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  Last update: 04:20 GMT 10.04.2020

  04:20 GMT 10.04.2020

  Business

  Saudi Energy Minister Expects US, Others to Join OPEC+ Effort to Stabilise Oil Market

  Earlier, OPEC+ adopted a declaration of cooperation that envisages a three-stage reduction of oil production compared to the level of October 2018.

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  Last update: 06:41 GMT 10.04.2020

  06:41 GMT 10.04.2020

  Opinion

  How India is Handling COVID-19 and Racing Against the Clock to Develop Vaccines and Produce Drugs

  Until recently, India has managed to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control, but since cases started rising steadily in mid-March, the government has been mulling over further steps. Indian commentators have assessed New Delhi's coronavirus response and shed light on the country's potential to curb the crisis.

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  Last update: 04:13 GMT 10.04.2020

  04:13 GMT 10.04.2020

  World

  Live Updates: Number of COVID-19 Cases Exceeds 1.6 Million Globally

  The number of coronavirus cases registered globally reached 1,601,018, including 354,972 recoveries and 95,718 deaths, according to the latest statistics collected by Johns Hopkins University.

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  Last update: 22:57 GMT 09.04.2020

  22:57 GMT 09.04.2020

  UK

  German Defence Ministry Donates 60 Ventilators to UK Ahead of Projected COVID-19 Peak – Report

  Last Friday, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom is expected to reach its peak as soon as mid-April, prompting the country to seek medical equipment internationally due to the inability of national manufactures to produce the needed amount in time.

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  Last update: 05:30 GMT 10.04.2020

  05:30 GMT 10.04.2020

  World

  Riyadh to Gather Emergency G20 Ministerial on Friday as Follow-Up to OPEC+ Output Cut Talks

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Saudi Arabia, which is currently holding the G20 presidency, will gather the group’s energy ministers on Friday for an extraordinary virtual meeting to discuss how to stabilize the oil market and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Last update: 23:25 GMT 09.04.2020

  23:25 GMT 09.04.2020

  UK

  British Science Journal Apologizes For Associating Coronavirus with China, Urges to 'Stop Stigma'

  In 2015, the World Health Organization came up with new guidelines for naming the newly discovered diseases in order to minimize offense to the cultural, social, national, regional or other groups.

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  Last update: 00:55 GMT 10.04.2020

  00:55 GMT 10.04.2020

  Opinion

  Pandemic Panopticon: Google’s ‘Nightmarish’ User Location Database Trades Accountability for Profit

  Google has been collecting information from people’s smartphones to determine where they go and how often they leave home during the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that is akin to dystopian surveillance measures, Alan MacLeod, journalist, author and member of the Glasgow University Media Group, told Radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits Thursday.

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  Last update: 06:01 GMT 10.04.2020

  06:01 GMT 10.04.2020

  Asia & Pacific

  US Warships Struggle over COVID-19 as China Holds Naval Drills in the Pacific, According to US Media

  As the US has currently logged more COVID-19 cases than any other country, China has ceased reporting new instances of the disease, lifting the 76-day lockdown of its city of Wuhan, which was once the epicenter of the pandemic.