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In a series of tweets, Khan alleged that India was trying to show Kashmiris' right to struggle for self-determination guaranteed in UN Security Council Resolutions.

From the Vatican to mosques and temples, shuttered places of worship are streaming religious services for a global audience seeking spiritual help and connections with others during the pandemic.

London-based Sri and Gopi Hinduja, owners of the sprawling Hinduja Group of companies, have furloughed around 360 employees at Optare, their bus-making firm based in northern England.

WHO officials say they are in regular contact with Taiwan and that Taiwanese officials are often included in technical meetings.

Beijing wants to spread its claims of being successful at controlling the virus, and show off the supplies and medical experts it is sending around the world. It also seeks to obscure the origins of the virus.

Despite Slovenia declaring an end to the epidemic, experts clarified that the disease was still present in the country.

Aid workers have warned of a potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant Covid-19 outbreak in the refugee camps outside Cox's Bazar.

Demand for hydroxychloroquine surged after Trump touted it in early April, and US regulators have since authorized its emergency use for coronavirus patients.

The jobless rate fell to 7.8% from 8.1% in the fourth quarter, hitting its lowest since late 2008, INSEE's quarterly unemployment survey found.

The Fed and Congress have taken far-reaching steps to try to counter what is likely to be a severe downturn resulting from the widespread shutdown of the US economy.

The Aditya Birla Group flagship Hindalco cemented its position as the world's largest producer of value-added aluminium products with the completion of the USD 2.8 billion acquisition of Aleris by its wholly-owned US subsidiary Novelis Inc last month.

Neither the global economy nor the US economy are reopening in a synchronised manner. That uneven progress could, for example, make it much harder for manufacturers that rely on materials from abroad to recover.

It's not just popular at home either — China itself has even signed a deal to import Italian rice.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

When asked for an explanation of the US move, a State Department official said that China had "repeatedly blocked compromises that would have allowed the Council to move forward."

In recent weeks, Trump has been recounting other countries' calls for help. He said he'd offered Russia's Vladimir Putin ventilators during a call on Thursday.