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Fears of a trade war grew in Australia yesterday after China, its biggest trading partner, announced it was blocking imports of beef from the country

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Fears of a trade war grew in Australia yesterday after China, its biggest trading partner, announced it was blocking imports of beef from the country, with fears that wine and seafood would be next. The embargo marks the latest escalation in a row between the two countries after Canberra set up an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus last month. Beijing has accused the Australian government of launching an investigation at the behest of the White House. Branyas was originally born in San Fransisco in the United States on March 4, 1907 and lived through the Spanish flu pandemic … Continue reading Fears of a trade war grew in Australia yesterday after China, its biggest trading partner, announced it was blocking imports of beef from the country

A YouTuber has been arrested for handing out boxes of rubbish to transgender women

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A YouTuber has been arrested for handing out boxes of rubbish to transgender women. Indonesian police launched a manhunt for Ferdian Paleka and his friend after they shared a video of the sick ‘prank’ online. The whereabouts of Mr Zhang, who specialises in law, are now unknown. His friends claim he was detained in front of the gate to his residential compound in Shanghai last night and that they have not since been able to contact him. The letter was posted on the social messaging platform WeChat on Saturday, less than two weeks before this year’s National People’s Congress, the … Continue reading A YouTuber has been arrested for handing out boxes of rubbish to transgender women

The Pentagon is moving Patriot missile systems out of Saudi Arabia

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The Pentagon is moving Patriot missile systems out of Saudi Arabia and reducing military forces across the Middle East, in another sign that tensions with Iran may be ebbing. President Trump and Pentagon officials confirmed reports that two Patriot missile systems were being withdrawn from the kingdom and two more from undisclosed bases in the Middle East. French President Emmanuel Macron led the celebrations in Paris by laying a wreath in front of a statue of General Charles de Gaulle before making his way to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier underneath the Arc du Triomphe. Accompanied by former presidents … Continue reading The Pentagon is moving Patriot missile systems out of Saudi Arabia

The White House has pushed back on a Trump administration projection from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

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The White House has pushed back on a Trump administration projection from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention that would see the daily death toll increase to 3,000 per day by 1 June. The latest projection, first obtained by The New York Times, was confirmed as authentic, but the White House has denied the veracity of the report despite the CDC’s role in its drafting. When officers raided his rented home they are said to have found a pot of half-eaten swan broth in the kitchen. The man, who is known by his surname Wu, claimed he attacked the … Continue reading The White House has pushed back on a Trump administration projection from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

China has bolstered its great power status beneath the waves

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China has bolstered its great power status beneath the waves with the unveiling of two nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The two Jin class, or Type 094A, strategic submarines, built at the Huludao shipyard in Liaoning province, in the northeast of the country, will bring the total size of China’s sea-based deterrent to six vessels. No decision will be taken about reopening schools and allowing sports teams to train until at least May 6, and there will be no end to wider social distancing measures until at least May 10. This is to give time for the current measures to show … Continue reading China has bolstered its great power status beneath the waves

Donald Trump said the United States “soon” would be able to test 5m people a day for coronavirus

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Donald Trump said the United States “soon” would be able to test 5m people a day for coronavirus, and claimed his administration has done an “incredible job” dealing with the coronavirus outbreak in New York state despite at least 17,600 deaths there. “We’re going to be there very soon. … We’re really doing … a great job on testing,” the president told reporters following an event at the White House, which replaced his daily evening Covid-19 briefing. Making another bold claim, he predicted testing guidance he announced on Monday evening will allow his administration to “increase it by much more … Continue reading Donald Trump said the United States “soon” would be able to test 5m people a day for coronavirus

Fourteen vaccination campaigns that would have covered more than 13 million people have been postponed because of the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

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Fourteen vaccination campaigns that would have covered more than 13 million people have been postponed because of the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has said. In his opening remarks to today’s coronavirus press conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, said vaccination drives against polio, measles, cholera, human papillomavirus, yellow fever and meningitis had not gone ahead. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters the daily press briefings are expected to resume later this week, but likely with a facelift. “They might have a new look to them, a new focus to them,” … Continue reading Fourteen vaccination campaigns that would have covered more than 13 million people have been postponed because of the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

The mayor of Brazil’s worst-hit city has described the hundreds of coronavirus deaths in Manaus as ‘a scene out of a horror movie’

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The mayor of Brazil’s worst-hit city has described the hundreds of coronavirus deaths in Manaus as ‘a scene out of a horror movie’ as bodies are piled up in refrigerated trucks and bulldozers dig mass graves at cemeteries.  Mayor Virgilio Neto said his city was ‘no longer in a state of emergency but rather of absolute calamity’ after the daily death rate shot up from 20-30 per day to more than 100 because of the pandemic. Israel’s embattled health minister Yaakov Litzman has announced that he would step down, following a public uproar over his handling of the coronavirus crisis … Continue reading The mayor of Brazil’s worst-hit city has described the hundreds of coronavirus deaths in Manaus as ‘a scene out of a horror movie’

The loyalty of Afghanistan’s military is being stretched to breaking point

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The loyalty of Afghanistan’s military is being stretched to breaking point by rival claims to the country’s presidency, raising the prospect of a catastrophic civil war, according to the son of a renowned resistance hero. Ahmad Massoud — whose father Ahmad Shah Massoud was known as “The Lion of Panjshir” for leading the fight against Soviet forces in the Eighties, and who commanded the Northern Alliance against the Taliban until his assassination in 2001 — told The Times that sectarian divides in the security forces were being widened ever further by the leadership crisis in Kabul. The South African military … Continue reading The loyalty of Afghanistan’s military is being stretched to breaking point

This is the disgusting moment a man ignored coronavirus fears

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This is the disgusting moment a man ignored coronavirus fears, licking his fingers and scratching his genitals before smearing his hands around the inside of a lift. CCTV footage from last Friday morning shows the young man committing the bizarre act at a metro station in Bangkok, Thailand. The cheques of $1,200 for every adult earning less than $75,000 a year, and $500 per child, could be held up by growing obstacles to a quick vote in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. Lower amounts will be paid on a sliding scale for all those earning under $99,000. Plans to avoid … Continue reading This is the disgusting moment a man ignored coronavirus fears