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Italians protest COVID-19 restrictions as cases surge
Max Civili Press TV, Rome From north to south, Italy has seen dozens of demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions since the country's central and regional governments reinforced measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic while daily infections in the country are on the rise. The number of COVID cases has been surging in Italy for several days, surpassing the 20,000 mark on Sunday, although new daily infections dropped by over 4,000 a day later. ...
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Pakistanis attach least hope to any US presidential candidate
Javed Rana Press TV, Islamabad As observers say, Pakistan’s government may have current American President Donald Trump as its favorite candidate in next week’s presidential election. The reason is the Pakistan-backed peace deal the White House finalized with the Taliban early this year to withdraw all American troops from neighboring Afghanistan. However, many people in Pakistan make little distinction between the Republican Party’s candidate, Donald Trump, and the Democratic Party’s contestant, Joe ...
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NASA finds water on moon's sunlit surface
The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Monday, and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system. "We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics, said. The moon lacks the ...
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Iran takes harsher COVID measures following leader's decree
Yusef Jalali Press TV, Tehran The coronavirus has resurged more strongly in Iran on Monday, Iran recorded the highest single-day death toll, with 337 people succumbing to the virus. Some 6,000 new infections were registered on the same day. The rise in fresh cases and deaths comes despite a mask mandate the government put in place in Tehran and other red zones. Experts link the resurgence of the virus to the flu ...
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