Turkish Treasury's cash balance this April posted a deficit of 46.2 billion Turkish liras ($6.6 billion), the Treasury and Finance Ministry said on May 8. 

Inverted tulips (fritillaria imperialis) are seen on a spring day in Gevaş district in the eastern province of Van. (AA Photo)

A pole dance instructor in Turkey has moved her studio to the internet as people across the world turn to online exercise classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of fallow deer, whose natural population continued only in the resort town of Antalya and remained at only seven about half a century ago, reached 500 after a protection project was launched.

One Beşiktaş player and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus three days after the announcement that the Turkish league will resume next month, the club said on May 9. 

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 2,253 in the past 24 hours, and 64 more people have died, taking the death toll to 3,584, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on May 6.

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Both countries have a common language and common cultural practices with neighbours Kenya and Ethiopia.

Numbers hurtling towards 1,000 after 55 more people contracted the virus disease.

Sixteen are from Unguja while 13 are from Pemba, all Tanzanians.

Ten of the patients are in Nairobi, three in Mombasa and one in Machakos.

At least 200 people have been killed in Kenya and 10,000 people displaced.

All cargo destined for neighbouring countries will now be loaded onto the SGR.

Wealthier African countries tend to impose more stringent rules, which have cost the continent $65 billion.

Efforts include trimming of non-core expenditures such as travel and trainings.

EAC members have over time slowly digressed from commitments.

Kenya reports a total of 649 cases, 207 recoveries and 30 deaths.

Now is not the time to demonize and defund the WHO.