Wuhan lifts its lockdown, as Europe charts its next moves. The Chinese city of Wuhan, the birthplace of the coronavirus pandemic, lifted its lockdown on Wednesday, allowing 11 million residents to leave their homes without special authorization for the first time in more than 10 weeks. Wuhan’s reversal is a […]
Daily Archives: April 8, 2020
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A tough goodbye. Teresa Giudice honored her late father, Giacinto Gorga, in an intimate funeral service just four days after his death. Teresa Giudice and Giacinto Gorga Courtesy of Teresa Giudice/Instagram Teresa Giudice, Joe and Melissa Gorga Pay Tribute to Giacinto ‘Nonno’ Gorga After His Death In a new Instagram […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump removed the inspector general who was to oversee the government’s $2.3 trillion coronavirus response, a spokeswoman for the official’s office said on Tuesday, fueling concerns in Congress about oversight of the relief package. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to addresses the daily […]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Grammy-winning singer John Prine, who wrote his early songs in his head while delivering mail and later emerged from Chicago’s folk revival scene in the 1970s to become one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died on Tuesday. He was 73. FILE PHOTO: Musician […]
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) will suspend a delivery service that aims to compete with UPS (UPS.N) and FedEx (FDX.N) in the United States. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at an Amazon facility in Bethpage on Long Island in New York, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly The online retailer […]
(Reuters) – As infections of the novel coronavirus rise steadily in Brazil and threaten to cause chaos in its densely populated favelas, some of the country’s leading athletes are stepping up to help the most vulnerable communities. World Cup winning captain in 1994 and former Brazil’s head soccer coach Dunga […]
WUHAN, China (Reuters) – The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown on Wednesday, but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections in mainland China. A man wearing a protective face mask […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Cardinal George Pell has been acquitted of child sexual abuse The Australian man who accused Cardinal George Pell of child sexual abuse says he accepts a court’s decision to overturn the cleric’s conviction. Cardinal Pell was freed from jail on Tuesday after Australia’s top court […]