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Coronavirus vaccine: Bill Gates calls for global solution
Far more tests should be made available. New York City alone has registered at least 2,472 fatalities from COVID-19, while the number of infections in the city has surpassed 67,500. Gates also said that the federal government should help build facilities to be vaccinated. In a preview clip released from Friday's episode of The Daily Show , the Microsoft billionaire told host Trevor Noah ... [Full Article...]
Virus-stricken cruise ship docks near Sydney
In response to a reporter's question about whether he suspected Carnival downplayed the symptoms of passengers and crew prior to docking, Fuller said, "We will only know by getting the ship's records, the records from the doctors", and the accounts of passengers on the ship. [Full Article...]
Mobile customers can choose either Quibi or Netflix
Interested in trying it out? Quibi extended the two-week trial period into a 90-day offer as unemployment is rising. There's also a limited time 90-day free trial for anyone who signs up at Quibi .com before the end of April, for those looking to try out the service (and check out the content) before subscribing. [Full Article...]
Apple pays hacker $75000 for uncovering camera exploits in Safari
Apple is reportedly considering delaying the launch of its first 5G device, the iPhone 12, because of complications due to the coronavirus pandemic that has gripped the world since February. The original iPhone SE , which Apple dropped from its line in 2018, featured the body of an iPhone 5S , marking the reintroduction of a 4-inch iPhone after Apple launched the larger 4.7-inch iPhone... [Full Article...]
New York City May Temporarily Bury Coronavirus Victims in Public Park
The coronavirus hasn't spared any part of New York City , but new data shows that a few poorer neighborhoods with crowded housing conditions in Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn are getting hit harder than wealthy, mostly white parts of Manhattan. [Full Article...]
Ukraine battles forest fire near Chornobyl amid elevated radiation levels
The 1986 explosion sent a cloud of radioactive material high into the air above then-Soviet Ukraine, Belarus, and Russian Federation, as well as across Europe as Soviet officials denied there had been any accidents. Firefighters in Ukraine are reportedly at the restricted zone now, trying to douse the flames that have spiked radiation levels by an alarming rate of 16 percent above normal, a Guardi... [Full Article...]
Joe Biden: Democratic National Convention May Have To Be "Virtual" Event
But he added: "This is voluntary". Speaking with ABC News' This Week on Sunday, Biden said that he, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and top officials at the DNC are going to "follow the science" as they wait to decide how to hold a presidential nomination convention. [Full Article...]
Apple starts making protective visors for COVID-19 relief
It's a company-wide effort, as Cook said the company's design, engineering, packaging, and operations teams as well as its suppliers are working on the project. "Teams across Apple have been working hard on ways we can support our heroic frontline medical professionals", said Mr Cook. Apple is working with medical professional sand government officials across the USA to determine where the shiel... [Full Article...]
Scotland’s chief medic Dr Catherine Calderwood quits for breaking own rules
Despite facing calls from some politicians to stand down, she said she had spoken with Ms Sturgeon about the issue and will "continue to focus entirely" on her job of advising ministers over the outbreak. "I really don't know what Dr Calderwood can have been thinking to go against the official Coronavirus Government advice she has been advocating and act in this irresponsible way". [Full Article...]
CDC Recommends Wearing Face Masks in Public Places to Prevent Coronavirus Spread
He was referencing the medical professionals who live in Canada and work in the United States , as well as supplies such as gloves and testing kits that Canada ships to the country. To help prevent the spread of the COVID-19. However, simply by dismissing it when it comes to his own person, people who look up to him might already be discouraged from wearing the masks when they go out. [Full Article...]
Taliban accuses US of violating Doha peace agreement
The Taliban have accused the Afghan government of using "indefensible arguments" to explain repeated delays in releasing a promised 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for 1,000 government personnel. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the reduction on March 23 and threatened to slash the same amount next year to try to force Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political rival Abdullah ... [Full Article...]
MLB Considering Starting Season In Florida Or Arizona
The NBA and English Premier League soccer are also considering a similar course of action to ensure their seasons can be completed. The program, entitled the MLBPA Financial Assistance Program, is aimed at previous big leaguers who were not covered under last week's $170MM settlement that would be paid out in the event of a canceled season because they're not now on a 40-man roster. [Full Article...]
After Domicile order, Altaf Bukhari to meet PM , HM again
In all it made six changes to earlier order issued last Tuesday. As per the Gazette Notification, New Delhi has also amended the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Decentralisation Act - removing the requirement of a state subject for all categories of jobs and instead making the domicile residence as a requirement for jobs in the lower category of employment, while opening up senior-level a... [Full Article...]
The third cruise ship with sick COVID-19 arrived to Florida
There are 1,898 people on board the cruise (1,020 guests and 878 crew members), and its intended wrap-up date was March 19 in Buenos Aires. A cruise ship carrying almost 1,900 crew members and passengers, including the former president of Eastern Kentucky University and his wife, docked in Florida Saturday morning with two people dead. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump fires Inspector-General Michael Atkinson, who sparked the US President's impeachment
He appointed Richard Grenell, the outspoken US ambassador to Germany, as the acting director of national intelligence and nominated Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who fiercely defended Trump during impeachment proceedings, as a permanent replacement. [Full Article...]
Navy Captain Removed From Carrier Tests Positive for Covid-19
But the backlash to Modly's decision to fire Crozier has been intense. It isn't clear who leaked the letter . 'You know, maybe we need up update that now for the digital era, but I think the message is pretty clear, ' Modly said . Social distancing is a luxury you don't have aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A group of Democratic U.S. senators have also called on the Pentagon's in... [Full Article...]
3M CEO defends Maplewood-based company against Trump Twitter attack
Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario - Canada's most-populous province - said on Friday he had spoken to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer about the Trump administration move to block 3M exports of masks. 3M is redirecting an additional 10 million of its China-made masks per month to the USA beginning this week, Roman said. 3M argued that blocking exports will raise "significant humanitar... [Full Article...]
Canada receiving shipment of millions of masks in 48-hours
A day after Trump invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA ) to order 3M to significantly ramp up production of N95 respirators, 3M said in a statement that "3M and its employees have gone above and beyond to manufacture as many N95 respirators as possible for the USA market". [Full Article...]
A ship of the Navy of Venezuela Naiguata sank himself
RCGS Resolute was undergoing maintenance in worldwide waters in the south Caribbean when the incident took place, on Wednesday morning. As a result of several blows on the liner ship of naval forces of Venezuela began to draw water and sank. [Full Article...]
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Africa Rise To 6,470
Cars line up at a private Covid-19 testing station in the northern suburbs of the South African city of Johannesburg. "We clearly are not seeing 100% of the people who are infected, but I do not think that there are large numbers of people" who have been missed by the detection systems, Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization regional director for Africa, told reporters Thursday on a video... [Full Article...]