins landfall in India's West Bengal

Cyclone Amphan has begun to make landfall in West Bengal as strong winds and heavy rains lashed India's eastern coastline.

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আমেরিকায় ফিরল ফুটবল

করোনাভাইরাস পরিস্থিতি কিছুটা উন্নতি হতেই ধীরে ধীরে মাঠে ফিরতে শুরু করেছে ফুটবল। এশিয়া ও ইউরোপের কয়েকটি দেশের পর আমেরিকার প্রথম দেশ হিসেবে ঘরোয়া লিগ পুনরায় শুরু করেছে কোস্টা রিকা।

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Britain's Rolls-Royce to axe 9,000 jobs in air travel slump

Rolls-Royce plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs, or more than a sixth of its workforce, in the latest blows to the UK economy and aviation industry dealt by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bangladesh reports 16 more virus deaths, cases surge by 1,617

Bangladesh has registered 16 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, bringing the total to 386.

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Bangladesh moves Rohingya to island shelters as huge cyclone nears

Authorities in Bangladesh have moved hundreds of Rohingya refugees living on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to storm shelters as super cyclone Amphan, the strongest recorded in the region, barrels down, they said on Wednesday.

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In veiled warning to Iran, US tells Gulf mariners to stay clear of its warships

In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran, the US Navy issued a warning on Tuesday to mariners in the Gulf to stay 100 meters (yards) away from US warships or risk being "interpreted as a threat and subject to lawful defensive measures."

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Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state's first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely.

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Garment workers demand wages, bonuses in Dhaka protests

Disgruntled garment workers have taken to the streets to demand payment of wages and Eid-ul-Fitr bonuses in another round of protests in Dhaka during the ongoing coronavirus shutdown.

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India to help migrant workers leave cities, but infections mount

India will run more special trains and buses to allow millions of distressed migrant workers to leave big cities, the federal government said on Tuesday, as concerns grew in some states over rising infections from those returning home.

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Bangladesh evacuates 1.4m people to cyclone shelters as Amphan eyes coast

About 1.4 million people in the coastal areas of Bangladesh have taken refuge in storm shelters as of Wednesday, Cyclone Amphan moves close to the coast.

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US extends travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico land borders

The United States and Canada said on Tuesday they would extend a ban on non-essential cross-border travel by another 30 days to help the fight against the coronavirus.

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Pests in a pandemic? India's plant doctors will see you online now

When Victor Mary's husband decided to travel abroad for work, he left her a plot of land to cultivate in southern India and a new mobile phone that would help them stay in touch.

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Bangladesh raises cyclone warning to great danger signals for key ports

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has elevated the storm alert to great danger signal 9 for Chattogram and Cox's Bazar ports as the very severe cyclonic storm reached within 345 km of the country’s coastline.

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Will mandatory face masks end the burqa bans?

While face coverings are fast becoming the norm to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, visible on city streets and public transportation everywhere, the global politics that surround them are more complicated than ever — a reflection not just of this current crisis, but also of broader values and stereotypes.

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Clinic bombed as Afghan forces fend off Taliban attack on Kunduz

In a day of intensifying violence across Afghanistan, the country’s security forces bombed a clinic in the northern province of Kunduz on Tuesday in their efforts to thwart another coordinated assault by the Taliban on the provincial capital that the militants have twice overrun and continue to besiege.

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As lockdown fuels domestic abuse, social media users fight back

When British teenager Kaitlyn McGoldrick heard domestic violence was increasing under lockdown, she posted a video on social media showing victims how to make a silent emergency call to police without their attackers finding out.

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Kashmir internet blackouts hinder health services, contact tracing

For three days without internet or phone service this month, Rouf Ahmad found himself cut off from his family in Indian-administered Kashmir while his mother was receiving treatment for the deadly coronavirus.

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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc-based baby powder in US and Canada

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced that it would stop selling its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, making the decision after a consumer products "portfolio reassessment related to COVID-19."

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Bangladesh raises cyclone warning to great danger signal 10 for Payra, Mongla

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked Mongla and Payra ports to hoist great danger signal No. 10 as the very severe cyclonic storm reached within 390 km of the country’s coastline.

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‘মেসি বার্সেলোনা ছাড়বে না’

‘লিওনেল মেসিকে ইন্টার মিলানে আনা এখন আর অসম্ভব নয়’ বলে খবরের শিরোনাম হওয়া মাস্সিমো রোমাত্তি এবার বললেন ভিন্ন কথা। ক্লাবটির সাবেক সভাপতি মনে করেন, মেসি কখনোই বার্সেলোনা ছাড়বে না।

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'All my dreams are shattered': coronavirus crushes Asia’s garment industry

Zarchi Lwin pawned her only two gold bangles for $140 when the owner of the Myanmar factory where she sewed winter coats for British retailer Next Plc shut it down after orders dried up due to the coronavirus.

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মধ্য জুনের আগে সেরি আ নয়

সেরি আ মাঠে ফেরানোর পরিকল্পনা ঘিরে থাকা অনিশ্চয়তা কাটেনি একটুও। আগামী ১৫ জুনের আগে প্রতিযোগিতাটি পুনরায় শুরুর কোনো সম্ভাবনা নেই বলে জানানো হয়েছে।

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Pakistan police arrest three over 'honour killing' of teenage sisters

The father and brother of two teenage sisters shot dead in Pakistan after mobile phone video of them with a man surfaced online have been arrested, police said on Monday, drawing praise from women's rights activists.

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Bangladesh records 21 more virus deaths, caseload tops 25,000

The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh has risen to 370 after 21 new fatalities were registered in a daily count.

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Bangladesh suspends river transport services as Amphan nears coastline

Bangladesh has suspended all river transport services across the country as Cyclone Amphan moves closer to the coastline with growing intensity.

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Is the pandemic sparking suicide?

The mental health toll of the coronavirus pandemic is only beginning to show itself, and it is too early to predict the scale of the impact.

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Toronto was obeying social distance rules. Then came adorable baby foxes

A crowd of people bunched shoulder to shoulder one recent spring day on a boardwalk overlooking Lake Ontario. They leaned over a waist-high fence, taking pictures with their phones.

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Finally, a stage for female composers from Iran

Growing up in Iran, composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh was surrounded by the sounds of traditional Persian instruments like the santour and tar. She found herself, however, drawn to the piano.

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Rooms by the hour for people weary of quarantine

Netflix. Peloton. Charmin. These are well-known brands benefiting from the quarantine lifestyle. Here’s one you’ve never heard of: Globe. Its target customer is all of us who are really annoyed with the people we live with.

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Long-lasting global recession likely due to COVID-19, says World Economic Forum report

Risk managers expect a prolonged global recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the World Economic Forum showed on Tuesday.

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Food aid distributed in Kurigram by Wide Angle Foundation

Wide Angle Foundation, a voluntary organisation, is providing humanitarian assistance to those who have become unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Garment workers protest for full wages, bonuses in Dhaka amid lockdown

Disgruntled garment workers from several garment factories have poured out onto the streets of Dhaka's Kafrul to demand full payment of their salaries and Eid-ul-Fitr bonunes amid the ongoing coronavirus shutdown, according to police.

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US-China feud over coronavirus erupts at World Health Assembly

A meeting of the World Health Organization that was supposed to chart a path for the world to combat the coronavirus pandemic instead on Monday turned into a showcase for the escalating tensions between China and the United States over the virus.

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Cities hastily add pandemics to long list of 21st-century threats

In early 2018, parched by a severe drought, Cape Town rallied its residents and businesses to slash water use and stop its taps running dry. Now, lessons from the water crisis are helping the South African city respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trump threatens permanent freeze of WHO funding, to weigh US membership

US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and to reconsider the membership of the United States in the body.

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India raises alert for West Bengal, Odisha as Cyclone Amphan intensifies

The India Meteorological Department has issued a fresh cyclone alert for West Bengal and north Odisha as an extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Amphan' hurtles towards its coastline.

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India coronavirus infections surge past 100,000, deaths top 3,000

Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching the number of intensive care unit beds in the country, while the rate of growth of new infections showed little sign of slowing.

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Jailed Saudis seek influence in Washington to counter crown prince

A handful of prominent jailed Saudis and their allies, concluding they are unlikely to win release by pleading directly with their own government, are planning to press their cases in Washington, including by hiring lobbyists with connections in President Donald Trump’s orbit.

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Coronavirus deadliest in New York City's black and Latino neighbourhoods

Some New York City neighbourhoods have seen death rates from the novel coronavirus nearly 15 times higher than others, according to data released by New York City's health department on Monday, showing the disproportionate toll taken on poor communities.

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Thailand plans to go to bankruptcy court with Thai Airways rehab plan

Thailand plans to go to bankruptcy court to submit a rehabilitation plan for its national carrier, Thai Airways International, rather than go ahead with a previously planned rescue, a senior official said on Monday.

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Brazilian doctors medevac indigenous COVID-19 cases to Amazon city

The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID-19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region.

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Nasdaq to tighten listing rules, restricting Chinese IPOs

Nasdaq Inc is set to unveil new restrictions on initial public offerings (IPOs), a move that will make it more difficult for some Chinese companies to debut on its stock exchange, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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China says premature to immediately begin a COVID-19 investigation

China's foreign ministry said on Monday it was premature to immediately launch an investigation into the origins and spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 300,000 people globally.

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What did eight weeks and $3 trillion buy the US in the fight against coronavirus?

Unemployment checks are flowing, $490 billion has been shipped to small businesses, and the US Federal Reserve has put about $2.5 trillion and counting behind domestic and global markets.

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As Cyclone Amphan looms, Bangladesh plans to start evacuations Tuesday

The government will begin evacuating people in Bangladesh's coastal regions to safety on Tuesday as Cyclone Amphan approaches with growing intensity, according to Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Shah Kamal.

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Why sofas? These books explain the joys and mysteries of the home

Have you ever wondered how forks ended up with four tines, where to store off-season clothes when you live in a small space, or why there’s green felt on pool tables? These books have answers.

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Thai economy slips into recession after worst quarter in 8 years

Thailand's economy contracted at its sharpest pace in eight years in the first quarter, pushing Southeast Asia's second largest economy into recession sooner than expected, as the coronavirius pandemic hit tourism and domestic activity.

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COVID-19 claims life of another Bangladeshi policeman

Another policeman has succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection, raising the death toll within the Bangladesh law-enforcement agency's ranks to nine.

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BSMMU introduces online appointment to reduce patient suffering

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has introduced an online appointment system to lessen the suffering of patients and contain the risks of contagion from the waiting service seekers amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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Have you given yourself a tattoo yet?

Shaved heads, dyed hair, billowing beards: Many are using their newly found free time to alter their appearances.

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The unnervingly easy experience of driving in New York City right now

A late morning drive down Fifth Avenue, starting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the lanes are normally choked with inching traffic, now passes by almost impossibly quickly. Glance down at the speedometre, and you might miss Rockefeller Centre.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank board

SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday that Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma will resign from its board, in the latest departure by a high-profile ally of CEO Masayoshi Son.

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Amphan turns into ‘very severe’ cyclonic storm as it approaches Bangladesh

Cyclone Amphan has intensified into a ‘very severe’ cyclonic storm as it hurtles towards the coastlines of Bangladesh and India's West Bengal.

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India to privatise state-run companies and halt fresh insolvencies amid COVID-19 pandemic

India said on Sunday it would privatise state-run companies in non-strategic sectors and stop fresh insolvency cases for a year, as the country battles with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan falls into recession, and worse lies ahead

Japan fell into a recession for the first time since 2015, as its already weakened economy was dragged down by the coronavirus’ effect on businesses at home and abroad.

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By default: Virus threatens to derail retail boom for Indian lenders

Indian lenders are facing a jump in coronavirus-related defaults on credit card dues, personal and vehicle loans, forcing them to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars and take steps like asking sales staff to track down borrowers who have vanished.

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‘Straight-up fire’ in his veins: Teen battles new COVID syndrome

When a sprinkling of a reddish rash appeared on Jack McMorrow’s hands in mid-April, his father figured the 14-year-old was overusing hand sanitizer — not a bad thing during a pandemic.

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100 babies stranded in Ukraine after surrogate births

The babies lie in cribs, sleeping, crying or smiling at nurses, swaddled in clean linens and apparently well cared for, but separated from their parents as an unintended consequence of coronavirus travel bans.

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Fed chairman says recovery may ‘stretch’ through end of 2021

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, said that the United States would have a slow recovery from what he called the “biggest shock that the economy’s had in living memory,” suggesting that a full rebound from virus-induced lockdowns could take until the end of 2021.

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One crew member dead as Canadian forces' Snowbirds jet crashes in British Columbia

A jet from the Canadian air force's Snowbirds aerobatics team that was on a tour to lift spirits during the coronavirus outbreak crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia, on Sunday, killing one crew member and seriously injuring the other, defence officials said.

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Apple reopening 25 more US stores, will soon top 100 worldwide

Apple Inc will this week reopen more than 25 of its branded stores in the United States, the company said on Sunday, continuing a gradual process that has unlocked doors at nearly a fifth of its worldwide retail outlets.

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Iran Supreme Leader says Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria

Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, renewing Iran's demand for US troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East.

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In Mexico, one of world's biggest food markets stirs unease about infections

Every day, thousands of Mexicans crowd a massive food market that is a lynchpin of the capital's food supply, though it sits at the heart of a major hotspot for the virus.

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Anti-tobacco groups demand increase in prices, taxes to fight COVID-19

The anti-tobacco organisations have demanded hike in prices and taxes of tobacco products in the upcoming national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year.

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China asks United States to stop 'unreasonable suppression' of Huawei

China's foreign ministry said on Saturday the United States needed to stop the "unreasonable suppression" of Chinese companies like Huawei, and a Chinese newspaper said the government was ready to retaliate against Washington.

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Coronavirus toll will worsen if people don’t stay home: health minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has expressed concern that people are leaving their homes and crowding public spaces despite the continued rise of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh private hospitals fail to pay doctors on time during shutdown: survey

At least 61 percent of doctors at private hospitals have not been receiving their salaries on time amid the coronavirus shutdown, a survey has found.

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I left my troubled city behind. Now I feel guilty

I didn’t want to leave the city.

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Australia says China ignores calls to ease trade tension

Australia urged China on Sunday to respond to its requests to discuss easing tensions between the two trading partners after Canberra called for an international enquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus.

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Bangladesh reports 1,273 virus cases in steepest daily jump, death toll hits 328

The tally of coronavirus infections in Bangladesh has soared to 22,268 after 1,273 COVID-19 cases were detected in a daily count, the steepest  single-day spike.

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Why bombs made in America have been killing civilians in Yemen

Year after year, the bombs fell — on wedding tents, funeral halls, fishing boats and a school bus, killing thousands of civilians and helping turn Yemen into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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Rohingya drug suspect killed in BGB 'shootout' in Teknaf

A Rohingya refugee with suspected ties to drug trafficking has been killed in a so-called shootout with Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf Upazila.

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Iran news agency warns US against any move on fuel shipment to Venezuela

An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday there would be repercussions if the United States acted "just like pirates" against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela.

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শঙ্কা আর উৎকণ্ঠাকে সঙ্গী করে মাঠে ফিরল ইউরোপের শীর্ষ পাঁচ লিগের অন্যতম বুন্ডেসলিগা। জার্মানির লিগ থেকে কিছুটা মিলল আভাস- লা লিগা, প্রিমিয়ার লিগ ও সেরি আ ফিরলে, সেগুলোও বুঝি এমনই হবে!

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India should talk to Taliban if Delhi feels it will bolster peace push: Pakistan's US envoy

 India should speak with Taliban militants if it feels that it will help the peace process, Pakistan's envoy to Washington said on Saturday, after a series of attacks in Afghanistan raised questions about whether the US peace effort may collapse.

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Now more than ever, Facebook is a ‘Mark Zuckerberg production’

On Jan 27, at a regularly scheduled Monday morning meeting with top executives at Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg turned the agenda to the coronavirus. For weeks, he told his staff, he had been hearing from global health care experts that the virus had the makings of a pandemic, and now Facebook needed to prepare for a worst-case scenario — one in which the company’s ability to combat misinformation, scammers and conspiracy theorists would be tested as never before.

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Lobby heroes of the lockdown

When Genc Rrahmani was growing up in Kosovo, he would fantasise about his future life in New York City. “I was thinking that the US has a lot of money,” Genc said recently. “That I would work hard and start a business, and have a beautiful future with a beautiful family.”

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Democrats launch probe of Trump's firing of State Dept watchdog

Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trump's move to oust the State Department's internal watchdog, accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration.

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How to preserve and store your hearty greens

Whether you’re returning from an overambitious trip to the supermarket or organising an unruly haul from your CSA or farmers’ market, storing your seasonal bounty can be a challenge. Sturdy greens like kale, collard greens, Swiss chard, mustard greens and others can take up a lot of valuable real estate. You can store them in a fraction of the space — and prolong their life — by simply chilling them raw or cooked, or blanching and freezing them. Here’s how.

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Bangladesh raises warning signal to No. 4 as Cyclone Amphan nears

Bangladesh has raised the storm alert to local cautionary signal No. 4, as Cyclone Amphan moved further to the north-west.

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Dancers bring Saturday night fever back to Wuhan as lockdown relaxed

Wearing masks and keeping about a metre apart, men and women in Wuhan were dancing once again on a Saturday night by the side of the Yangtze river, which winds through the central Chinese city where the novel coronavirus pandemic began.

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Obama says US lacks leadership on virus in commencement speeches

Without the springtime rituals of traditional graduation ceremonies, former President Barack Obama delivered two virtual commencement addresses Saturday, urging millions of high school and college graduates to fearlessly carve a path and “to seize the initiative” at a time when he says the nation’s leaders have fumbled the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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'Hello learned Samsung': e-justice off to a rocky start in Bangladesh

When a lawyer logged in to an online court hearing with his smartphone, his initial reaction was one of confusion, which soon turned into embarrassment.

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Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases

Brazil's confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose on Saturday past those of Spain and Italy, which was once the epicentre of the pandemic, making Brazil's outbreak the fourth largest in the world, according to official figures.

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Trump says he is considering restoring some funding to WHO, no decision made

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration was considering numerous proposals about the World Health Organisation, including one in which Washington would pay about 10% of its former level.

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New COVID-19 cases in New York coming from people leaving home -Cuomo

New York's new confirmed COVID-19 cases are predominantly coming from people who left their homes to shop, exercise or socialise, rather than from essential workers, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday.

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Messi prefers not to think too much about infection risk as La Liga return looms

Lionel Messi believes he is better off not thinking too much about the risk of being infected by the coronavirus as Spanish football clubs step up their return to activity, saying he looks forward to getting back to playing matches.

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The world’s stadiums become a lifeline

Over the course of the past eight weeks, images that once seemed impossible to envision have become familiar. We know, now, what a planet living with a pandemic looks like: City streets deserted, shops and bars and restaurants shuttered, roads stripped bare of traffic and skies untouched by aircraft.

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Bangladesh issues alert as depression intensifies over Bay of Bengal

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has advised maritime ports to keep a distant cautionary signal No. 1 hoisted as a depression over the Bay of Bengal threatens to turn into a cyclone as it moves towards the country's coast.

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Bangladesh's virus caseload nears 21,000, death toll hits 314

Bangladesh has registered 16 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, raising the death toll to 314.

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Trump says US working with other countries on coronavirus vaccine

President Donald Trump said on Friday the US government was working with other countries to develop, quickly, a vaccine to prevent infection by the coronavirus while also preparing for its distribution once one is ready.

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Garment workers protest for back pay in Dhaka's Mohakhali

Disgruntled workers of 'Apparels' garment factory have descended on the streets of Dhaka's Mohakhali to demand back pay amid the coronavirus shutdown.

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Cambodia says all COVID-19 patients recovered, no new cases for a month

Cambodia's last patient with the new coronavirus has recovered and left hospital, leaving the Southeast Asian country with zero cases, the health ministry said on Saturday, while urging continued vigilance.

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Modi’s popularity soars as India weathers the pandemic

Just before the coronavirus arrived in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced serious challenges, perhaps the biggest of his tenure.

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Miss your friends? Try being a teenager in love

Gabby Rodriguez and Kai Laidhold ask to see each other every day. The answer from their parents is always the same: No.

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Listening during a pandemic

Crises have a way of shining a klieg light on the quality and depth of one’s relationships. Following major hurricanes, severe winter storms, electrical outages and terrorist attacks such as 9/11, there tends to be an uptick in divorces and breakups, as well as marriages and pregnancies. Lawyers and demographers are already predicting a wave of COVID-divorces and coronababies as the pandemic has the potential to both bring us together and drive us apart.

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24 migrants killed in collision between trucks in India

A truck packed with migrant labourers trying to reach their distant homes amid a nationwide lockdown over the coronavirus has crashed in northern India, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 30 others, reports Indian news broadcaster NDTV.

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Memers are taking over TikTok

Since launching in the US in 2018, TikTok has cemented itself in viral culture. It has given birth to dance crazes, popular catchphrases and food trends. It has also jump-started the careers of a generation of young influencers.

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Crowds at Wuhan clinics fear coronavirus testing could rekindle disease

As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the test centres expressed concern on Saturday that the very act of getting tested could expose them to the coronavirus.

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India's coronavirus infections surpass China, but contagion slowing

India's total novel coronavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion.

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Make ice cream, in a mason jar

Making ice cream at home feels like alchemy, a complex process of mixing and cooling.

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Aid workers race to stop coronavirus spreading in world's largest refugee camp

Aid workers in Bangladesh raced to stop the coronavirus spreading through the world's largest refugee settlement on Friday, installing isolation treatment centres and hand washing stations, after the first cases were confirmed.

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Why are women-led nations doing better with COVID-19?

Monday was a day of triumph for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Thanks to the efforts of the entire nation, she said, New Zealand had been largely successful in meeting its ambitious goal of eradicating, rather than just controlling, outbreaks of COVID-19. The lockdown she had put in place March 25 could now end.

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India watchdog reviewing antitrust allegations against Facebook's WhatsApp

India’s antitrust watchdog is looking into allegations that Facebook’s WhatsApp is abusing its dominant position by offering payment services to its vast base of messaging app users in the country, three sources told Reuters on Friday.

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Residents of Bogota slum facing eviction despite quarantine

Hundreds of people expected to be evicted from their hillside homes in a slum of Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, despite having nowhere to go during the country's coronavirus lockdown.

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Caught in Trump-China feud, WHO leader under siege

When the head of the World Health Organisation returned from a whirlwind trip to Beijing in late January, he wanted to praise China’s leadership publicly for its initial response to the new coronavirus. Several advisers suggested he tone the message down, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

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JC Penney files for bankruptcy protection

JC Penney Co Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday with plans to permanently close some stores and also explore a possible sale, making it the latest brick-and-mortar retailer to crumble as prolonged store closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic drive a final stake through long-troubled businesses.

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