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South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma misses his arms deal corruption trial due to ill health, his lawyer announces. "From yesterday, there was a health issue with the President, but we thought that when he wakes up today, all will resolve and all of that, but as things stand right now, the doctor did not advise for him to be here." he says. SOUNDBITE
Images at the entrance of the Walter Reed Medical Center, the military hospital where US President Donald Trump has been hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus. IMAGES
The World Health Organization says that Washington has provided no evidence to support "speculative" claims by the US president that the new coronavirus originated in a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan. SOUNDBITE
Apple CEO Tim Cook has vowed to deliver "over 1 million" face masks to help protect healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Wall Street stocks slip lower in volatile trading, absorbing another eye-popping unemployment figure due to the government-ordered shutdown of businesses to contain the coronavirus outbreak. IMAGES
Wall Street stocks open higher following Senate passage of a massive stimulus bill as the government reports an unprecedented surge in US jobless claims. IMAGES