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Coronavirus cases top 1 million in India
While major cities such as Delhi and Mumbai were among the initial hotspots of the virus in India , newer cases are emerging in rural areas where healthcare infrastructure is much weaker. In Tamil Nadu, capital Chennai's daily tally has continued to hover around 1,100 for a week. With a population of 1.3 billion people, India's population is more than double of those two countries combined ... [Full Article...]
Rouhani says 25 million Iranians infected with COVID-19
Writing in Farsi at top right reads, "The Presidency". "Our estimate is that up to now, 25 million Iranians have been infected with this virus", Rouhani said during a televised meeting of the country's virus-fighting task force on Saturday. [Full Article...]
Gokada founder, Saleh’s personal assistant in police custody over ‘gruesome’ murder
NY detectives said the man charged with decapitating and dismembering his former boss, a tech entrepeneur, was seen on surveillance video at a Manhattan hardware store purchasing an electric saw and cleaning supplies. Fahim, 33, was last seen on surveillance video in the elevator of his East Houston Street building at around 1:40 p.m. on Monday. The killer used his employer's credit card to pay ... [Full Article...]
Governor Polis announces statewide mask mandate
Jared Polis rolled back bar re-openings just before July 4, but the worrisome statistics have prompted many local officials to renew calls for social distancing and mask-wearing. "I don't think there's too many people sitting around saying , 'I'm not going to wear a mask until there's some piece of paper", Polis said at a news conference on July 9. [Full Article...]
Global policy in tatters, India losing respect everywhere: Rahul
Craig County Schools releases back-to-school plan
Instruction will be administered by SCS teachers during designated school hours and assignments and tests will be rigorous and graded. The Carter County Board of Education has amended the 2020-2021 school calendar. Questions came up about how that would work for physical education, unified arts teachers, and special education. Two other teachers she had been working with in the same classroom we... [Full Article...]
Reports Detail Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Detaining Portland Protesters
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Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Thursday that "federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14". "They went in and I guess they have many people right now in jail". Taking a page from the playbooks of autocrats around the globe, President Trump has deployed federal agents to patrol the streets... [Full Article...]
SpaceX Shifts Up: There Will Be Two More Starlink Missions In June
The company facilitated the launch of seven other probes into space , including two SkySats, in December 2018. The most recent additions to Starlink's constellation happened on June 13, when 58 new Starlink satellites were launched into space. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus cases in India cross 10-lakh mark, death toll tops 25000
That compares to some 3.6 million cases in the United States and 2 million in Brazil - both countries with populations under 400 million. "The battle plan is to do all the things we know work". Babu predicts India will not see a sharp peak and decline. According to Health Ministry data, India's recovery is nearly twice the number of active patients at 3,42,473. [Full Article...]
CDC Extends 'No Sail Order' Until End of September
Since not all ship operators affected by the CDC's No Sail Order are CLIA members, the agency extended its own order. Coronavirus infections are rising in 40 states, and daily deaths have climbed more than 20% from a week ago. Another nine cruise ships are dealing with or resolving coronavirus outbreaks on board, the CDC said. The order affects vessels carrying 250 people or more, according ... [Full Article...]
Police arrests former staff for killing Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh
Saleh recently discovered that Haspil stole tens of thousands of dollars from him, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed law enforcement officials. The killer reportedly returned to Mr Saleh's apartment the next day to dismember the body and clean up the crime scene. Also, the New York City's medical examiner on Thursday revealed that Saleh died of multiple stab wounds. [Full Article...]
European Union court cancels data sharing pact with the US
For Oliver Patel, a research associate at UCL's European Institute, the ruling on Privacy Shield came as no surprise, following the 2015 decision of the European courts to invalidate the Safe Harbour agreement, the previous framework in place that attempted to ensure adequacy between EU and United States data transfers. [Full Article...]
Georgia governor bans cities, counties from mandating masks
Now, some of those local leaders are angry with Kemp's order. Welcome to Georgia , the state that ranks eighth in population but fourth in new COVID-19 cases. Abrams continued, "More than 3,000 Georgians have perished, disproportionately Black and Brown Georgians, and he continues to fiddle while Rome burns, ..." Kemp said that was enough to treat up to 5,400 patients. [Full Article...]
West stays in presidential race after filing paperwork
However, TMZ reported that the West campaign had filed a "Statement of Organization" Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, stating that a Kanye 2020 committee would serve as principal campaign committee for a West candidacy. The requirements that candidates need to meet in order to appear on presidential election ballots also vary by state. A "get-out-the-vote specialist" named St... [Full Article...]
Afghanistan: Taliban terror attacks kill 36 security forces
This is the first attack in its kind after the peace deal. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing but the district official blamed the Taliban, claiming it had placed the bomb to target a military convoy. "Resorting to violence and murdering people with the aim to get any advantage and more concessions in the negotiations is the worst and [the most] evil approach that the group ha... [Full Article...]
Japan's domestic tourism campaign faces scrutiny as coronavirus spikes in Tokyo
The Tokyo authorities have made a decision to put the highest level COVID-19 alert in the city in light of an increasing infection rate and a double rise in the number of untraceable coronavirus cases, Governor Koike Yuriko said on Wednesday. [Full Article...]
China strongly opposes UK's Huawei ban, saying decision driven by politicization
Pompeo told reporters at a State Department news conference that Huawei employees found to be providing "material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses globally" would be hit with sanctions. After a speech on China-Europe relations, Xiaoming added that trust between the two nations has been "seriously damaged". A Huawei spokeswoman rejected Pompeo's comments. [Full Article...]
Twitter accounts for several prominent people hacked in Bitcoin scam
And almost identical tweets were coming from accounts of people like Bill Gates , Jeff Bezos , Kanye West , Warren Buffett, every major crypto-exchange, and I'm quickly losing track of all of 'em. Twitter is yet to elaborate further. Investors also appeared to be concerned about potential fallout from the hack affecting Twitter's usage. [Full Article...]
Lawyer: Trump's delay moves over taxes harms probe of others
Wednesday's poll comes as Trump faces increasing backlash over his administration's handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak , which has infected more than 3.4 million Americans killed almost 137,000. Biden, who spoke for some 20 minutes, took no questions. In his statement, Trump credited both Parscale and Stepien for their involvement in his 2016 victory in the US presidential election and ... [Full Article...]
Scammers take over high-profile Twitter accounts in mass hack
This was followed by a link to a blockchain wallet. Hackers reportedly also leaked screenshots showing that the site's administrators have the ability to prevent unsavory tweets or accounts from trending. Along with the crypto promoters and entrepreneurs, one of the staunchest critics of Bitcoin, Peter Schiff was also among the victims of the hack. A report by Motherboard suggests otherwi... [Full Article...]