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More than 10,000 people have died

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More than 10,000 people have died from coronavirus in South Africa since the pandemic arrived in the country in March, the health ministry has said. The country has registered 553,188 infections – the fifth biggest number of Covid-19 cases in the world. The second order would ensure renters and homeowners can avoid eviction throughout the pandemic. His third order would expand unemployment benefits after additional relief funds for Americans who lost work during the pandemic expired. The order would provide $400 a week in addition to state unemployment benefits. The president claimed Democrats “have refused” to accept Republican-led stimulus packages, … Continue reading More than 10,000 people have died

Rescuers continued a desperate hunt for survivors in ruined Beirut

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Rescuers continued a desperate hunt for survivors in ruined Beirut on Tuesday as it emerged the Lebanese capital was hit by the equivalent of a nuclear blast. A state of emergency was in place as the death toll from Tuesday’s explosion hit 135 with more than 5,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. However, something is different about those arriving on Lampedusa. Rather than the queues of young males, as in 2011 during the Arab Spring, it is middle-class families with their children and pets packing into the vans. “I lost my job as a hairdresser. I have no money and came … Continue reading Rescuers continued a desperate hunt for survivors in ruined Beirut

A toddler who has spent her whole life in a detention centre is now facing being separated from her mother

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A toddler who has spent her whole life in a detention centre is now facing being separated from her mother. Huyen Tran escaped from Vietnam due to religious persecution and arrived in Australia by boat as an asylum seeker in 2011. In his first interview with a western news outlet, Mr Khangoshvili’s brother, Zurab, 46, said that he had received intelligence that his own life was in danger. “I was asked to be careful,” he said. “I don’t go out alone.” The brothers, ethnic Chechens from the Pankisi Gorge region of Georgia, worked with the Georgian intelligence service to root … Continue reading A toddler who has spent her whole life in a detention centre is now facing being separated from her mother