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[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion. The diatribe from the Republican incumbent came as data showed the United States shed …

[ad_1] The virus is believed to have originated late last year from a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that sold wild animals for human consumption, but there has been speculation about a top-secret laboratory in ground zero city. United States President Donald Trump, along with members of the …

[ad_1] Comoros has announced its first confirmed coronavirus infection, making it the second African country to report a Covid-19 case. The Indian Ocean archipelago and the small mountainous kingdom of Lesotho were the only two countries with no recorded case of coronavirus on the continent. Plus: “On this day of …

[ad_1] File photo: Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane arrives at the White House in Washington DC on August 5, 2014. Photo: Michael Reynolds / (EPA). Lesotho’s main political party, the ABC, has reportedly issued an ultimatum to the conflicting Prime Minister Tom Thabane to resign this weekend or be removed …

[ad_1] Zimbabwe-born billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has called on global lenders from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to establish a special-purpose fund to help Zimbabwe and Sudan respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Econet founder Masiyiwa argued that, unlike many other developing countries, Zimbabwe and Sudan have struggled to …

[ad_1] Keeping you up-to-date with the latest coronavirus (Covid-19) news from around the world. FOLLOW THE LIVE UPDATE | All the latest coronavirus and crash updates Thunberg donates $ 100,000 to support children during pandemic Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $ 100,000 prize she won from a …

[ad_1] Britain organized an air liftoff and 140,000 people sent out cards to mark the 100th birthday on Thursday of a World War II veteran whose amazing fundraising efforts have inspired a country deep in a coronavirus outbreak. Having served Britain in the past century, “Captain Tom” Moore has gotten …

[ad_1] Venice – “The flora and fauna of the lagoon they have not changed during blocking. What has changed is our opportunity to see “says zoologist Andrea Mangoni, immersing his camera in that of Venice normally cloudy waters to observe life. A crab tries to grab the intrusive lens, jellyfish …

[ad_1] Beijing and Washington have repeatedly clashed over the outbreak as tensions have skyrocketed between the world’s two largest economic powers. United States President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the new coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 19, 2020, in Washington, DC. Image: AFP WASHINGTON …

[ad_1] The newspaper headline posters show the main headlines of Zimbabwe’s daily newspapers. (Photo: EPA-EFE / AARON UFUMELI) In his latest front-line report, Maverick Citizen’s Thandekile Moyo continues a series of articles analyzing life in Zimbabwe under the Covid-19 blockade; what has changed, what has not and what will never …