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FBI and DHS accuse Chinese hackers of targeting US COVID-19 research

Published 13 May 2020

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Image Credits: Jane Barlow / WPA Pool (opens in a new window)/ Getty ImagesGLASGOW, SCOTLAND – FEBRUARY 19: Clinical support technician Douglas Condie extracts viruses from swab samples so that the genetic structure of a virus can be analysed and identified in the coronavirus testing laboratory at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on February 19, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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U.S. says China trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research

Published 13 May 2020

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Published Wednesday, May 13, 2020 12:33PM EDT

At Novavax labs in Rockville, Maryland, Dr. Nita Patel lifts a vial with a potential COVID-19 vaccine. (AFP)

WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities warned health-care and scientific researchers Wednesday that Chinese-backed hackers were attempting to steal research and intellectual property related to treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.

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Carnival’s struggle to survive the coronavirus as outbreak wipes out the cruise industry

Published 6 April 2020

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Carnival’s struggle to survive the coronavirus as outbreak wipes out the cruise industry

PUBLISHED SUN, APR 5 202011:49 AM EDTUPDATED SUN, APR 5 20208:19 PM EDTMacKenzie Sigalos

WATCH NOWVIDEO17:41Can the cruise industry recover from coronavirus?

The COVID-19 outbreak has laid waste to entire sectors of the global economy, but none faster than the cruise industry. The pandemic has basically shut down the cruise-ship business, with the three largest publicly traded cruise companies suspending some, if not all, of their operations.

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Haiti declares emergency over coronavirus, imposes curfew, shuts borders

Published 20 March 2020

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s government on Thursday declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, closing the borders of the Americas’ poorest nation and imposing a curfew after authorities detected the first two cases of infection.

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Birmingham widow who scooped £300k casino jackpot is hacked to death in Jamaica

Published 19 February 2020
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ByMike Lockley
11:01, 17 FEB 2020UPDATED07:30, 18 FEB 2020

A widow who scooped almost £300,000 in one magical night at a Birmingham casino has been savagely hacked to death in Jamaica.

The life-changing windfall helped former Birmingham shopkeeper Evadney Gayle build a dream home on the island of her birth.

The palatial property, in St Tooties, an unspoilt, palm-fringed paradise in Jamaica’s Manchester parish, became the setting for her barbaric murder.

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