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Bob Weighton turns 112: The times and life of the world's oldest man
BBC - 29 Mar 2020 04:01
Bob Weighton, from Hampshire, turns 112 today. What has the world's oldest man lived through?
The big picture: on the road in post-Ceaucescu Romania
The Guardian - 29 Mar 2020 10:00
An odyssey around remote parts of central and eastern Europe led Fabio Ponzio to this incongruous sight Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Italian photographer Fabio Ponzio would look at a map of Europe and find hi...
Hannah Rothschild recommends her 6 favorite novels
The Week - 29 Mar 2020 13:50
Hannah Rothschild, former chair of London's National Gallery, is a writer, documentary maker, and philanthropist. House of Trelawney, her second novel, satirizes a family of British aristocrats who are reeling after the ...
Disunited states of America: responses to coronavirus shaped by hyper-partisan politics
The Guardian - 29 Mar 2020 14:00
Democratic states have tended to be more proactive while some Republican governors followed Trump in downplaying the crisis It was a tale of two beaches. On Florida's Atlantic coast, at the height of spring break season,...
Why the travel industry will be stronger and better after coronavirus
New York Post - 29 Mar 2020 08:30
The travel industry has been decimated by the coronavirus -- with estimates of over $24 billion lost as 825,000 jobs have been wiped out and more than 8.2 million visitors stay away from the United States alone. But with...
Tornado rips through Arkansas city
CBSNews - 29 Mar 2020 07:49
The mayor of Jonesboro said the more people may could have been harmed by the tornado had the mall not been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Grammy-winning country music star dies after contracting coronavirus
Sky News - 30 Mar 2020 00:55
Grammy-winning country music star Joe Diffie has died two days after revealing he had contracted coronavirus.
North Korea fires two missiles as Seoul condemns 'inappropriate' timing
The Guardian - 29 Mar 2020 07:45
Latest in flurry of launches draws particular criticism amid coronavirus pandemic North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unp...
US coronavirus death toll doubles in two days, passes 2,000
New York Post - 29 Mar 2020 05:57
Confirmed coronavirus deaths in the United States doubled in two days, surpassing 2,000 Saturday evening, according to states' health data. The death toll has increased rapidly, with about a month passing between the cou...
Sarah Jessica Parker + Matthew Broderick
CBSNews - 29 Mar 2020 20:48
The actors are working together for the first time since they married 23 years ago in the (now-delayed) return to Broadway of Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite." Jane Pauley sits down with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broder...
Bolsonaro threatens to sack health minister over coronavirus criticism
The Guardian - 29 Mar 2020 17:25
Brazilian president warns Luiz Henrique Mandetta not to speak out against him in public Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Jair Bolsonaro has reportedly told his health minister he will sack hi...
New Zealand: first coronavirus death is woman in 70s
The Guardian - 29 Mar 2020 05:21
Victim in South Island had other health conditions and had been admitted to hospital with suspected influenza, reports say Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage New Zealand has reported its first ...
Pence says virus taskforce soon to deliver recommendation on whether to re-open economy
Reuters - 29 Mar 2020 04:52
Vice President Mike Pence, heading the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak, said on Saturday that he would deliver a recommendation to the president on whether to re-open the U.S. economy in the c...
How much should the public know about who has the coronavirus?
Boston - 29 Mar 2020 18:28
SAN JOSE, Calif. — When the first case of the coronavirus in Silicon Valley was discovered in late January, health officials were faced with a barrage of questions: What city did the patient live in?
Nurse who battled coronavirus on the front lines dies from illness herself
New York Post - 29 Mar 2020 18:20
A Miami nurse was killed by coronavirus after working on the front lines to help patients hit by the dangerous bug, according to a report. Araceli Buendia Ilagan, 63, came down with the illness while working in the inten...
Refugees in Greece at severe risk due to dire living conditions
Al Jazeera English - 29 Mar 2020 18:14
Many suffer from dearth of basic needs and sanitation on Lesbos Island, the biggest entry point for migrants in the Aegean - with more than 20,000 arriving there since 2016.
'War zone': Ambulances in New York City are now as busy as on Sept. 11
Boston - 29 Mar 2020 18:08
NEW YORK — The first of many calls that night involved a 24-year-old man who had a fever, body aches and a cough that sounded like a cement mixer.
UK wildlife enjoys humans' lockdown but concerns raised over conservation
The Guardian - 29 Mar 2020 18:00
Animals are getting some peace and people are reconnecting with nature, but wildlife crimes may be going unnoticed Moles are daring to clamber above ground to hunt for worms, oystercatchers are nesting on deserted beache...
Italian doctors demand protective supplies as coronavirus deaths climb
New York Post - 29 Mar 2020 17:56
At least 50 doctors have died from COVID-19 while trying to help the sick in Italy — having been sent “unarmed” to fight a “war” without essential protective supplies, their association claimed. Italy’s Natio...
London taxi driver dies after possibly catching coronavirus from cash fare
New York Post - 29 Mar 2020 17:32
The family of a British taxi driver says he has died from coronavirus after they believe he caught the bug from taking cash fares, according to a report. Spencer Kurash, 56, continued to work as a cab driver throughout L...
Coronavirus survivors' blood plasma could be used to fight infection
The Guardian - 29 Mar 2020 17:17
Patients, carers and NHS staff could receive experimental antibody treatment Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Doctors have drawn up plans to infuse British coronavirus patients and their care...