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Combating coronavirus: Elton John's 'Living Room Concert for America' rais
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 2 (ANI): Singer Elton John, who hosted a star-studded 'iHeart Living Room Concert for America' on Sunday, with a view to bringing relief amid the coronavirus pandemic, has raised nearly USD eight million, reported Variety.
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Coronavirus: Release of 'Minions: Rise of Gru,' 'Sing 2' pushed back
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 2 (ANI): The release dates of two of universal movies - 'Minions: Rise of Gru' and 'Sing 2'- has been pushed back owing to the global coronavirus crises.
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Coronavirus can travel 27 feet, stay in air for hours, says MIT researcher
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 2 (ANI): Staying six feet away from others may not work, an MIT researcher has warned - saying the coronavirus can rather travel 27 feet and can linger for hours.
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Jazz legend Ellis Marsalis Jr dies of complications from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 2 (ANI): Ellis Marsalis Jr., a jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of New Orleans musical clan died on Wednesday after battling pneumonia brought by the new coronavirus. He was 85.
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival called off due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 1 (ANI): The UK's largest arts festival -- Edinburgh Fringe Festival -- has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis.
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And China's deadly 'wet markets' are back
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): China's notorious 'wet markets' have reopened -- selling bats, pangolins and dogs for human consumption.
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Trump signs USD 2.2 trillion coronavirus relief plan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a USD 2.2 trillion economic rescue package to combat the coronavirus outbreak and send economic relief to workers and businesses squeezed by restrictions meant to stop the spread of the deadly virus.
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COVID-19: Indian-Americans offer free accommodation to stranded Indian stu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 28 (ANI): The Indian-American community is giving some ray of hope to the Indian students who are stranded in the United States due to a lockdown imposed in countries to contain COVID-19.
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Will discuss coronavirus pandemic with Xi Jinping, says Trump
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that he will be speaking with Chinese President Xi Jinping later in the evening to discuss the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 20,000 lives globally.
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Democracies like US, India should lead efforts to combat COVID-19: US Stat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): Democracies like the United States and India should lead the effort around the world to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Morgan Ortagus, the spokesperson for the US State Department said on Thursday.
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No room for any religious terrorism, says Morgan Ortagus on Kabul Gurudwar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): Talking on the recent Kabul Gurudwara terror attack, US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus on Thursday said that there is no room for any religious terrorism and the US are trying to work towards peaceful resolutions in Afghanistan.
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Here's how China misled the world on coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): The coronavirus or COVID-19 has brought life to a near standstill in almost every part of the world. The virus, which has originated in central China's Hubei Province has claimed more than 20,000 lives so far and continues to adversely affect more than 1
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