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[ad_1] Editor’s Note: WPR has made this article, as well as a selection of others from our COVID-19 coverage that we consider to be in the public interest, freely available for an initial two-week period. Late last month, as the coronavirus continued to spread across the globe, the World Food …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI (AFP) – The U-17 Women’s World Cup, to be held in India in November, has been postponed for three months, Fifa said Tuesday (May 12), adding to a growing list of sporting events. affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament, to be played in five cities across …

[ad_1] The experiences of refugees in Uganda exposes both a governmental and global failure. In camps like Imvepi in the north, Uganda hosts the most refugees in Africa and third most in the world. Credit: UNMISS. Read all our COVID-19 coverage As COVID-19 has spread across the world, it has …

[ad_1] … And welcome to another day of coronavirus coverage in the US. The politics of it in a minute – the president is up and tweeting – but first as ever the figures from Johns Hopkins University: US cases: 1,347,765 US deaths: 80,679 New York cases: 337,055 New York …

[ad_1] As the coronavirus epidemic gains a foothold in Ethiopia, Habtamu Kehali’s skills in operating a ventilator may, for increasing numbers of patients, mean the difference between life and death. As the country’s only respiratory therapist, Kehali is rushing to train others to run the machines used to keep severely …

[ad_1] China suspended punitive tariffs on more US goods, including aviation radar equipment, on Tuesday amid pressure from President Donald Trump to buy more imports as part of a truce in his trade war. The Finance Ministry said that rate increases on 79 types of goods, including radar sets, disinfectants …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, D.C. – How to safely reopen businesses and schools but not kick off a second wave of coronavirus infections will be a key topic Tuesday as infectious disease experts testify at a Senate hearing – a setting where the agenda is not controlled by President Donald Trump. Democratic …

[ad_1] File photo used for representation. JOHANNESBURG: The United States. the government is donating “ up to 1,000 ” fans to South Africa to help the country respond to COVID-19 as the Trump administration addresses criticism that it has not done enough for countries in need. “ South Africa is …

[ad_1] More than 14,000 people in the United States volunteer for a so-called “human challenge trial,” an ethically controversial way to test vaccines that deliberately infect people with the coronavirus. “It’s not every day that we give a healthy individual exposure to a pathogen; it’s exactly the same thing that …

[ad_1] One of the most iconic teams in Formula One and one of the most popular drivers in the global motor racing series are parting ways, after Sebastian Vettel said on Tuesday that the current season would be his last with Ferrari. Vettel, 32, joined the team in 2015 as …