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UN report: Severe economic downturn undermines development in Africa 4 Addis Ababa
Date: 2021-03-31 15:45:39 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:71 - ID:8883986
Despite the relatively few number of cases compared to the number of cases in other continents, the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to strongly impact living conditions and development progress in Africa. The crisis is already increasing ....
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UN report: Severe economic downturn undermines development in Africa 3 Addis Ababa
Date: 2021-03-31 15:45:06 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:70 - ID:8883981
“We are facing the worst health and economic crisis in 90 years. As we mourn the growing death toll, we must remember that the choices we make now will determine our collective future,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who will address ....
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UN report: Severe economic downturn undermines development in Africa 2 Addis Ababa
Date: 2021-03-31 15:39:24 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:69 - ID:8883976
Developed economies, projected to see a 4 per cent output growth in 2021, shrank the most, by 5.6 per cent, due to economic shutdowns and subsequent waves of the pandemic, increasing the risk of premature austerity measures that would only derail ....
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Tourist arrival down 87% in January 2021 as UNWTO calls for stronger coordination to restart tourism
Date: 2021-03-31 11:42:09 GMT - Spain - World - SN:43 - ID:8883228
MADRID, March 31 (MENA) - Following a difficult end to 2020, global tourism suffered further setbacks in the beginning of the year as countries tightened travel restrictions in response to new virus outbreaks. According to the latest edition of ....
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Israel registers 422 new coronavirus cases within past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-03-31 10:59:23 GMT - Israel - World - SN:37 - ID:8882816
GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry registered 422 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours, reported Yedioth Ahronoth. In a statement issued Wednesday, the ministry said only 1% of the 44,746 conducted Covid-19 tests ....
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Experts fear Olympics could trigger global superspreader event
Date: 2021-03-31 09:02:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:8882653
TOKYO, March 31 (MENA) - The Tokyo Summer Olympics has survived being postponed, a mountain of scandal and bad publicity. Now comes the real challenge: pulling off the world’s biggest sporting event safely in the middle of a pandemic, The Japan ....
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Paris mayor calls for schools to be closed to rein in COVID-19
Date: 2021-03-31 08:35:53 GMT - France - World - SN:22 - ID:8882673
PARIS, March 31 (MENA) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday that schools should be closed to rein in the spread of the COVID-19 virus, speaking ahead of possible new restrictive measures to be announced later in the day by the government, US ....
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Five killed, two injured in bomb blast in Kapisa, Afghanistan
Date: 2021-03-31 08:15:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8882441
KABUL, March 31 (MENA) - Five people were killed and two more were wounded in an explosion in Kapisa province, north of Kabul, Tolo news reported Wednesday quoting a local official. The explosion targeted a vehicle carrying the head of the ulema ....
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US records 60,540 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-31 08:10:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8882502
WASHINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - The US reported 60,540 new coronavirus infections and 846 virus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University data released Wednesday. According to JHU's tally, the nationwide ....
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US orders non-essential diplomats to leave Myanmar
Date: 2021-03-31 06:49:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8882400
WASHINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - The US State Department has ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, it said in a statement Tuesday, amid a crackdown on protesters that has killed hundreds since the country's military coup began, ....
