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Hungary's parliament, dominated by Orban's ruling party, handed the prime minister the power from Tuesday to rule by decree until his government decides the virus crisis is over
Around the world, countries are expanding access to chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which are used to treat malaria and are known to have anti-viral properties
Tensions between the arch-foes flared in Iraq where the United States deployed Patriot air defense missiles prompting neighboring Iran to warn of consequences and demand a US withdrawal
The announcement comes after Chad's defense minister said Tuesday his country had deployed forces across its neighbors' borders to battle insurgents who killed almost 100 Chadian soldiers last month
Ninety-three COVID-19 cases have been discovered among the 4,800-strong Roosevelt crew so far
Rights group says government using coronavirus as excuse to 'settle scores' with journalists
Experts warned Tuesday that the sheer number of people impacted by tuberculosis — which leaves survivors with permanent lung damage — means there are additional millions globally vulnerable to COVID-19
Salary cuts for players could begin by April 15 to recover money from canceled games, ESPN reports
Forging ahead with Olympic preparations 'would not be in the best interest of our athletes,' says federation official about games scheduled to start late July
Global virus death toll shoots past 11,000 as US states roll out lockdown measures already imposed across swathes of Europe
RSF said it had put work by banned, exiled or killed journalists in five countries — Egypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Vietnam — on an open server, making it available for players to view despite local censorship laws
Zhao Lijian suggested in tweets that 'patient zero' in the global pandemic may have come from the United States
State media constantly exhort citizens to obey health directives and publish images showing universal facemask use -- except by the supreme leader
The protest follows the death last month of Liberian broadcaster Zenu Koboi Miller, in circumstances which sparked outrage in the impoverished West African state
A preliminary investigation found serious flaws with the construction; 29 people died and 40 were injured
Defense in cyberspace requires a series of government reforms and policies to strike back at attackers, according to the report by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission
The government said his removal was also to safeguard the 'sanctity, culture, tradition, religion and prestige' of the Kano state emirate established over a millennium ago
Von Sydow took French citizenship in 2002 and renounced his Swedish nationality, but remained fondly remembered in his homeland
Adnan Selcuk Mizrakli was mayor of Diyarbakir until he was suspended in August along with the mayors of Mardin and Van -- all of them replaced by government-appointed trustees
The IMF has already warned that the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will slow growth in the world economy to below the 2.9 percent posted last year
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