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Virus deaths surge in US as scaled-down hajj begins

Coronavirus deaths in the United States surged to their highest level in months as Muslim pilgrims began Wednesday a pandemic-curtailed version of their sacred...

Air pollution ‘greatest risk’ to global life expectancy

Air pollution cuts life expectancy for every man, woman and child on Earth by nearly two years, according to data released Tuesday which experts...

Gold eases from new record, equities mixed as virus spreads

Gold briefly chalked up another record Tuesday before easing later in the day as the dollar clawed back earlier losses, while equity markets struggled...

Governments losing support for their handling of COVID-19: survey

Governments are fast losing support for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak from a public that widely believes death and infection figures to be...

Record numbers of coronavirus cases in every global region

Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous...

Erdogan joins first Muslim prayer in Hagia Sophia as mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined thousands Friday in the first Muslim prayers in Hagia Sophia since the Istanbul landmark was controversially converted back...

China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu

China on Friday ordered the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu to close in retaliation for one of its missions in the...
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