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Pakistan doctors treating coronavirus patients jailed for protesting lack of equipment
The Pakistani military promised Tuesday that dozens of doctors who were briefly jailed for taking to the streets in southwestern…
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What you need to know about the unproven malaria drug for coronavirus treatment
Some politicians and doctors are sparring over whether to use hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus, with many scientists saying the…
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Coronavirus: Finding social distancing loopholes not worth the risk, experts say
Setting up lawn chairs in driveways for socially-distant neighbourhood parties. Talking to one another from apartment building balconies. Driving to…
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Britain’s Boris Johnson spends night in ICU as coronavirus crisis deepens
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care Tuesday fighting the coronavirus, while authorities in New York and elsewhere…
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Australian court dismisses former Vatican minister’s child sex abuse convictions
Australia’s highest court on Tuesday unanimously dismissed the convictions of the most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse.…
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Federal judge orders new hearing after siding with woman accused of spying for Russia
A Russian-born woman who was barred from Canada for allegedly spying on behalf of Moscow will get another chance to…
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Coronavirus: Ottawa man denied time with dying parents after testing delays
An Ottawa man is calling on the government to make COVID-19 testing kits more accessible, after he was unable to…
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Chicago’s rate of coronavirus deaths, illness among Black residents alarms U.S. cities
Chicago’s mayor pledged an aggressive public health campaign aimed at the city’s black and brown communities Monday amid alarm that…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle plan to set up new charity called Archewell
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who have recently moved to the Los Angeles area after stepping down from…
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U.S. deems Russian white supremacist group a terrorist organization, sanctions members
The Trump administration on Monday designated a Russian white supremacist group a terrorist organization and hit its members with sanctions.…
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Coronavirus: Trump says 3M to supply U.S. with 55.5M face masks a month
U.S. healthcare supply company 3M has reached an agreement with the United States to produce 166.5 million face masks for…
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Can masks be sterilized, reused in fight against coronavirus? Experts say yes
As health-care workers continue on the front lines of the novel coronavirus pandemic, quantities of personal protective equipment — particularly…
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