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[ad_1] The UK intelligence community told the government from the start that China had hidden the true scale of the pandemic, the sources say. A former high-ranking MI6 official says the ministers were told “not to believe Beijing’s claims” and to pour cold water on all the information coming out …

[ad_1] Image copyrightAFP CaptionAn efficiency artist called the “Tanzanian Joker” has been raising awareness of the virus Night burial movies have been circulating on social media in Tanzania, inflicting some to name in consultation the federal government’s method for the coronavirus pandemic. The footage shows funerals happening under strict security …

[ad_1] Iraq and Syria are fighting the resurgence of ISIS attacks as the terror group takes advantage of the coronavirus pandemic. There are 2,500 to 3,000 Islamic state fighters in Iraq, security officials estimate, and another 500 have escaped from prisons in Syria, sparking increased violence in the region. Three …

[ad_1] The North West has overtaken London as the epicenter of Britain’s coronavirus with more hospital cases than the densely populated capital. Data shared at the coronavirus briefing on Sunday showed that infected patients in London had dropped to 2,033, while those in the northwest increased to 2,191. ⚠️ Read …

[ad_1] French officials have announced that the British and those of the member states of the European Union will not be placed in mandatory 14-day quarantine if they travel to France, as suggested by the country’s health minister. In what appeared to be a direct contradiction of Olivier Véran’s statement …

[ad_1] Democratic strategists argue that the coronavirus has exposed Trump’s shortcomings as a leader and will alienate critical voters from him in November. Will Marshall, president of the Institute for Progressive Policy who has spent four decades in party politics, at least once advising a young Bill Clinton, thinks the …

[ad_1] CONCERNED The British do not want the coronavirus blockade to be lifted, as fewer than one in five support the reopening of the UK at this time, a new poll revealed. Fewer than a fifth of people think the time is right to facilitate closing measures to reopen schools, …

[ad_1] A third Russian doctor has thrown himself out of a hospital window after complaining that doctors face intolerable pressures from coronavirus. Alexander Shulepov, 37, is fighting for his life with head injuries after participating in a video that claimed he was ordered to work despite testing positive for Covid-19. …

[ad_1] The world’s middle-income economies have become the fastest-growing group of countries in the past two decades, but their workers are seriously affected by the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. As government shutdowns have paralyzed business activity in recent weeks, a generation of people who grew up with high …

[ad_1] Spaniards have been sunbathing and exercising outdoors for the second day since the coronavirus blockade was eased as the number of daily deaths in the country increased by the lowest amount in six weeks. New deaths from coronavirus in Spain increased by 164 to 25,264 today, according to data …