3 Thane: Residents 'face the heat' during lockdown due to power cuts By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 17:54:41 IST Full Article
3 Google Brings Back 2017 'Hip Hop' Doodle That Will Make You Groove Today By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:45:22 +0530 Thursday’s doodle is part of Google’s 'Stay and Play at Home with Popular Past Google Doodles' series. Full Article
3 South Korean Findings Suggest 'Reinfected' Coronavirus Cases are False Positives By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:28:09 +0530 As more and more South Koreans were released from treatment for Covid-19, authorities discovered some ostensibly cured patients were later testing positive again. Full Article
3 How Lax Rules, Missed Warnings Led to Japan's Second Coronavirus Cruise-ship Hotspot By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:44:11 +0530 The Costa Atlantica now hosts one of Japan's biggest clusters of the coronavirus, which infected one-fourth of the more than 600 people then on board. Full Article
3 Amid Poor Access, Covid-19 Pandemic Poses a Special Threat to Indigenous People's Health & Culture By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 01:23:22 +0530 The United Nations estimates that the life expectancy of indigenous people can be up to 20 years lower than that of their counterparts. Full Article
3 Covid-19 Transmission Risk Via Sewage 'Must Not be Neglected', Scientists Say By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 03:30:04 +0530 Scientists said the structural makeup of SARS-CoV-2 suggests that it will behave differently in aqueous environments, compared to other viruses typically found in the intestine. Full Article
3 'Stop Shifting Blame' - China Slams USA after Donald Trump Coronavirus 'Attack' Claim By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:15:46 +0530 Tension between USA and China has reached fever pitch in recent days as they have exchanged barbed comments on each other's handling of the coronavvirus. Full Article
3 Bank of England Sees Worst Slump in 300 Years amid Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 05:15:29 +0530 The BoE kept its benchmark interest rate at an all-time low of 0.1% and left its target for bond-buying, most of it British government debt, at 645 billion pounds. Full Article
3 Trump's Admin Shelves CDC's Guide to Reopening Country After Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:05:31 +0530 The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions. Full Article
3 Sweden Reports over 3,000 Coronavirus Deaths But Insists Situation Manageable By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:25:16 +0530 Officials defended their strategy of not imposing strict stay-at-home measures, saying Sweden's healthcare system still had spare capacity. Full Article
3 Iran Says Coronavirus Outbreak 'Relatively Stable' Despite Uptick By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:28:51 +0530 The Islamic republic has battled to contain the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the COVID-19 illness since reporting its first cases in mid-February. Full Article
3 Japan Approves Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir as Covid-19 Drug By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:32:35 +0530 Japan reached the decision just three days after the US drugmaker filed for fast-track approval for the treatment. Full Article
3 Indian-origin MP in UK Says, Was 'Sacked' as Covid-19 Care Worker for Speaking Out Against PPE Shortage By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:49:55 +0530 Nadia Whittome, the youngest Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing her birthplace of Nottingham in central England since her win in the December 2019 General Election, is now running a drive to encourage care workers to speak out if they have safety concerns. Full Article
3 Boris Johnson Warns of 'Maximum Caution' as UK Considers Easing Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 07:55:22 +0530 Johnson will address the nation on Sunday evening, his spokesman said, but warned against reports of a major easing in social distancing rules. Full Article
3 New York Became 'Grand Central Station' for Covid-19 and Carried Infections Across the US: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:30:31 +0530 Overall, infections spreading from New York account for 60 to 65 per cent of the sequenced viruses across the country. Full Article
3 Germany to Apply 'Emergency Brake' if Coronavirus Rebounds By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:43:35 +0530 On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel and governors of the 16 states agreed to further loosen the rules, albeit with a fallback clause. Full Article
3 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
3 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
3 '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
3 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
3 '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
3 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
3 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
3 '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
3 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
3 '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
3 '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
3 '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
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 Milan a Ticking Coronavirus 'Bomb', Viroligist Warns By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:21:19 +0530 Lombardy region, which has recorded more than 80,000 infections, is the epicentre of Italy's outbreak, one of the worst in Europe in terms of deaths and infections. Full Article
3 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
3 'No Surprise': Trump Plays Down New Unemployment Record as US Loses 20.5 Million Jobs in April By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:14:48 +0530 The unprecedented collapse in April driven by the coronavirus fallout sent the unemployment rate to 14.7%, well beyond the peak hit in late 2009 during the global financial crisis. Full Article
3 Melinda Gates Slams Trump Administration's Handling of Covid-19, Gives it 'D-minus' By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:20 +0530 She asserted that more money is required for testing and vaccine development in the US and across the world. Full Article
3 Wuhan Market Where Covid-19 Virus May Have Started Shouldn't be Closed: WHO By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:45:01 +0530 WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said live animal markets are critical to providing food and livelihoods for millions of people globally and authorities should focus on improving them rather than outlawing them. Full Article
3 Canada Loses Record 2.0 Million Jobs in April, Unemployment Rate Surges to 13.0% By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:55:40 +0530 Most non-essential businesses have been shut since mid-March as officials urge people to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but in recent weeks, some of the 10 Canadian provinces have started to gradually reopen their economies. Full Article
3 Coronavirus Could Kill 1,90,000 Africans and 'Smoulder' Across the Continent for Years By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:43:10 +0530 As many as 44 million of the continent's 1.3 billion people could be infected during the same period, the UN health agency estimated, based on its prediction model of 47 African countries. Full Article
3 Trump Praises Attorney General William Barr for Dropping Michael Flynn's Case By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:47 +0530 The action on Thursday was a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the past three years have maintained that Flynn lied to the FBI in a January 2017 interview about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. Full Article
3 Venezuela Incursion Carried Out by 'Rogue Group', US Govt Had Nothing to Do With it: Trump By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:56:08 +0530 Trump said the incursion 'was not a good attack,' carried out by a 'rogue group' that included Venezuelans and 'people from other countries.' Full Article
3 Shortages of Coronavirus Test Materials 'Critical': UN Lab Chief By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:58:07 +0530 The tests the lab sends out use the nuclear-derived RT-PCR technology, which is now common for new coronavirus detection and can give results within hours. Full Article
3 Kremlin Says Putin And Britain's Johnson Backed Renewed Dialogue in Phone Call By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:46:28 +0530 The Kremlin said Putin and Johnson had congratulated one another on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the allied victory in World War Two. Full Article
3 Trump: Not Sure We Even Have a Choice' on Reopening States By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:42:15 +0530 Texas is among a long list of states that have been gradually allowing business to reopen despite failing to reach the guidelines spelled out by the White House last month. Full Article
3 UK Coronavirus Death Toll Crosses 31,000, Confirms British Govt By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:14:37 +0530 The number of fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the wider community rose by 626 on the previous day to reach 31,241. Full Article
3 Venezuela Charges Two Americans With 'Terrorism, Conspiracy' By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:19:37 +0530 Luke Alexander Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, were among 17 people captured by the Venezuelan military. Full Article
3 US, China Trade Officials Press Ahead with 'Phase 1' Deal as Donald Trump Mulls Termination By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:22:10 +0530 US President Donald Trump, critical of China's early handling of the coronavirus outbreak, said on Friday that he was "very torn" about whether to end the trade deal. Full Article
3 Italy Becomes Third Country to Record 30,000 Coronavirus Deaths, New Cases Edge Down By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:27:27 +0530 Italy's total death toll from COVID-19 since its outbreak came to light on February 21 now stands at 30,201. Only the United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus. Full Article
3 Turkey Charges Seven People Over Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn's Escape: Lawyer By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:50:19 +0530 Turkey formally charged Turkish private jet operator MNG Jet's four pilots and a executive with 'migrant smuggling', a crime carrying a maximum sentence of eight years in jail. Full Article
3 Live Animal Markets Shouldn't be Shut Despite Virus as They Provide Food, Livelihoods for Millions: WHO By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:59:06 +0530 The WHO said reducing the risk of disease transmission from animals to humans in these often overcrowded markets could be addressed in many cases by improving hygiene and food safety standards, including separating live animals from humans. Full Article
3 'It’s Just Unfair': Job Market Meltdown Hits America's Most Vulnerable Workers Hardest Amid Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:08:48 +0530 The 20.5 million jobs lost in April fell disproportionately on African Americans, Latinos, low-wage workers and people with no college education. Full Article