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World May 02, 2020

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Makes 'First Public Appearance' in 20 Days, Attends Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at Factory in Pyongyang

North Korea's Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead.
World May 01, 2020

US Presidential Elections 2020: Donald Trump Tells Democratic Challenger Joe Biden to ‘Fight’ Sex Assault Allegation

Kavanaugh's 2018 confirmation process was severely rocked by an accusation from Christine Blasey Ford that he had tried to rape her when they were teenagers in 1982. Despite defending Biden, Trump stressed that he found the accuser more solid than in Kavanaugh's case -- a talking point that is widely shared in the Republican camp.
World May 01, 2020

US Sports Will Lose $12 Billion in Revenue Due to Coronavirus Shutdown: Report

Patrick Rishe, sports business program director at Washington University in St. Louis, estimated the impact of the shutdown on major US pro and college sports leagues as well as youth sport for ESPN, which also had labor market analysis firm Emsi make sport-related job estimates.
World May 01, 2020

Qatar: Tent For Coronavirus Patients at Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital Collapse Due to Storm, 23 Injured

During the gale-force winds on Thursday, a Qatar Airways Boeing 787 on the ground was blown into a nearby Airbus A350 at Doha's Hamad airport causing minor damage but no injuries, the airline said in a statement.
Agency News May 01, 2020

Baseball's Little League World Series 2020 Called Off Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

Tokyo teams have won five of the past 10 World Series titles with another going to a squad from Seoul in 2014. US clubs have won three of the past four titles, including Louisiana's victory over Curacao in last year's final.
World May 01, 2020

US Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Denies Tara Reade Sexual Assault Allegations

Read, now 56, said on a podcast in March that the former senator and vice president put his hands 'down my skirt' and violated her. She has since recounted her story to other media outlets, and filed an incident report with the Washington police in early April -- seen by AFP -- in which she did not name Biden.
Social Viral May 01, 2020

Social Distancing Motorbike With 1-Metre Gap Invented by Indian Mechanic (Watch Video)

Partha Saha, 39, bought an old bike from a scrap dealer, removed the engine and cut the machine in two before affixing a rod slightly longer than a metre (3.2 feet) to connect the wheels.
World May 01, 2020

Germany to Face Consequences Over Lebanon's Hezbollah Ban, Says Iran

Iran has slammed Germany's ban on the activities of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on its soil, saying it would face consequences for its decision to give in to Israeli and US pressure.
World May 01, 2020

Irish Airline Ryanair Cuts Up to 3,000 Jobs as COVID-19 Pandemic Grounds Aviation Sector

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair said on Friday it planned to axe 3,000 pilot and cabin crew jobs, or 15 percent of staff, with air transport paralysed by coronavirus.
World May 01, 2020

Greta Thunberg Donates $100,000 Prize Money to UNICEF to Support Children During COVID-19 Pandemic

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a Danish foundation to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for use against the COVID-19 pandemic, the world body said Thursday.
World Apr 30, 2020

UK ‘Past Peak’ of Coronavirus Outbreak, Says PM Boris Johnson Despite 674 Deaths in Past 24 Hours

The country is now the third-most affected in the world behind the United States and Italy on cumulative deaths, after changing its reporting to include community as well as hospital deaths on Wednesday.
Lifestyle Apr 30, 2020

Pfizer Eyes 10–20 Million Doses of Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine by Year-End

The head of the US pharma giant's vaccines unit, Nanette Cocero, told a virtual briefing Thursday that the companies were moving forward to ramp up clinical trials and manufacturing capabilities in parallel to be able to produce a large number of doses as soon as a vaccine is demonstrated to be safe and efficient.
Sports Apr 30, 2020

PSG Named Ligue 1 2020 Champions as French Football Season Declared Over

The crisis meeting follows this week's announcement by the French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, that "professional sports leagues, notably football, cannot restart" because of the risks linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
World Apr 30, 2020

Coronavirus Not Man-Made, Studying if COVID-19 Outbreak Began in Wuhan Lab: US Intelligence

News reports say Trump has tasked US spies to find out more about the origins of the virus, at first blamed on a Wuhan, China wet market selling exotic animals like bats, but now thought possibly to be from a virus research laboratory nearby.
World Apr 30, 2020

Unemployment In USA: Over 3.8 Million Americans File For Jobless Benefits In a Week, Total Toll Surpass 30 Million in One-And-Half Month Amid COVID-19 Spread

The report for the week ended April 25 showed a decline in the number of people applying for jobless benefits, but the level remains many times the 230,000 initial claims in the same week of 2019.
World Apr 30, 2020

US Federal Reserve Expanding Main Street Loan Program to Aid More Firms Amid COVID-19 Crisis

The Main Street Lending Program, which the Fed announced but has not yet launched, was designed to reach small and medium-sized businesses that are too big to benefit from the Paycheck Protection Program run by the Treasury Department.
Agency News Apr 30, 2020

South Korea Reports No New Domestic Coronavirus Cases, No Transmission from Parliamentary Election

South Korea Thursday reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the disease was detected in the country more than two months ago.
World Apr 30, 2020

Russia Reports 7,099 New Coronavirus Cases in Past 24 Hours, Total Toll Crosses 100,000

Coronavirus cases in Russia surged past 100,000 on Thursday, the government said, with an increase of 7,099 confirmed infections in the last 24 hours.
World Apr 30, 2020

US Oil Prices Jump More Than 16% in Asian Trade

US oil prices surged above $17 a barrel Thursday as virus-ravaged markets were lifted by data showing improving demand and a smaller-than-expected rise in stockpiles in the world's top economy.
World Apr 30, 2020

Mexico: 21 People Dead, 29 Injured from Contaminated Liquor in Jalisco

Some 21 people have died and 13 others have been seriously injured in the Mexican state of Jalisco after ingesting contaminated liquor, regional authorities said Wednesday.

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