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Donald Trump has suggested the coronavirus “may never come back” at his latest White House briefing

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Donald Trump has suggested the coronavirus “may never come back” at his latest White House briefing, a note of blind optimism undermined by his top infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci, who says he expects the virus to linger at least until the autumn. A political storm is brewing meanwhile over Dr Rick Bright, a vaccines expert who tells The New York Times he was ousted as the director of a federal biomedical agency for disputing the administration’s efforts to promote hydroxychloroquine as a miracle cure for Covid-19. This would ease the strain on the hospitality sector, which has been … Continue reading Donald Trump has suggested the coronavirus “may never come back” at his latest White House briefing

More than a dozen government-backed hacking groups using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for phishing and malware attempts

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More than a dozen government-backed hacking groups using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for phishing and malware attempts, according to security experts at Google. Google said its Threat Analysis Group found hackers targeting international health organizations, including activity corroborating a Reuters report from early April that the World Health Organization was targeted. “He was begging for his life, but no one would help him at all,” Mr Gambrell said about his stepfather in an interview with CBS This Morning. “They just kept sending him away.” He added: “I honestly believe it was because my father was black. They didn’t honestly … Continue reading More than a dozen government-backed hacking groups using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for phishing and malware attempts

A British ‘ISIS rapper’ who was once suspected of being Jihadi John has been arrested at a hideout in Spain

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A British ‘ISIS rapper’ who was once suspected of being Jihadi John has been arrested at a hideout in Spain.  Police sources said today that British-Egyptian jihadist Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary was the ‘foreign terrorist fighter’ detained in a raid in Almeria on Monday. Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the country’s chief judge to free prison inmates who have been awaiting trial for six years or more to ease overcrowding as the virus spreads, a spokesman has said. A statement quoted Buhari as saying 42% of Nigeria’s 74,000 or so prisoners are awaiting trial. He urged Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad to … Continue reading A British ‘ISIS rapper’ who was once suspected of being Jihadi John has been arrested at a hideout in Spain

A wealthy dental specialist who turned his house into a “shrine”

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A wealthy dental specialist who turned his house into a “shrine” to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is believed to be responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history. Gabriel Wortman is thought to have killed his estranged wife and her new partner and 16 others during a 12-hour killing rampage through several small Canadian towns while dressed as a policeman and driving a mock police vehicle. Germany today reported its fewest virus deaths for two weeks and its fewest cases since mid-March, although like many countries it typically sees a fall in numbers over the weekend when there … Continue reading A wealthy dental specialist who turned his house into a “shrine”

Disturbing photos have emerged from the inside of a Wuhan lab

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Disturbing photos have emerged from the inside of a Wuhan lab showing a broken seal on the door of one of the units used to hold 1,500 virus strains – including the bat coronavirus linked to the global pandemic. The images, which were first released by state-owned China Daily newspaper in 2018, were published again last month on Twitter before being deleted. It does. The funeral parlour is so overwhelmed with coronavirus victims that it’s been forced to use one of these rooms as a makeshift morgue. The bodies are lying in sealed bags in cardboard boxes, double stacked on … Continue reading Disturbing photos have emerged from the inside of a Wuhan lab

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has denied having any intentions to run for the White House

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has denied having any intentions to run for the White House after sparring with Donald Trump over a lack of federal assistance amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Democrat told reporters during a press briefing on Saturday that he had “no political agenda” or plans to hold higher office after his tenure as the state’s governor. Africa’s 54 countries have so far reported fewer than 20,000 confirmed cases of the disease, just a fraction of the more than two million cases reported globally. Africa has recorded more than 1,000 deaths from Covid-19 so far as of … Continue reading New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has denied having any intentions to run for the White House

Indonesia has reported 407 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 5,923

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Indonesia has reported 407 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 5,923 and surpassing the Philippines as the country with the highest number of infections in south-east Asia. The health ministry official Achmad Yurianto also reported 24 new deaths attributed to the disease, taking the total to 420, and said Indonesia had performed 42,000 tests for the virus. The World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak a pandemic and countries have told their citizens to stay at home to reduce the spread of the infection. In the UK, more than 104,000 cases and 13,729 deaths have been … Continue reading Indonesia has reported 407 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 5,923

America and Europe could be hit by up to four waves of coronavirus

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America and Europe could be hit by up to four waves of coronavirus if it is allowed to ravage Africa, a WHO expert has warned.  Director of the World Health Organisations’s Center on Public Health and Human Rights, Professor Lawrence Gostin warned that if Covid-19 gets ‘out of control’ in African countries, Europe and the US could see second, third and even fourth waves of the illness. The CDC reported its tally of Covid-19 cases as of 4pm ET (9pm BST) on 14 April, compared with its count a day earlier. The figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by … Continue reading America and Europe could be hit by up to four waves of coronavirus

Bernie Sanders endorsed his former campaign rival Joe Biden to become president last night

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Bernie Sanders endorsed his former campaign rival Joe Biden to become president last night, urging all Americans to unite behind his campaign to defeat Donald Trump in November. Mr Sanders, the standard-bearer of the American left, announced the end of his campaign to be the Democratic Party’s nominee last week, clearing the way for Mr Biden to secure the nomination at the party’s national convention in Wisconsin in August. So-called ‘crown fires’ – when flames spread at great speed from treetop to treetop – are advancing through the uninhabited ‘dead zone’ around the plant, it is believed. The Ukrainian government … Continue reading Bernie Sanders endorsed his former campaign rival Joe Biden to become president last night

A man called ‘Wuhan’ has named his son after one of the districts where covid-19 is believed to have started

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A man called ‘Wuhan’ has named his son after one of the districts where covid-19 is believed to have started. Wu Hanshi – which translates as Wuhan City – lives in the city of Linyi in east China’s Shandong Province. The mobilisation follows intelligence reports and satellite imagery showing refugee groups being moved from remote inland areas to Turkey’s western shores — regions traditionally used by traffickers to smuggle people to remote Greek islands kilometres away. “We have noticed some suspicious movements,” a senior Greek government official said. “As a result we have ordered a heightened alert for the next … Continue reading A man called ‘Wuhan’ has named his son after one of the districts where covid-19 is believed to have started