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[ad_1] GENEVA: The head of the World Trade Organization announced on Thursday (May 14) that he will resign on August 31, a year before his term ends, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that is raging the global economy. Roberto Azevedo said it had been a “personal decision” reached with his family, …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Restaurants, cafes and bars in Australia’s most populous state were reopening on Friday (May 15) after a two-month shutdown under COVID-19 lockdown measures, boosting the federal government’s bid to get people back in work and the economy back on track . The easing of quarantine measures in New …

[ad_1] GENEVA: The coronavirus outbreak is at risk of triggering a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations warned on Thursday (May 14), calling for urgent measures to address the psychological suffering caused by the pandemic. While protecting physical health has been the main concern during the first months …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: An attempt by Estonia and Germany to overcome a stalemate between the United States and China at the United Nations Security Council, instead, seemed on Thursday (May 14) to reinforce their stalemate by action on the coronavirus pandemic . For more than seven weeks, the 15-member council …

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO: Singapore’s Temasek Holdings has joined the Facebook-backed Libra project seeking to create a worldwide digital payments network, the Swiss-based Libra Association said on Thursday (May 14). Temasek was among three new members announced for the association, including the cryptocurrency investment firm Paradigm and the private equity group …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump noted a further deterioration in his relationship with China over the new coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping at this time and going as far as to suggest that he might even cut the ties to the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India is aggressively pressing a state-backed contact tracking app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world’s second most populous nation is on its way to high social control methods Chinese-style technology. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has touted its app, Aarogya Setu, or …

[ad_1] TOKYO – Japan lifted its state of emergency in 39 of its 47 prefectures on Thursday (May 14) before the expected expiration on May 31, after a sharp drop in new Covid-19 cases across the country. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a press conference that the emergency decree, …

[ad_1] PARIS: France said Thursday (May 14) that nations of the world would have equal access to any new coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, a day after the CEO suggested that Americans would likely be the first to the row. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said …

[ad_1] CHICAGO: More than a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney damage and nearly 15 percent required dialysis, US researchers reported Thursday (May 14). The study was conducted by a team at Northwell Health, New York State’s largest healthcare provider. …