de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de '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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de 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
de Coronavirus Pandemic Destroys 20.5 Million US Jobs in April in Historic Collapse By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:23:52 +0530 The job loss according to the US Labor Department destroyed nearly all the positions created in the prior decade Full Article
de 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
de Japan Lowers Bar to Coronavirus Testing, Drops Temperature Guideline By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:09:24 +0530 Japan's guidelines had previously specified that those who had had a fever of 37.5 Celsius or more for four consecutive days. Full Article
de Still Hiring! Walmart, Other Superstores Buck US Employment Trend amid Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:47:05 +0530 Almost across the board, sectors reported precipitous drops in overall employment in April, even though some major players - from online sales to grocery shopping and pharmacies - have seen surges in demand. Full Article
de Trump Offers Biden Rapid Coronavirus Testing System to Help Him Return to Campaign Trail By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:51:30 +0530 Trump, who this week made his first trip out of Washington in more than a month, relies on a federal supply of coronavirus tests so that he can maintain a more traditional schedule, while Biden has been isolating at home for nearly two months. Full Article
de 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
de Aide to US Vice President Mike Pence Tests Positive for Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:31:45 +0530 On Thursday, White House officials confirmed that a member of the military serving as one of President Donald Trump's valets tested positive for the coronavirus. Full Article
de China-US Looking To Create ‘Favourable Conditions’ For A Win-Win Trade Deal By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:06:52 +0530 The trade deal was signed in January, where Chinese agreed too import additional $200 bn U.S. products. Full Article
de US Prevents UN Security Council Vote on Covid-19 Pandemic Resolution, Say Diplomats By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:07:36 +0530 The text, under negotiation since March, called for a worldwide cessation of hostilities in conflict zones so governments can address the pandemic. Full Article
de 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
de 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
de Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Mike Pompeo to Visit Israel for Annexation Talks By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:28:55 +0530 Pompeo will discuss U.S. and Israeli efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as regional security issues related to Iran's malign influence, spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. Full Article
de Brazil has One-day Record of 751 Coronavirus Deaths, 10,222-plus New Cases By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:56:44 +0530 More than 145,000 cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported so far, with 10,222 added in the last 24 hours. Full Article
de 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
de '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
de 'Never Despair': Queen Elizabeth Tells Coronavirus-hit Britain on 75th anniversary of WW2 End By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:10:51 +0530 Her message was filmed at Windsor Castle, where she and her husband Prince Philip have been staying since the coronavirus outbreak began. Full Article
de China Continues to Hide and Obfuscate Covid-19 Data from World, Says Mike Pompeo in Fresh Attack By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:22:45 +0530 Mike Pompeo said he has seen a significant amount of evidence that suggests that the lab was underperforming, that there were security risks at the lab and that the virus could well have emanated from there. Full Article
de Exhibiting Varied Dimensions & Dynamics, This How the Future of Coronavirus Pandemic will be Like By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:26:40 +0530 The pandemic wave, similarly, will be with us for the foreseeable future before it diminishes. But depending on the location and the policies in place, it will exhibit variegated dimensions and dynamics traveling through time and space. Full Article
de 'We Don't Want this Anymore': Stuck on Cruise Ships During Pandemic, Crews Beg to Go Home By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:29:44 +0530 Both national and local governments have stopped crews from disembarking in order to prevent new cases of Covid-19 in their territories, stranding thousands of crew members. Full Article
de US Confirms 1,635 Coronavirus Deaths in 24 Hours, Toll Rise to 77,178 By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 09:04:25 +0530 The country, hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities, has now confirmed a total of 12,83,829 coronavirus cases. Full Article
de With Most Deaths in Europe, Almost No Recoveries in Over 2 Lakh cases, UK Grapples with Covid-19 By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 09:15:46 +0530 Roughly 65 per cent or 626 of the total 970 recoveries in the UK have been reported in its overseas territories or other dependent islands and territories, even as they account for a mere 0.6 per cent of the total recorded cases. Full Article
de US Vice-President Mike Pence's Press Secretary Tests Positive for Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 02:52:28 +0530 US Vice President's spokesperson Katie Miller is married to Stephen Miller, a top Donald Trump Advisor. Full Article
de No 'V'-shape Return from Devastating US Job Loss, Fed Policymakers Say By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:58:54 +0530 The virus has continued to spread across the nation, with nearly 1.3 million people infected so far and more than 77,000 dead. Full Article
de 'Coronavirus Exposed Weak Links in How we Address Epidemic': China Says Will Reform Disease Prevention System By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 01:35:08 +0530 China has been criticised domestically and abroad as being initially slow to react to the epidemic, which first broke out on a large scale in Wuhan Full Article
de 'Bad News': US Prevents UN Vote on Global Truce Amid Pandemic, Friction With WHO & China to Be Blamed By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 01:32:18 +0530 When asked for an explanation of the US move, a State Department official said that China had "repeatedly blocked compromises that would have allowed the Council to move forward." Full Article
de Spain Sex Workers Left to Fend for Themselves Under Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 01:45:44 +0530 Even before the state of emergency was declared on March 14, the work had all but dried up, with fear of the virus keeping both clients and sex workers away. Full Article
de Pakistan Begins Phase-wise Easing of Nationwide Lockdown Even as Coronavirus Cases Rise By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:03:03 +0530 The first phase of easing lockdown began as the government announced removing restrictions by allowing more business to open and operate from dawn to 5pm. Full Article
de Stranded in Nepal Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, Chinese Protesters Clash with Nepal Cops; 6 Injured By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:47:25 +0530 Over 400 Chinese nationals are stranded in Nepal and most of them are students who had gone to the country for vacation. Full Article
de President Vladimir Putin Calls For 'Invincible' Unity as Russians Mark Victory Day on Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:47:55 +0530 Celebrations of this year's Victory Day were muted after the Kremlin grudgingly agreed to postpone plans for a grand parade with world leaders due to coronavirus Full Article