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  Melbourne imposes curfew as South Africa tops 500,000 COVID-19 cases

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 06:04pm on August 02, 2020

  Australia’s second-largest city Melbourne imposed an overnight curfew on Sunday to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, as South Africa’s infection topped half a...

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  Millions of children ‘may never return to school’ after pandemic

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:26pm on July 13, 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic has caused an ‘unprecedented education emergency’ with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back...

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  US provides $7m donation for low-income Dhaka dwellers

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:40pm on July 09, 2020

  The United States has provided $7 million to a food assistance project in Bangladesh for helping 50,000 low-income households those are at high risk amid...

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  Daily Mirror, Daily Express owner Reach to cut over 500 jobs

  New Age . Online Desk | Updated at 06:05pm on July 08, 2020

  The owner of the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express was to cut 12 per cent of its workforce as it struggles with the impact...

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  New swine flu with pandemic potential found in China

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 04:46pm on June 30, 2020

  Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in...

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  Worldwide COVID-19 death toll now reaches 463,999

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 10:07am on June 21, 2020

  The confirmed coronavirus cases reached 8,768,285, globally, with over 463,999 fatalities, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University on Sunday...

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  World Bank approves $1.05b loans for job creation in Bangladesh

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:29pm on June 20, 2020

  The World Bank has approved $1.05 billion in loans to Bangladesh to create quality jobs and respond to COVID-19 pandemic. Washington-based global lender on Friday...

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  Saudi Arabia plans to reopen Makkah mosques from tomorrow

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:17pm on June 20, 2020

  Saudi Arabia plans to reopen from Sunday mosques in Makkah, the holiest city in Islam, after they were closed for three months due to the...

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  Survey says number of online news readers goes up due to pandemic

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 03:33pm on June 16, 2020

  Increasing numbers of readers are paying for online news around the world even if the level of trust in the media in general remains very...

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  Saudi faces perilous hajj call as coronavirus spikes

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 03:11pm on June 16, 2020

  Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year’s hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say, a...