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‘Putin is crazy’: Russian leader lambasted over US coronavirus aid
The Irish Times 02 Apr 2020
“My country reaches out a helping hand to the people of the US ... Mr Trump described Russia’s offer of supplies as “very nice” earlier this week, when he and Mr Putin agreed to “work closely together” through the G20 group of states to combat coronavirus and its economic impact, and discussed ways to lift world oil prices from near 20-year lows ... ....
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Coronavirus: US death toll exceeds 5,000 mark after new record daily rise
The Independent 02 Apr 2020photo: Creative Commons / Fars News Agency
Coronavirus: Some patients show signs of brain ailments
The Times of India 02 Apr 2020
Sherry H-Y ... “There’s no ventilator for the brain ... Another study, published in the British Medical Journal in late March, found that of 113 patients from Wuhan who died of COVID-19, 22% had experienced disorders of consciousness, ranging from somnolence to deep coma, compared with only 1% of another group of patients who recovered from the illness ... ....
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Trump warns Iran against 'sneak attack'
Suryaa 02 Apr 2020
Trump's warning also came days after a New York Times article revealed that the Pentagon had ordered military commanders to plan for an escalated military campaign against Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq ... The next day, the US military retaliated and destroyed facilities of Kata'ib Hezbollah's (KH), a Shia militia group....
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Poll: Over Half of Britons Say Government Was Too Slow on Coronavirus
Hamodia 02 Apr 2020
More than half of Britons think Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government was too slow to order a lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday ... WhatsAppPrintEmailGmail. ....
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Twitter Deletes Egypt, Saudi Accounts Over 'Pro-Govt Direction'
Voa News 02 Apr 2020
"The media group created inauthentic accounts to amplify messaging critical of Iran, Qatar and Turkey. Information we gained externally indicates it was taking direction from the Egyptian government." ... Rights groups have accused the conservative kingdom of spying on dissidents and critical online users on Twitter ... ....
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Netanyahu can’t be trusted, nor can Benny Gantz
Middle East Monitor 02 Apr 2020
The Netanyahu-Gantz unity government will see the Likud leader stay on as Prime Minister for 18 months, after which Gantz will take the reins of power ... Ministerial portfolios will be divided between the Blue and White and Likud blocs ... .......
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Iran has no proxies, as Trump claims, but has friends - foreign minister tweets
The Star 02 Apr 2020
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has no proxies but it has friends, tweeted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said that the country or its proxies planned a sneak attack on U.S. targets in Iraq ... ....
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Emirates to resume limited passenger flights
Gulf Daily News 02 Apr 2020photo: Public Domain / John Bolton
Oil price war: Is it game over for Trump?
Russia Today 02 Apr 2020
As the US government tries to convince Russia and Saudi Arabia to put an end to the oil price war, it might just be too little, too late for the Trump Administration ... It may not be all smooth sailing ... OPEC has been unable to agree to hold an emergency meeting, suggesting that the group has no intention to cut production anytime soon ... READ MORE....
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Kris Jenner 'wants Travis Scott to propose' to Kylie Jenner amid claims they're back together
Yahoo Daily News 02 Apr 2020
From Cosmopolitan. While neither Travis Scott or Kylie Jenner have confirmed they're officially together right now, Kris Jenner from Keeping Up With The Kardashians is apparently keen for the rapper to propose ... Since then, they've been surrounded by are-they-aren't-they reports, with tonnes of speculation about if they're back together. Photo credit ... ....
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Lori Loughlin and 13 other defendants move to dismiss charges in college admissions scandal
CNN 02 Apr 2020photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
North Korea claims no case of coronavirus so far; leaves health officials skeptical
Business Line 02 Apr 2020
North Korea claimed that the country does not have a single person infected with the novel coronavirus, the disease that has spread across the world, as per media reports ... Pak Myong Su, director of the anti-epidemic department of the North's Central Emergency Anti-epidemic Headquarters, maintained that the efforts had been completely successful ... .......
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Top court rules 3 anti-migrant quota countries broke EU law
San Francisco Chronicle 02 Apr 2020
In an emergency move in 2015, EU nations agreed to relocate up to 160,000 refugees from Italy and Greece as those two countries buckled under the number of migrant arrivals ... The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland were among a small group of nations that voted against the move. In the end, only about 40,000 refugees were relocated ... ....
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AFRICOM, Air Force mismanaged $100 million drone base project in Niger, IG says
Stars and Stripes 02 Apr 2020
STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. military may have broken the law when it mismanaged funds and ineffectively planned the construction of a $100 million drone base in Niger, the Pentagon’s Inspector General said in a report issued Thursday ... Last year, U.S ... The base in Agadez had been in the works for years but ran into repeated delays ... Twitter....
