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Under coronavirus lockdown, Delhi slum residents struggle to get water Water Scarcity

Under coronavirus lockdown, Delhi slum residents struggle to get water

In Delhi's slums, where water is scarce, washing your hands and practicing social distancing are luxuries not everyone can afford. Residents fear further shortages under India's nationwide lockdown. Getting water in Delhi's slums is rarely easy. But an India-wide lockdown to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus has left…
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April 9, 2020
Motorists Evade Checkpoints Robert Mugabe

Motorists Evade Checkpoints

Motorists are evading police check points and using alternative routes into Harare's central business district (CBD) where vehicular traffic has significantly increased over the past few days despite the 21-day lockdown meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Yesterday's light rain showers temporarily disrupted roadblocks as some police officers, who…
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April 9, 2020
Australia’s Gov’t Pledges Millions In Arts Support, Live Industry Warns ‘Time Is Running Out’ Bushfire

Australia’s Gov’t Pledges Millions In Arts Support, Live Industry Warns ‘Time Is Running Out’

BRISBANE - As Australia’s live music sector faces a cold, harsh winter, the national government casts out a lifeline. On Thursday (April 9), Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP pledged A$27 million in emergency funding for the arts, with the money targeting three…
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April 9, 2020
Kremlin calls for coordinated joint action on global oil markets Putin

Kremlin calls for coordinated joint action on global oil markets

FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks during the annual end-of-year news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2019. Picture taken December 19, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia wants coordinated joint action to stabilise global oil markets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov…
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April 9, 2020
Legendary Fleet Street photographer John Downing dies aged 79 Genocide

Legendary Fleet Street photographer John Downing dies aged 79

The acclaimed Fleet Street photographer John Downing MBE, who survived interrogation by Idi Amin's special forces and documented war zones around the world, has died aged 79.Downing visited more than 100 countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda and Uganda during a distinguished career, bringing harrowing images of conflict to newspaper front…
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April 9, 2020
Hong Kong pandas ‘get it on’ under lockdown after 10 years of indifference Panda

Hong Kong pandas ‘get it on’ under lockdown after 10 years of indifference

Two middle-aged giant pandas have finally managed to mate after living together for 10 years in a Hong Kong theme park. Notoriously perceived as lacking libido, the coronavirus lockdown seems to have brought the iconic Chinese bears months of conjugal harmony and privacy, without constant human intrusion. Ying Ying and Le…
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April 9, 2020
Explained: Why children are less affected by COVID-19, but more susceptible Belfast

Explained: Why children are less affected by COVID-19, but more susceptible

By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Published: April 9, 2020 2:39:15 pm Children during lockdown in Jerusalem, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo: Ariel Schalit)With new information about the novel coronavirus emerging everyday, it is becoming clearer how the virus affects people of different age groups. Research suggests that while…
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April 9, 2020