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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

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

The Trump administration is determined to withdraw from a 28-year-old treaty

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The Trump administration is determined to withdraw from a 28-year-old treaty intended to reduce the risk of an accidental war between the west and Russia by allowing reconnaissance flights over each other’s territory. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, which has put off a full national security council (NSC) meeting on the Open Skies Treaty (OST), the secretary of defence, Mark Esper, and secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, have agreed to proceed with a US exit, according to two sources familiar with administration planning. The monarch’s intervention came after the health secretary criticised members of the public for flocking to parks to … Continue reading The Trump administration is determined to withdraw from a 28-year-old treaty

The US agriculture giant Monsanto and the German chemical giant BASF

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The US agriculture giant Monsanto and the German chemical giant BASF were aware for years that their plan to introduce a new agricultural seed and chemical system would probably lead to damage on many US farms, internal documents seen by the Guardian show. Risks were downplayed even while they planned how to profit off farmers who would buy Monsanto’s new seeds just to avoid damage, according to documents unearthed during a recent successful $265m lawsuit brought against both firms by a Missouri farmer. Elsewhere, Democratic front-runner Joe Biden has attacked the president as “reckless and ignorant” for accusing New York … Continue reading The US agriculture giant Monsanto and the German chemical giant BASF

French coronavirus patients will be moved to Germany as the country is struggling to cope

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French coronavirus patients will be moved to Germany as the country is struggling to cope with a rising number of Covid-19 cases. Hospitals in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg have offered to treat some critically ill patients from the neighboring Alsace region in France. At stake are the succession plans of Hamengku Buwono X, the first sultan of Yogyakarta to practise monogamy, who has five daughters but no sons. The 73-year-old has made no official proclamation but has been rewriting centuries-old rules and titles to allow his oldest daughter to succeed him as the first female monarch in the 265-year … Continue reading French coronavirus patients will be moved to Germany as the country is struggling to cope

The roars of over 10,000 people rolled around the hall as Bernie Sanders walked onstage

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The roars of over 10,000 people rolled around the hall as Bernie Sanders walked onstage and they had barely died down when the candidate declared that he had some news. The crowd gathered in the Los Angeles Convention Centre hung on his next words. The 88-year-old twice got down on his knees to bow before reporters in Gapyeong, his head to the floor, as he pleaded for the ‘forgiveness of the government’ today.  The secretive church is linked to more than half of South Korea’s virus cases and has been accused of failing to co-operate with authorities over the outbreak, … Continue reading The roars of over 10,000 people rolled around the hall as Bernie Sanders walked onstage

Germany has warned of the ‘start of an epidemic’ as Europe scrambles to contain a coronavirus outbreak

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Germany has warned of the ‘start of an epidemic’ as Europe scrambles to contain a coronavirus outbreak spreading from Italy across the continent.   Denmark, Switzerland, Romania, North Macedonia and the city of Athens have all confirmed their first virus cases in the last two days – all of them linked to Italy. The injured man on the ground, whose voice is muffled, replies that he came “from Moscow”, and says, “They have my mother.” There was no immediate comment from Polish authorities. The Sweden-based Chechen rights group Vayfond described the attack as an assassination attempt. The centre of the outbreak … Continue reading Germany has warned of the ‘start of an epidemic’ as Europe scrambles to contain a coronavirus outbreak

They came in their hundreds to Rocketown, Nashville, on Wednesday night

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They came in their hundreds to Rocketown, Nashville, on Wednesday night. Young, old, black, white, they wanted a free T-shirt, a complimentary barbecue dinner and a chance to check out the only Democratic candidate campaigning last week in Tennessee: Michael Bloomberg. It was unlike any other primary campaign event — countless staffers buzzing around, freebies for all. You could feel the heft of it, the scale, the impossibly deep pockets funding this increasingly probable run for president. Police say they found her body in a canyon at the bottom of Pyke Creek, an area of Mount Aspiring National Park close … Continue reading They came in their hundreds to Rocketown, Nashville, on Wednesday night

New video from an Idaho storage company has raised questions about the disappearance of two missing children

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New video from an Idaho storage company has raised questions about the disappearance of two missing children after their mother was found with her new husband in Hawaii, following a string of mysterious deaths.  The video, released by Self Storage Plus in Rexburg, Idaho, shows the mother, Lori Vallow, entering the storage facilities on multiple occasions after signing a rental agreement in October of last year. There were contradictory reports over the doctor’s death, after the same Chinese media reported he was still alive. Journalists and doctors at the scene told the BBC government officials had intervened in official state … Continue reading New video from an Idaho storage company has raised questions about the disappearance of two missing children

Explosive new documents show the US government knew a weather map used by Donald Trump was doctored

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Explosive new documents show the US government knew a weather map used by Donald Trump was doctored, despite publicly defending the president’s false claims about a hurricane striking Alabama. In September last year, Mr Trump repeatedly claimed wrongly that Alabama would “most likely” be struck by Hurricane Dorian, a category five storm which devastated the Bahamas. The group, all believed to be aged under 12, were riding their bikes to get ice cream when a four-wheel-drive is alleged to have ploughed into them. Four of the children died at the scene, and the fifth, a 10-year-old-boy, is in hospital with … Continue reading Explosive new documents show the US government knew a weather map used by Donald Trump was doctored