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Coronavirus: Chile protesters clash with police over lockdown

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 0:58
related countries: Chile
related places: Santiago, El Bosque

Police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in Santiago's El Bosque district.
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Coronavirus: Brazil records third-highest Covid-19 infection level

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 8:04
related countries: Russia, Brazil, United States

Brazil is now only behind the US and Russia in numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus.
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China abductions: Parents find son snatched in hotel 32 years ago

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 8:59
related countries: China

Li Jingzhi quit her job to search China for her son, Mao Yin, who went missing in 1988.
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US sees first gig in months

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 10:45
related countries: United States
related places: Arkansas

Fans wore masks and had their temperatures taken before watching the show in Arkansas.
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Polish hit song on grieving 'censored', sparking protests

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 10:59
related countries: Poland

Public radio is accused of censoring an anti-government song that topped the charts.
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Coronavirus: Trump gives WHO ultimatum over Covid-19 handling

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 11:13
related countries: United States, China

The US president accuses the UN agency of having an "alarming lack of independence" from China.
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Pakistan: Man who kissed murdered girls in video arrested

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 12:01
related countries: Pakistan

Police in Pakistan also detained two others believed to be involved in the teenagers' killings.
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Coronavirus: What's going wrong in Sweden's care homes?

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 12:16
related countries: Sweden

Swedish healthcare is under scrutiny over the high rate of Covid-19 deaths in care homes.
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Megaraptor: Fossils of 10m-long dinosaur found in Argentina

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 12:41
related countries: Argentina

Palaeontologists say the remains date back 70 million years, close to the end of the dinosaurs.
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Sudan 'must pay' US East African embassy attack victims

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 12:56
related countries: Kenya, Tanzania, United States

The US Supreme Court rules in favour of damages over the 1998 bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Coronavirus: World Health Organization members agree response probe

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 14:46
related countries: United States, China

The vote follows criticism of the organisation and China, particularly from the United States.
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France's Macron loses majority as defectors form new party

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 15:05
related countries: France

The French president's party loses seven MPs amid further signs of dissatisfaction in parliament.
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Coronavirus: Remote controlled mask invented to allow eating

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 15:09
related countries: Israel

Israeli investors have developed a coronavirus mask that has an automatic mouth hole.
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Coronavirus: What are President Trump's charges against the WHO?

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 15:16
related countries: United States

The World Health Organization rejects US criticism it mishandled the early days of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Amphan: India and Bangladesh evacuate millions ahead of super cyclone

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 20:32
related countries: India

One of the biggest tropical storms in years is barrelling towards the coast of India and Bangladesh.
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 23:03
related countries: United States

The healthcare giant faces thousands of lawsuits from consumers claiming talc caused their cancer.
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Oil collapse: 'Right now everything I have is shut down'

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 23:08
related countries: United States

After years of boom, is the US oil industry now going bust?
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Coronavirus lockdown: The Indian migrants dying to get home

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 23:11
related countries: India

Many poor Indians, fleeing hunger in locked down cities, have died of exhaustion or in accidents.
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Afghan maternity ward attack: The newborn baby who survived two gunshots

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 23:19
related countries: Afghanistan

Amina is one of the youngest survivors of an attack on an Afghan maternity ward which killed 24 people last week.
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Coronavirus bites into Australia's bushfire recovery

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 23:33
related countries: Australia

Some tourist towns had barely survived fires when the virus hit, and locals say they are struggling.
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Rami Makhlouf: The rift at the heart of Syria's ruling family

Tuesday 19th of May 2020, 23:49
related countries: Syria

What's behind the angry videos posted by the billionaire relative of Bashar al-Assad?
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