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Sri Lanka on Saturday extended the nationwide curfew in four high risk districts, including Colombo, till May 4 to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office announced, a day after the Island nation recorded the highest number of 49 infections in a single day. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bB2UVG

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The new coronavirus has killed more than 120,00 people in Europe with more than three quarters of those fatalities in Italy, France, Spain and Britain, according to an AFP tally on Saturday 1100 GMT using official figures. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eO20qJ

The Nepal government on Saturday restricted the operation of international and domestic flights until May 15 as a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aG7AYW

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's comments, which come at a time of rising tension between Washington and Tehran, were made during a telephone call to Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Iranian state media reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cMXtD2

The government on Friday extended the countrywide partial lockdown till May 9, while leaving the extent of the restrictions to the discretion of provinces. However, Prime Minister Imran Khan again opposed the total lockdown as it would badly hurt the poor. The country's coronavirus tally touched 11,940 on Saturday after 785 more patients were diagnosed with Covid-19 during the last 24 hours. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2S5Ylux

Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of "human rights advances" made by the king and his powerful son. Court ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia- sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aE2LPK

The US states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska began loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed US death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y3BpzT

The US states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska began loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed US death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y3BpzT

Asserting that China's Communist government needs to be held accountable for "lying" about the coronavirus pandemic, top Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley has launched an online petition urging the US Congress to act. More than 40,000 people have signed the 'Stop Communist China' petition by Friday night, hours after being launched by the former governor of South Carolina who has set a goal of getting 100,000 signatures. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bAa8cw

The Research and Innovation Forum of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) conducted the week-long online survey between April 14 and 21 to determine risk factors and emerging concerns within healthcare professionals as wider community data began to reflect black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) vulnerabilities during the pandemic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aDwYOS

Boris Johnson, 55, has been recuperating at the British prime ministerial retreat, Chequers, outside London since his release from hospital on April 12. But there have been increasing signs his return to Downing Street could be imminent, after officials said he had spoken to Queen Elizabeth II and also US President Donald Trump. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bFoVm0

Health experts expect the number of infections in the country of 211 million people will be much higher than what has been reported because of insufficient, delayed testing. Meanwhile, President Jair Bolsonaro has shown no sign of wavering from his insistence that Covid-19 is a relatively minor disease and that broad social-distancing measures are not needed to stop it from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cJb8Lq

There have been discussions within the White House about changing the format of the briefings to curtail the president's role, according to four White House officials and Republicans close to the White House who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aBmuj5

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China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VUSLwq

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The United States accounts for more than one fourth of the global COVID-19 deaths and over one-third of the total number of people infected with the deadly virus, latest figures revealed on Friday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/35eRwMV

Stressing that the burden is on Beijing to explain where the virus came from, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that China knew about the virus by December, 2019. Pompeo alleged that the WHO failed in its mission to protect the world from the pandemic. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eMogBf