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Coronavirus deaths surge past 13,000 as one billion confined to homes

3:21 pm March 22, 2020

Rome: Nearly one billion people around the world were confined to their homes on Sunday, as the coronavirus death toll crossed 13,000 and factories were shut in worst-hit Italy after another single-day fatalities record. The raging pandemic has forced lockdowns in 35 countries across the globe, disrupting lives, travel and businesses as governments scramble to […]

Coronavirus risks taking heavy toll on migrants in Europe

9:02 pm March 21, 2020

Berlin: Syrian refugee Mahmoud Ajlouni was due to pick up his new German residency permit last week but found the door firmly shut at the processing office in Berlin. Virus toll in Iran climbs as lockdowns deepen across Mideast “I had an appointment,” he said, adding he has “no idea” when he’ll be able to […]

Greek police use tear gas on migrants at Turkish border

6:26 pm March 18, 2020

Thessaloniki (Greece): Clashes broke out overnight on Greece’s border with Turkey early Wednesday, after 500 migrants attempted to break down a border fence and enter Greece. Greek police said they used tear gas to repel the push to break down the fence south of the Kastanies border crossing. They said Turkish authorities also fired tear […]

Italy struggles to make room for onslaught of virus patients

10:41 am March 18, 2020

Brescia: Three weeks into Italy’s coronavirus crisis, Dr. Sergio Cattaneo has seen an unused ward outfitted into an intensive care unit in six days, a hospital laundry room converted into a giant stretcher-filled waiting room and a tented field hospital erected outside to test possible new virus patients. But Cattaneo, head of anesthesiology and intensive […]

Sex workers face ruin amid virus fears, brothel closures

8:59 pm March 17, 2020

Berlin: It’s 7 pm on a Friday night, a time when Aurel Johannes Marx’s three-room brothel on the edge of Berlin would normally be preparing for its first customers. Sex for sale has long been a staple part of the German capital’s freewheeling nightlife. Iran reports 113 new virus deaths, raising total to 724 But […]