e Moscow Extends Lockdown after Record Increase in Coronavirus Cases By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:00:43 +0530 Coronavirus cases have been registered in all of Russia's 85 regions, with Moscow the worst affected by far with 92,676. Full Article
e German Journalist Accuses French Ex-president of 'Grabbing' Her, Files Sexual Assault Complaint By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:28:39 +0530 Giscard's French lawyer said Thursday that the 94-year-old former president retains 'no memory' of the incident. Giscard was president of France from 1974-1981. Full Article
e Coronavirus Detected in Semen of Infected Men, Shows Chinese Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:51:41 +0530 COVID-19 is spread through respiratory droplets or contact and the virus has also been detected in feces, saliva and urine. Full Article
e We Need to Know Where Patient Zero of Coronavirus Came From: Mike Pompeo By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:11:18 +0530 The US needs it for all of the epidemiological work that needs to be done to protect Americans today and tomorrow, Pompeo asserted. Full Article
e US Justice Department Drops Case Against ex-Trump Aide and Former NSA Michael Flynn By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:22:47 +0530 The decision by close Trump ally Attorney General Bill Barr effectively reversed 18 months of work by the department and FBI under Barr's predecessors. Full Article
e US Senators Urge Trump to Temporarily Suspend H-1B, Other Guest Workers Visas By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:32:24 +0530 Top Republican senators urged US President Donald Trump on Thursday to suspend all new guest worker visas for 60 days and certain categories of new guest worker visas, including H-1B, for at least a year or until unemployment figures return to normal levels. Full Article
e Russia Hoax Made it Very Hard for Two Countries to Deal with Each Other: Trump By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:22:58 +0530 US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the "Russia hoax" made it very difficult for the leaders of the two countries to deal with each other. Full Article
e Biden's Sexual Accuser Asks Him to Drop Out of Presidential Race, Is Being Represented by Trump Donor By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:31:32 +0530 Attorney Douglas Wigdor is well known for his work on prominent cases related to sexual harassment and assault. He represented six women who accused Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer, of sexual misconduct. Full Article
e 'We are Prisoners': Coronavirus Crisis Leaves Thousands of Cruise Ship Crew Stuck at Sea By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:35:59 +0530 The major cruise lines are accused of failing to do enough to get their staff home, ostensibly to save money on pricey charter flights – a claim the companies deny. Full Article
e Post Nat'l Outrage Over Black Man Getting Shot to Death While Jogging, Arrests Made After 2 Months By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:51:26 +0530 Gregory McMichael, 64, previously told police that he and his son chased after Ahmaud Arbery because they suspected him of being a burglar. Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, has said she believes her son, a former football player, was just jogging in the Satilla Shores neighborhood before he was killed on a Sunday afternoon. Full Article
e China Either Made a Terrible Mistake on Covid-19 or Was Incompetent: Trump By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:52:58 +0530 More than 2,64,000 people have died of COVID-19 globally and 37 lakh tested positive for the disease. Full Article
e President Trump, Mike Pence Test Negative for Covid-19 After White House Valet Contracts Virus By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:05:46 +0530 During a meeting with the governor of Texas in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump told reporters he had little contact with the man and would be tested daily going forward. Neither Trump nor Pence wore masks during the meeting. Full Article
e 'Enemies Remain Enemies': North Korea Lashes South as Kim Jong Un Praises China's Xi Jinping By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:14:39 +0530 Kim sent Chinese leader Xi Jinping a diplomatic communication congratulating him for China's "success" in controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic. Full Article
e ‘They are Thieves, not Journalists’: Trump Asks Newspapers to Give Up Pulitzer Prize for Russia coverage By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:02:50 +0530 The US President said all the American journalists with the Pulitzer Prize should be forced to give it back because they were all wrong. Full Article
e China, US Commit to 'Creating Favourable Conditions' for Trade Deal Implementation Despite Coronavirus Row: Official By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:22:01 +0530 Last week, US President Trump threatened new tariffs against China after claiming there was evidence linking Covid-19 to a top-security lab in Wuhan. Full Article
e US Could Extend Period for Border Restrictions: Officials By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:03:56 +0530 US officials say fewer illegal immigrants are trying to enter the country from Mexico amid new enforcement rules imposed in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan says agents are encountering about half the number of migrants along the southwest border than in the month before President Donald Trump authorized the rapid expulsion of migrants under a March 21 public health order. Full Article
e Croatian Air Force Plane Crashes Killing Two Crew Members By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:43:53 +0530 Croatia's Defense Ministry says an air force training plane crashed in the southwest of the country, killing two crew members. Full Article
e Does Coronavirus Spread by Sex? Virus Found in Patients' Semen in Chinese Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:54:24 +0530 The virus that causes COVID-19 can be found in semen, Chinese researchers report in a small study that doesn't address whether sexual transmission is possible. Doctors detected the virus in semen from six of 38 men hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Four were still very sick with the disease while two were recovering. Full Article
e Senators Urge Trump to Temporarily Suspend H-1B, Other Work Visas as Unemployment Reaches All Time High By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:03:46 +0530 The H-1B work visa for foreign technology professionals is highly popular among Indians and a large number of Indians also opt for the EB-5 investors visa. Full Article
e Georgia Police Arrest Two for Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Man By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:06:52 +0530 The two white men were identified by police as Travis McMichael, 34, and his father Gregory McMichael, 64, who both live in Brunswick. Full Article
e US Companies Got Emergency Govt Loans Despite Having Months of Cash By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:13:48 +0530 Some of the companies that took loans said publicly they were financially secure, with some seeing increased demand for their products around the time they asked for the aid. Full Article
e Caught on Video, NYPD Social Distancing Patrols Turn Violent By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:16:37 +0530 One newly surfaced video of social distancing enforcement gone wrong in New York City shows a police officer running at a black man and throwing him to the ground for mouthing off. Full Article
e 'The Govt is Failing Us': Laid-off Americans Struggle in Coronavirus Crisis By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:26:59 +0530 Alejandra has not heard anything from the state -- though she has gotten a fundraising email from Republican Senator Rick Scott, who set up the current unemployment system during his tenure as governor. Full Article
e Pakistani Man Shoots Wife Dead for Not Serving Him Hot Meal for Sehri, Arrested By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:48:16 +0530 The father of the deceased filed a complaint with the police alleging that his 19-year-old daughter was killed by her husband for failing to serve him a hot meal for Sehri in the ongoing month of Ramzan. Full Article
e World Red Cross Day 2020: All That You Need to Know By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:01:52 +0530 World Red Cross day is observed on May 8 on the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Full Article
e New Study Finds No Benefit from Malaria Drug HCQ for Coronavirus Treatment By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:10:10 +0530 Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 patients treated at Columbia University in New York, researchers reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Full Article
e Google Doodle Brings Back Video Game Pac Man Live Today By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:18:00 +0530 While PAC MAN is controlled using the arrow keys on keyboard or by clicking on the maze; Ms. PAC MAN can be controlled with the WASD keys. Full Article
e World Thalassaemia Day 2020: Date, Theme and Significance By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:27:08 +0530 The World Thalassaemia Day 2020 theme is '’the dawning of a new era for thalassaemia: Time for a global effort to make novel therapies accessible and affordable to patients'. Full Article
e Most Coronavirus Patients May Lose Sense of Smell by Third Day of Infection, Reveals New Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:31:08 +0530 The findings indicated that a decreased sense of smell may be an indicator of patients early in the disease course as well as those who may go on to develop more severe symptoms. Full Article
e UN, Partners Launch $6.7 bn Appeal for Vulnerable Countries to Fight Food Insecurity, Gender Violence By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:44:06 +0530 On March 25, the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan was launched, but with humanitarian needs continuing to rise, the updated plan is calling for $6.7 billion for the remainder of 2020. Full Article
e Solemn Europe to Mark World War II Anniversary Despite Coronavirus Damage By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:55:06 +0530 Large-scale parades that had been envisaged to commemorate the victory over the Nazis have been downsized as the world grapples with coronavirus crisis. Full Article
e Hotter, Humid Weather May Not Halt Spread of Covid-19: Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:32:58 +0530 Temperature and latitude are not associated with the spread of COVID-19 disease, according to a global study that found school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect on containing the novel coronavirus. Full Article
e Partially Paralysed Chinese Woman Buried by Son Saved Alive After 3 Days in Grave By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:50:56 +0530 Her son was apparently fed up with having to constantly take care of her, Chinese state media reported. Rescuers said the woman was faintly calling for help as she was freed. Full Article
e 'Dedicated to Health & Medicine': Father-Daughter Doctor Duo of Indian-origin Die of Covid-19 in US By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 01:12:15 +0530 Satyender Dev Khanna and daughter Priya Khanna who worked at the Clara Maass Medical Center in New Jersey succumbed to Covid-19. Full Article
e 'Beverages With Less Than 40% Alcohol Are Halal, Can Drink Them': Pak Cleric's Comments Invite Ire By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:11:10 +0530 Controversial Pakistani cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi made the comments in an interview with an online portal when he was asked to respond to some fatwa allegedly issued by clerics in Saudi Arabia that beverages containing 40 per cent alcohol or less are halal (permissible). Full Article
e Museum, Amusement Parks & Cinemas to Reopen in Denmark from June 8 as Govt Eases Virus Restrictions By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:39:24 +0530 In the third phase of its reopening plan, Denmark will also increase the maximum number of people allowed to meet in public to between 30 and 50, up from a 10-person limit. Full Article
e Singapore Coronavirus Infections Touch 21,707 with 20 deaths: Health Ministry By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:45:31 +0530 Singapore on Friday reported 768 new cases of coronavirus, mostly among the foreign nationals living in dormitories, taking the total number of infections in the country to 21,707 with 20 deaths, the health ministry said. Full Article
e 'Can Learn from Smallpox for Covid-19 Response': Remembering Humanity's Triumph Over a Virus, 40 Yrs On By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:54:22 +0530 On May 8, 1980, representatives of all World Health Organization (WHO) member states gathered in Geneva and officially declared that the smallpox-causing variola virus had been relegated to the history books, two centuries after the discovery of a vaccine. Full Article
e In a Town Split by a Border, Coronavirus Rules Vary From Door to Door By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:03:28 +0530 As European countries begin to ease their restrictions on public life at a varied pace, with some allowing businesses to reopen while others remain on lockdown, the different rules are sowing confusion for travelers. Full Article
e To Mask or Not to Mask? World Leaders Scrutinised Over Covering Face Amid Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:05 +0530 As a consensus has emerged that masks, even homemade ones, do help -- though levels of protection vary -- political leaders have had to adjust their messaging. Full Article
e Men, Money, Plan & Guts: An Incursion Into Venezuela, Straight Out of Hollywood By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:29:29 +0530 The Maduro administration has blamed the attack on the US government, which has denied a connection to Goudreau or his Florida-based security company SilverCorp. Full Article
e China's New Prototype Spacecraft Returns to Earth, After Completing a Number of Assignments: Official By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:42:11 +0530 The spacecraft -- which was launched Tuesday -- arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after a hitch in an earlier part of the key test. Full Article
e China Says It Supports Who-led Review Of Global Pandemic Response By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:44:14 +0530 Countries like France, Germany and Britain have urged greater transparency from China over its handling of coronavirus, while the US and Australia have called for international inquiry. Full Article
e Joe Biden Allies Told to Attack Trump's Stimulus as Veiled 'Cronyism' By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:12 +0530 The memo gives Biden campaign representatives new language to use in their attacks on Trump and shows a campaign honing an increasingly aggressive tone ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Full Article
e Iran Earthquake Kills at Least One, Sparks Panic in Capital By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:54:02 +0530 A shallow 4.6 magnitude quake hit near the city of Damavand, about 55 kilometres east of Tehran. Full Article
e Afghanistan Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz Tests Positive for Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:58:33 +0530 Afghanistan has recorded more than 100 deaths from the virus out of more than 3,700 confirmed cases. Full Article
e Iranians Urged to Take Coronavirus 'Seriously' as Cases Stay High By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 04:53:25 +0530 Experts and officials both in Iran and abroad have cast doubts over Covid-19 figures, saying the real number of cases could be much higher than reported. Full Article
e Wuhan Market Had Role in Coronavirus Outbreak, But More Research Needed, Says WHO By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:11:27 +0530 It was not clear whether live animals or infected vendors or shoppers may have brought the virus into the market, a WHO expert said. Full Article
e South Africa to Grant 19,000 Inmates Parole to Curb Coronavirus Spread By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:27:18 +0530 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the parole would apply to low-risk inmates who have passed their minimum detention period. Full Article
e COVID-19: Indian-American Senator Appointed Member Of Committee to Address Washington's Economic Recovery By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:55:59 +0530 Senator Manka Dhingra is an Indian-American attorney and the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States. Full Article