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Government must 'stop dodging and waffling' on Covid-19 says David Hare (source — www.theguardian.com) 24/04/2020 17:18:36

Playwright and director, recently recovered from coronavirus, gives damning verdict of government’s crisis response on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus...

Middle East braces for bleak Ramadan as virus threat lingers (source — www.thesundaily.my) 20/04/2020 17:58:52

RIYADH: From cancelled iftar feasts to suspended mosque prayers, Muslims across the Middle East are bracing for a bleak month of Ramadan fasting as the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic lingers.Ramadan ...

We were already knee-deep in nostalgia. Coronavirus has just made it worse | Oscar Rickett (source — www.theguardian.com) 20/04/2020 11:00:02

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. And right now, that place is the pastMemory, according to the barrister representing “coughing major” Charles Ingram in ITV’s Who Wants to be ...

Military veterans help draft PTSD guidance for NHS workers (source — www.theguardian.com) 20/04/2020 08:00:02

Measures aims to help staff deal with intense daily stress of treating coronavirus patientsMilitary veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq have drawn up a package of guidance and support to help ...

Fire wrecks Greek refugee camp after unrest over woman's death (source — www.theguardian.com) 19/04/2020 15:41:12

Iraqi woman, 47, dies after going to hospital with fever but testing negative for Covid-19A fire ripped through one of Greece’s largest migrant camps, leaving widespread damage and many people homeles...

Fire wrecks Greek migrant camp after Iraqi death sparks unrest (source — www.theguardian.com) 19/04/2020 15:41:12

Woman, 47, dies after visiting hospital with fever but testing negative for coronavirusA fire ripped through one of Greece’s largest migrant camps leaving widespread damage and many people homeless af...

Coronavirus spotlights Swedish segregation (source — www.thesundaily.my) 18/04/2020 13:37:00

STOCKHOLM: People in Sweden with foreign backgrounds are disproportionately affected by the new coronavirus, underscoring the grim reality of segregation and raising fears that a “blind spot” is maski...

Ex-Marine ran 62 miles in 19 hours in his flat to raise £6,700 for charity Age UK (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 18/04/2020 02:38:52

SUPERSOLDIER Sean Wilson ran a 62 mile ultramarathon in his flat to raise money for charity. The former Royal Marine – who toured Afghanistan and Iraq – took 19 hours to run back and forth...

Mideast debt, unemployment to spike in virus recession: IMF (source — www.thesundaily.my) 15/04/2020 13:32:50

DUBAI: Debt levels, unemployment and budget deficits will spike as the Middle East endures a coronavirus-led recession, piling pain on economies already hit by conflicts and an oil price slump, the IM...

Iraq suspends Reuters for report saying coronavirus cases were understated (source — www.smh.com.au) 15/04/2020 08:47:07

Iraqi President Barham Salih later decribed the decision to to suspend Reuters as "regrettable".

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