Facebook has revealed that COO Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to investigate whether George Soros had any financial benefit from attacking the social media platform, but clarified that there was no attempt to malign the billionaire. The outgoing head of communications, Elliot Schrage, said that the company had hired a consulting firm to keep track of competitors and detractors, including Soros, who has called the networking site a 'menace to society'. Sandberg maintains that she did not direct research on Soros.  

The leader of a self styled political revolution, Senator Bernie Sanders, ended his Democratic Presidential race on Wednesday. A democratic socialist&nbsp;Bernie's drop out from the race establishes Vice President Biden&nbsp;as the presumptive nominee to challenge President Trump. A voice of the working class, Bernie in his live streamed&nbsp;video to his supporters said, "Today I am suspending my campaign. But while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on.'

Saying there would be &lsquo;many more body bags&rsquo; without international unity, The World Health&nbsp;Organisation&nbsp;on Wednesday urged the United States and China to join forces to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Following criticism from US President Donald Trump that the UN health body &lsquo;blew it&rsquo; and was &lsquo;very China centric&rsquo;,&nbsp;WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing in Geneva&nbsp;that the&nbsp;Washington and&nbsp;Beijing&nbsp;should come together and fight this dangerous enemy.&nbsp;

China's top anti-corruption body has opened an investigation against property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang, who has been highly critical of the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. The state's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection accused&nbsp;the magnate&nbsp;of serious violations of discipline and the law.&nbsp;Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday that the magnate's friends say they have lost contact with Zhiqiang&nbsp;since March 12 after an article he wrote criticizing the way in which Chinese government responded to the outbreak was widely shared online.&nbsp;Zhiqiang&nbsp;had described the Covid-19 crisis as a 'crisis of governance'&nbsp;and said that the lack of freedom of press and expression in the country further exacerbated the situation caused by the outbreak.
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Germany&rsquo;s Cabinet on Wednesday approved legislation that will make it easier for authorities to prevent foreign takeovers of strategically important companies. The plans pre-date the coronavirus crisis, but come as the German government has vowed to 'stand by local companies' in the face of investors who might now hope to acquire firms cheaply. The new rules, which require parliamentary approval, will lower the threshold for examining and blocking potential takeovers. Authorities will be able to examine whether an acquisition will lead to a 'foreseeable impairment' of public order or security, rather than an 'actual threat' to it at present.

Global trade growth is expected to plummet by up to a third in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. Warning that the numbers would be "ugly", the apex trade body said world trade is expected to fall by between 13 per cent and 32 per cent in 2020.&nbsp;There were a wide range of possibilities for how trade would be hit by the 'unprecedented' health crisis.&nbsp;However, WTO chief Roberto Azevedo warned the downturn 'may well be the deepest economic recession or downturn of our lifetimes'.&nbsp;

Egypt on Wednesday extended its night-time curfew across the country for two more weeks to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said all preventive measures his government has taken last month would be extended till April 23. Egypt has closed schools, universities, mosques, churches and archaeological sites including the famed Giza Pyramids. Egypt has reported 1,450 coronavirus cases so far, including 94 deaths.

Hong Kong announced on Wednesday a new round of coronavirus relief measures which included approx 10.2 billion US dollar employment protection programme to help businesses keep employees in jobs. Hong Kong Executive Carrie Lam said the Island&nbsp;was facing an 'unprecedented challenge'. She also announced that she and principal government officials would take a 10% pay cut this year. Hong Kong has reported just under 1,000 Covid-19 cases so far, but concerns have risen in recent weeks about a new wave of imported cases and further spread.

The streets of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, were fumigated on Wednesday as part of efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. At least 20 workers equipped with modern machines took part in the fumigation spraying, which involves the purifying of areas by using fumes of certain chemicals. The spraying was ordered by the Sindh province government. Sindh province has so far reported more than 1,000 positive cases of Covid-19 and 20 deaths. Pakistan has reported over 4,000 positive cases and 58 people have died.

The European Union Economy and Finance ministers have failed to reach an agreement on a set of measures to mitigate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the worst-affected member states despite more than 16 hours of negotiation. The Eurogroup said it would meet again on Thursday to resume talks and reach a consensus. The main disagreements stem from differing points of view on the conditions for accessing soft loans under the eurozone rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism.&nbsp;

Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug that US President Donald Trump touts as cure for coronavirus patients, has become one the most sought after drugs worldwide, and India has found itself in the middle of its heightened demand. After America, it is now Brazil that is asking for its export - and in a unique style. Invoking Lord Ram, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro wrote to PM Modi saying "Just as Lord Hanuman brought the holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lord Rama's brother Laksmana, and Jesus healed those who were sick and restored the sight to Bartimeu, India and Brazil will overcome this global crisis by joining forces and sharing blessings for the sake of all peoples."

The NHS Nightingale Hospital, located in the ExCel Centre in London, was erected in 9 days to aid with the high volume of patients affected by coronavirus. The 4000 bed makeshift hospital began receiving its first patients on Tuesday. London is one of Britain's hotspots for the novel coronavirus.

US President Donald Trump has said evidence shows African Americans having higher rates of Covid-19 infection in the United States. On Tuesday, Trump said his administration is actively engaging on the problem of increased impacts on the African American&nbsp;community, and&nbsp;doing everything to address this challenge.&nbsp;Calling the trend disproportional, Trump told a White House press briefing that he is very concerned about the terrible numbers of infected African Americans.&nbsp;Experts believe higher rates of pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and asthma within black and minority communities may contribute to the phenomenon.&nbsp;

Nearly 2,000 people infected with the coronavirus have died in the United States in the last 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday evening. The record daily figure of 1,939 brings the total number of deaths in the US to 12,722, which is approaching tolls in the worst-hit countries so far. Italy has recorded 17,127 deaths and Spain 13,798.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would put a hold on America&rsquo;s funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of becoming China-centric during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Slamming the world health body for criticising his ban on travel from China, Trump said his administration is going to look into the US funding to the WHO. The United States is the largest contributor to the WHO.

China lifted a travel ban after 76 days on Tuesday on residents of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began last year. China did not report any coronavirus related death for the first time on Tuesday since the start of the pandemic. Thousands of people rushed to leave Wuhan after the lifting of the ban. Flights also resumed at Wuhan's international airport and roadblocks were removed around the city.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained in the ICU for the second day after&nbsp;he was shifted in intensive on Monday following the worsening of his Covid-19 symptoms. A statement from 10 Downing Street said that&nbsp;Johnson is receiving "standard oxygen treatment" and is breathing without assistance. Johnson's condition is stable and he "remains in good spirits," his spokesperson said. He has not required invasive or non-invasive ventilation and does not have pneumonia.

The night sky in Wuhan&nbsp;turned bright with a light show to mark the end of a lockdown&nbsp;that was imposed to tackle the novel coronavirus. Bridges and buildings along the Yangtze river were lit up as onlookers watched and cheered. Skyscrapers displayed animated images of health workers aiding patients. The residents&nbsp;will be allowed to move in and out of Wuhan after 11 weeks, but there's a catch. They will have to show that they are healthy and have not come in contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus through a smartphone application and government surveillance.

France has reported 833 new coronavirus deaths in the past day, the highest daily toll since its outbreak began.&nbsp;The total number of people who have died after testing positive for Covid-19 now stands at 8,911, while the number of infections is 98,010.&nbsp;Health Minister Olivier&nbsp;V&eacute;ran&nbsp;warned that his country has not reached the end of the ascent of this epidemic.&nbsp;Italy's daily death toll also rose on Monday after several days of slowing, but Spain's fell for a fourth day.&nbsp;

&nbsp; As the number of fatalities crossed 11,000 in the United States&nbsp;on&nbsp;Tuesday morning and the country continued to struggle of rising number of cases and shortage of medical supplies, President Donald Trump put the World Health Organization on notice calling it&nbsp;&lsquo;China-centric&rsquo;&nbsp;and&nbsp;for&nbsp;giving the US bad advice.&nbsp;On twitter, Trump wrote&nbsp;he&nbsp;rejected&nbsp;the medical group&rsquo;s&nbsp;advice on keeping&nbsp;US&nbsp;borders open to China early on.&nbsp;He asked why did&nbsp;WHO&nbsp;give&nbsp;US&nbsp;what he called&nbsp;a faulty recommendation.&nbsp;It wasn&rsquo;t immediately clear what brought on this the sudden outburst against the world body that is trying to organize a united global response to the pandemic.&nbsp;

New York state has recorded its highest number of Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.&nbsp;Cuomo said 731 people died due to the new coronavirus on Monday, bringing the state's total death count to 5,489. The previous single-day record was 630, set on Friday.&nbsp;

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