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Donald Trump ignored pleas from Michigan’s governor and attorney general that he wear a mask while touring a Ford Motor Company facility

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Donald Trump ignored pleas from Michigan’s governor and attorney general that he wear a mask while touring a Ford Motor Company facility that is producing ventilators to combat coronavirus, saying he did not want to give media members the “pleasure” of seeing him in it as he claimed to have worn on in a “back area” of the factory. The president’s latest defiant act came after the state’s Democratic attorney general, Dan Nessel, urged the president to wear a protective face covering. In the Indian mega-city of Kolkata, which has a population of more than 14 million, roads were flooded … Continue reading Donald Trump ignored pleas from Michigan’s governor and attorney general that he wear a mask while touring a Ford Motor Company facility

Russia has joined China in denouncing President Donald Trump’s threat to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization

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Russia has joined China in denouncing President Donald Trump’s threat to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump on Monday called the WHO a ‘puppet of China’ before tweeting a letter he had sent to the organisation’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus threatening to make permanent a temporary freeze on funding from the US. The findings show the world has experienced the sharpest drop in carbon output since records began, with large sections of the global economy brought to a near standstill. When the lockdown was at its most stringent, … Continue reading Russia has joined China in denouncing President Donald Trump’s threat to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization

A schoolgirl who said a boy aged 10 was her baby’s father has claimed the real dad is a 16-year-old who raped her

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A schoolgirl who said a boy aged 10 was her baby’s father has claimed the real dad is a 16-year-old who raped her. Darya, who was 13 when she found out she was expecting, said it has taken her until now to have the courage to admit the painful truth. Will vulnerable citizens be expected to risk infection to stand in line for hours at the polls? Will a drop in turnout affect the result? What if a second surge of infection sends large swathes of the country back into lockdown? The number of different ways in which the electoral … Continue reading A schoolgirl who said a boy aged 10 was her baby’s father has claimed the real dad is a 16-year-old who raped her

Donald Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets on Sunday

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Donald Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets on Sunday, most of which promoted unsubstantiated claims about the investigation into collusion between his campaign and Russia. The president appeared to spend much of his day on Twitter, even as the death toll from the coronavirus neared 80,000 and White House officials issued dire warnings about the state of the US economy. At the time of writing, the toll stood at 79,384. The islands have a total land area of 800 square kilometres and are vulnerable to any rise in sea levels. Kiribati, which gained its independence in 1979, has … Continue reading Donald Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets on Sunday

North Korea is constructing a giant storage and assembly area for its nuclear ballistic missiles

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North Korea is constructing a giant storage and assembly area for its nuclear ballistic missiles, according to an analysis of new satellite photographs, as it consolidates its weapons of mass destruction following the failure of talks between Kim Jong-un and President Trump. The new base close to Pyongyang’s main airport includes underground storage areas and buildings tall enough to accommodate the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which has the potential to strike North American cities with nuclear warheads. According to the analysis by a US think tank, it is likely to be finished late this year or early in 2021. … Continue reading North Korea is constructing a giant storage and assembly area for its nuclear ballistic missiles

Horrifying footage shows a huge fire ripping through a skyscraper as terrified people scream

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Horrifying footage shows a huge fire ripping through a skyscraper as terrified people scream while trying to dodge debris. The blaze broke out in the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, and it is not yet clear how many people were inside the building at the time. Taliban leaders verbally committed themselves alongside the peace agreement struck in Qatar in February with the US to reducing violence by 80 per cent and halting attacks in urban areas, Colonel Leggett said. Instead, there had been a “drastic increase” in violence, with an average of 55 attacks a day on … Continue reading Horrifying footage shows a huge fire ripping through a skyscraper as terrified people scream

South Africa’s mining union has announced it has won a court case against the government

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South Africa’s mining union has announced it has won a court case against the government that will force authorities to impose strict guidelines on mining companies to protect workers against Covid-19. The union said in a statement on Facebook that it was “truly elated” with the court’s ruling on Friday. “Now the lives and livelihoods of mineworkers can be protected,” South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) president Joseph Mathunjwa said. The president began Sunday morning by tweeting out his approval rating, showing he had 47 per cent of support among voters in a Gallup poll conducted in … Continue reading South Africa’s mining union has announced it has won a court case against the government

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