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European Union calls on Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan to resume Renaissance Dam talks
The $4.8 billion power project (still under construction) is expected to boost industrialisation in the country as well as attract revenue for the government. "They (Egypt) will end up blowing up the dam", Trump said on Friday. Both Egypt and Sudan also have fears over the dam's security and safety, due to its location in an active geological region which puts it at risk of earthquakes or mass f... [Full Article...]
MI reports 2-day increase of 3,881 cases, 29 deaths
The United States performed 7.7 million COVID-19 tests last week, of which 6.3% came back positive for the new virus, compared with 5.4% the prior week, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the outbreak. [Full Article...]
The Covid-19 rebound continued today in Hamilton County
The school district made the announcement Sunday after two individuals - one in the Elementary School on Tuesday and another in the middle and high school on Monday - tested positive for COVID-19. Among 1,049 nursing and personal care homes in Pennsylvania, there have been 25,486 resident cases of covid-19, with 5,522 cases among employees. There were 20,086 new tests reported Monday. [Full Article...]
Democracy 2020: Erie County sees 96,000 absentee ballot requests and counting
Early voting runs through Halloween on Saturday. In the first two days of early voting, local polling sites have seen long lines. While there weren't many more ballots cast in 2017, Elections BC said the number of registered voters in the province has grown significantly over the past three years. [Full Article...]
OnePlus officially announces the affordable Nord N10 and Nord N100 smartphones
The duo comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The base version of the Nord N10 5G has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and an intriguing addition is the MicroSD slot. Storing all of those photos and videos shouldn't be an issue because the Nord N100 is fitted with 64GB of storage. For incredible battery life, the OnePlus Nord N100 boasts a massive 5,000mAh battery that supports 1... [Full Article...]
Province Sets COVID-19 Record
That brings the province's seven-day average to 857, also a new record. That's slightly up from the 88 cases that were reported in the city Friday and the 70 reported Thursday. The 19 and under age category recorded 116 new cases, while people over the age of 60 saw 186 new cases. Over the weekend, 83,000 tests were completed, which is under Ontario's goal of 50,000 tests per day. [Full Article...]
Over 130 coronavirus cases confirmed in Xinjiang
However, he noted that tests on more than 400 of the girl's close contacts returned 137 positive cases, all of whom are asymptomatic and now in isolation. The first case in the Kashgar outbreak was an asymptomatic woman working in a garment factory in Shufu county, on the outskirts of the city. Many Kashgar-bound flights were cancelled on Saturday, according to travel platforms. [Full Article...]
Boeing and Lockheed face China sanctions in Taiwan arms deal
The deal covers three weapons systems, including SLAM-ER air-launched cruise missiles from the Boeing unit along with related equipment, and Lockheed's High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, a land-based mobile rocket launcher. China claims that Taiwan, which separated from the mainland in 1949, is part of it and threatens to invade the island. "The Chinese People's Liberation Army has ... [Full Article...]
Italy, Spain Move to Extend Restrictions as Virus Cases Surge
Even scientists questioned whether these measures were sufficient to stop the spread of the virus. The chancellor said in her weekly podcast "if we all obey (to social distancing) we will all together survive this enormous challenge posed by the virus". [Full Article...]
No new community Covid cases in NZ today
The Ohio Department of Health reported 2,309 new COVID-19 cases in the state today, bringing the total number of cases to 198,115. A total of 6,267 people (97 new) have tested negative in Brookings County as of Sunday, and 40 people in the county (one new) have been hospitalized at some point, the state reported. [Full Article...]
Belarus strikes start after Lukashenko ignores deadline to quit
Tsikhanouskaya presented her ultimatum on October 13 after the government said police would be authorised to use combat weapons against protesters if needed. "The regime has once again showed the Belarusians that violence is the only thing it is capable of", she said. More than 500 people were detained at protests in Minsk and other cities on Sunday, the interior ministry said. [Full Article...]
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner threaten lawsuit over COVID billboards
While using "false, malicious and defamatory" expressions for advertisements, "If these billboards are not removed immediately, we will sue you for enormous compensation and criminal damages". He stated that Ivanka "infamously endorsed a commercial product" in July "by posting herself with a photo of holding" a can of Goya Black Beans . Sanderson's letter then went through several points to ill... [Full Article...]
Seven suspects detained on tanker in English Channel
British police are investigating an undisclosed incident aboard an oil tanker in the English Channel. Police said the 22 crew members of the Nave Andromeda were "safe and well" after the raid, which unfolded after darkness fell on Sunday. [Full Article...]
Drôme : un mort et deux blessés dans une rixe pour des cigarettes
Lors de cette rixe, une personne sort une arme blanche et blesse plusieurs de ses opposants, jusqu'à ce qu'une femme d'une trentaine d'années, d'origine roumaine, tente de s'interposer. Six autres personnes ont été blessées, dont cinq également par des coups de couteau. Alors que sa famille tentait de la transporter à l'hôpital après le coup, ils ont dû faire appel aux secours vu la dégradation de... [Full Article...]
Halloween Trick or Treating in Bossier City: What You Need to Know
Chan School of Public Health. "But we are trying to make it as normal possible". Despite the challenges, kids just want to dress up and get candy, through whatever avenue, Goudeaux said. Make sure you are wearing a mask -- you could make it part of your costume. Going as a mummy? Face masks have become an essential thing amid the pandemic. [Full Article...]
Nasa confirms water present on sunlit surface of the Moon
NASA's astrophysics director Paul Hertz said it's too soon to know whether this water - found in and around the southern hemisphere's sunlit Clavius Crater - would be accessible. USA scientists on Monday announced their discovery of the first direct evidence of molecular water on the Moon, 11 years after India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft had detected the signatures of a possible component of w... [Full Article...]
Nevada reports 891 new coronavirus cases and 5 more deaths
Since then, officials reported 1,019 new confirmed infections out of 15,014 people tested, equaling a 6.8% positivity rate. When DPH last reported consecutive days with more than 1,000 new cases - May 20 and 21 - the statistics were quite different (and the state has since made some tweaks to what and how it reports). [Full Article...]
President Mike Pence's aide Marc Short tests positive for coronavirus
The vice-president , who tested negative for the infection, continued his election campaign on Sunday, according to Reuters. Mark Meadows, Trump's chief of staff, defended that assertion on Sunday, saying Pence is "not just campaigning, he's working" during the last leg of the presidential contest. [Full Article...]
Couvre-feu, confinement: La stratégie anti-Covid du Conseil scientifique
Le président du Conseil scientifique a ainsi énoncé deux hypothèses . Invité sur RTL ce lundi 26 octobre, le président du Conseil scientifique Jean-François Delfraissy a évoqué "une situation très difficile, voire critique ". Éric Caumes , chef du service infectiologie de l'hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, est, lui, encore plus catégorique: sur France Info , il assure que "le virus est t... [Full Article...]
Islam : le torchon brûle entre Erdogan et Macron
Environ 200 personnes ont manifesté samedi soir devant la résidence de l'ambassadeur de France en Israël pour dénoncer les propos d'Emmanuel Macron sur les caricatures du prophète Mahomet tandis que des manifestants ont brûlé des photos du président français dans la bande de Gaza. [Full Article...]