Image copyright Getty Images The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion. This bleak warning comes from a United Nations (UN) study into the financial and human cost of the pandemic. It will be the first time that poverty has increased […]
Daily Archives: April 8, 2020
The Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, has said his team would support serious changes to Formula One race weekends so the season can take place. After the Canadian Grand Prix was the ninth meeting to be called off on Tuesday, Binotto emphasised that F1 teams now needed to be flexible […]
There are many reasons Sanders fell short to Joe Biden. Here are five of them. 1. Lack of black support Sanders ran into a wall in 2016 among black voters. Hillary Clinton catapulted herself to victory by winning blowouts throughout the South, where black voters make up a huge chunk […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Three days after India imposed a nationwide lockdown, Devender Singh revved up his motorcycle to deliver meat and eggs to customers – but his heart was in his mouth as he closed in on a police barricade on a deserted New Delhi road. Delivery worker Devender […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Retired firefighter Gary Holmberg was only supposed to be at the Pleasant View nursing home in Maryland for a little while, recovering from a fall at his assisted living center. FILE PHOTO: Medical officials aid a residents from St. Joseph’s nursing home to board a bus, after […]
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday he’s assembled a bipartisan group of senators calling on President Donald Trump to provide a “a detailed written explanation” about the removal of the inspector general who flagged the Ukraine whistleblower complaint. Citing a loss of confidence, Trump on Friday told Congress he […]
Sonic Mania redefined what a “remake” is. To understand why that is, we must take a look at the history of the Blue Blur and uncover his secrets. source: gamezpot.com
Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno team up for the new novel “Rules for Being a Girl.” By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN Associated Press April 8, 2020, 7:22 PM 2 min read “Rules for Being a Girl” by Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno (Balzer + Bray) In “Rules for Being a Girl,” by […]
During Wednesday’s episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, Ripa became visibly emotional when she talked about some of the quarantine measures which, effectively, have stopped her from hugging her kids. According to E! Online, Kelly shared that her children won’t hug her right now because of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The ABC comedy has, admittedly, been running on fumes a bit the past few seasons, a seemingly inevitable byproduct of hanging around this long. So the writers had some work to do in terms of pulling it all together, offering a finale that was worthy of the show’s mix of […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In New York City, an intensive care nurse treated patients for three days after she started displaying symptoms of COVID-19 – but couldn’t get a test from her hospital. In Georgia, a nurse was denied a test after treating an infected patient who died. FILE PHOTO: […]
Image copyright DustyPixel Image caption Arkansas has yet to issue a stay-at-home order After coursing through New York and other cities, Covid-19 is now hitting small towns, in different ways. Here’s a look at how one in Ohio and another in Arkansas have fared. William Knapp, the head of a […]
Without directly naming President Trump, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday asked global leaders to refrain from politicizing the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, Trump said he will “strongly consider” ending U.S. funding to WHO, the United Nations health agency. He said WHO “called it wrong” on […]
New research indicates that the coronavirus began to circulate in the New York area by mid-February, weeks before the first confirmed case, and that travelers brought in the virus mainly from Europe, not Asia. “The majority is clearly European,” said Harm van Bakel, a geneticist at Icahn School of Medicine […]
FILE PHOTO: Tiger Woods celebrates to win the final round of the Zozo Championship, a PGA Tour event, at Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Japan October 28, 2019, in this photo released by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS (Reuters) – A Florida man has filed a lawsuit […]
Coronavirus checks will start to go out in a couple weeks. Angela Lang/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. For eligible US taxpayers, the first economic stimulus checks from the IRS are expected to go out around the middle of April. […]
Authorities in Wisconsin allege that an argument over social distancing restrictions preceded a double homicide that left a university doctor and her husband dead, court documents say. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court also alleges that the victims’ daughter — who was dating one of the […]
By CNN’s rough estimate, over the past three weeks Trump has made at least 50 false or misleading claims at these briefings, which in many ways have become a substitute for the political rallies he can no longer hold due to the coronavirus outbreak. That’s what made Wednesday night’s briefing […]
Still going strong! Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla commemorated their upcoming milestone wedding anniversary with a new photo. Look Back at Royal Weddings of the Past: William and Kate, Charles and Diana and More “Ahead of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall’s 15th wedding anniversary tomorrow, we […]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Wednesday announced a fresh $2 billion fund to help support the country´s informal workers as the coronavirus outbreak continues to batter the South American nation´s economy. A worker uses disinfectant to clean at a local market, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease […]