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Spain reports more than 20,000 coronavirus deaths

The death toll from the coronavirus in Spain, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, moved past 20,000 on Saturday, the health ministry said. A total of 20,043

Coronavirus: Africa’s death toll crosses 1,000

A boy wearing a face mask carries a small bowl of “githeri”, or mixed beans and maize, for him to eat as he walks past an informational mural warning people

570 more Bangladeshis in Singapore test COVID-19 positive in one day

A total of 570 Bangladeshis tested positive for COVID-19 in Singapore just in one day on Saturday. With this, the number of Bangladeshis infected by the virus rose to 2,597

257 Canadian, 285 Australian nationals leave by chartered flights

A total of 257 Canadian citizens and 285 Australian who were stranded here due to COVID-19 pandemic left Dhaka on Thursday for their respective countries by separate chartered flights. A chartered

Global toll soars to 73,000

The COVID-10 pandemic’s relentless death march across the planet has already claimed more than 73,000 victims out of 1.32 million confirmed cases, with warnings that much worse is yet to

Global coronavirus death toll tops 40,000

The novel coronavirus pandemic killed more than 40,000 people worldwide with nearly three-quarters of the deaths in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 16:20 GMT Tuesday using official figures.

Roadside bomb kills 7 civilians in S. Afghanistan

Seven civilians lost their lives and two others sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck a mini-bus in Gershk district of the southern Helmand province on Wednesday, provincial government spokesman

Iran virus deaths reach 2,757, infections cross 40,000

Iran’s official coronavirus death toll reached 2,757 on Monday and the number of infections crossed 40,000, as President Hassan Rouhani’s political opponents slammed his response to the outbreak. The Islamic