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Addis Ababa, May 5, 2020 (FBC) -The US has said it wants to borrow a record $3tn in the second quarter, as coronavirus-related rescue packages blow up the budget. The sum is more than…

Addis Ababa, May 5, 2020 (FBC) - World leaders and organisations pledged $8 billion to research, manufacture and distribute a possible vaccine and treatments for COVID-19 on Monday, but the…

Addis Ababa, April 4, 2020 (FBC) - Turkey sent a shipment of medical supplies to Somalia on Monday to help the country combat the novel coronavirus outbreak. An A-400M military plane…

Addis Ababa, May  4, 2020 (FBC) -US President Donald Trump has warned that as many as 100,000 people could die of coronavirus in the US. Speaking at a two-hour virtual "town hall", Mr…

Addis Ababa, May 2, 2020 (FBC) - Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut…

Addis Ababa, May 1, 2020 (FBC) -The number of people recovering from coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide has increased to more than 1 million, according to data from Worldometer. The United…

Addis Ababa, April 30, 2020 (FBC) - German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has begun testing a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus on volunteers. BioNTech, which is working with the…

Addis Ababa, April 29, 2020 (FBC) -The United States has confirmed more than 1 million cases of COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. Since March, the US has reported more…

Addis Ababa, April 28, 2020 (FBC) -Record 50.8 million people worldwide are internally displaced due to conflict or disaster, with coronavirus posing a new threat, a report warns. In its…

Addis Ababa, April 27, 2020 (FBC) -Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions it imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte…