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From cities under lockdown to most affected communities, we look at how the outbreak of the deadly virus COVID-19 affects lives around the world.

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Chevron Corp on Tuesday lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to block an ${esc.dollar}18.2 billion judgment against it in Ecuador in a case over pollution in the Amazon jungle. The Supreme Court did not give ...