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The Bank did not indicate which resources could be diverted to a blast recovery effort. In June, the multilateral development lender announced that it would reallocate $40 million from an existing $120 million health program for Lebanon to help the country fight the coronavirus pandemic. … [Read more...] about World Bank says ready to mobilise financing for Lebanon blast recovery

The United States has had more coronavirus cases and deaths than any other country, and the wearing of masks has become a heated political issue, with some people objecting to what they see as an infringement of personal freedom. (Reporting by Cate Cadell and Ben Blanchard Editing by Robert Birsel) … [Read more...] about China threatens countermeasures as Taiwan prepares for US visit

German officials have voiced alarm over a steady upward creep in the number of new infections over recent weeks. The national disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute, said 1,045 cases were recorded on Wednesday — the first time since May 7 that it has counted more than 1,000 cases in a day. … [Read more...] about Germany mandates tests for some arrivals as Covid-19 cases increase

"I've met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that this was not some kind of manufacturing explosion type of an event... They seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind," he said at a press briefing Tuesday evening, Reuters reported. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says US generals feel Beirut explosion ‘looks like a terrible attack’

Officials said they expected the death toll to rise further after Tuesday`s blast as emergency workers dug through rubble to rescue people and remove the dead. It was the most powerful explosion in years in Beirut, which is already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections. … [Read more...] about Beirut explosion kills 78, over 4,000 injured; Lebanon expects toll to rise