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GBNEWS24 DESK// US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is considering hosting world leaders for the annual G7 summit at his Camp David retreat despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis, as the global death toll soared past 325,000.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A trial to see whether two anti-malarial drugs could prevent Covid-19 has begun in Brighton and Oxford. Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine or a placebo will be given to more than 40,000 healthcare workers from Europe,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The US has announced it will withdraw from a major accord that permits unarmed aerial surveillance flights over dozens of participating countries. The Open Skies Treaty came into force in 2002 and is designed to boost…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Jacob Rees-Mogg will later face MPs over plans to bring them all back to Westminster in two weeks' time. The Commons leader believe MPs cannot do their job properly via video link - and he wants them to set an example to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US President Donald Trump threatened Monday to permanently freeze US funding to the World Health Organization unless “substantive improvements” were made within the next 30 days. Washington suspended funding to the WHO…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Myanmar has made south-east Asia’s largest-ever seizure of synthetic drugs in raids that revealed “unprecedented” production of opioids in the area, the UN has said. Between February and April, authorities swooped on…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The World Health Organization will on Monday kick off its first ever virtual assembly, but fears abound that US-China tensions could derail the strong action needed to address the COVID-19 crisis. The World Health…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Women and children were among at least 27 civilians murdered in two separate attacks in the troubled northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials told AFP on Sunday. The first incident, in the Ituri…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Nepal reported its first coronavirus death late Saturday where the total number of infected has been 281. The deceased was a 29-year-old woman who recently gave birth to a child. The victim, who was from…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on…