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Epic Games delays the release of Fortnite's new season
BBC - 15 Apr 2020 03:40
The gaming industry has experienced delays because of restrictions on developers working from home.
Belsen 1945: Remembering the medical students who saved lives
BBC - 15 Apr 2020 18:37
Two weeks after liberation, 95 London medical students arrived at Belsen to help care for survivors.
Mrs America review: Cate Blanchett shines in 70s feminism drama
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2020 10:10
The starry mini-series digs into the feminist wars of the 1970s, and finds a formidable antihero in the Oscar-winner's take on Phyllis Schlafly There are parts of Mrs America, a nine-episode mini-series for FX on Hulu, i...
Zoo May Feed Animals to Animals as Funds Dry Up in Pandemic
The New York Times - 15 Apr 2020 18:58
The zoo, in Germany, said its drastic plan would only be a last resort. One animal would be spared until the end, it said, a nearly 12-foot polar bear called Vitus.
Trump is having his signature printed on coronavirus stimulus checks
New York Post - 15 Apr 2020 04:36
The coronavirus stimulus checks are getting a bit of the president's personal flair. The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump's signature to be printed on the checks the IRS sending to tens of millions of Amer...
Liberty University Sued For Refusing To Refund Student Dorm Fees During Pandemic
The Huffington Post - 15 Apr 2020 15:56
The lawsuit also accuses the evangelical university's president, Jerry Falwell Jr., of putting students at risk by welcoming them back to campus as COVID-19 spread.
'I didn't buy new clothes for a year and it was the best thing to happen to my wardrobe'
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2020 15:49
With consumerism brought to a standstill by the coronavirus, the call to change how we shop is more relevant than ever. One responsible fashion expert shares lessons from his year-long Extinction Rebellion fashion boycot...
A healthy Bill Walton is doing what he can to help others
Boston - 15 Apr 2020 12:16
"This is the first time in 21 resets for me that I've been the healthy one."
Imagine how many lives could have been saved if Trump took the virus seriously from the start
CNN - 15 Apr 2020 04:49
It didn't have to be this way. President Donald Trump, who appears to blame the World Health Organization for all that has gone wrong with the pandemic, on Monday claimed he has "total power" to re-open the US. On Tuesda...
Florida man freed from jail over coronavirus allegedly murdered someone the next day
New York Post - 15 Apr 2020 03:48
A Florida man released from jail last month to help limit coronavirus outbreaks in county lockups was arrested again Monday — accused of murdering a man the day after his release, a report said. Joseph Edwards Williams...
What does the WHO do, and why has Trump stopped supporting it?
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2020 16:25
Trump has suspended funding to the World Health Organization over its coronavirus response Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The World Health Organization (WHO) was founded as the UN global he...
Asia shares consolidate, China cuts another interest rate
Reuters - 15 Apr 2020 04:37
Asian share markets took a breather on Wednesday as warnings of the worst global recession since the 1930s underlined the economic damage already done even as some countries tried to re-open for business.
From Liberia to Spain: working in disaster zones
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2020 04:00
Luis Encinas is a nurse and Médecins Sans Frontières coordinator. He has treated patients in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, in Sierra Leone as Ebola took hold, and now in Spain, battling Covid-19. He and the Guardian's Mad...
Dundee U-turn inches Celtic closer to ninth Premiership title in a row
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2020 20:47
Dens Park club's 'yes' vote brings down curtain on season Door opens for reconfiguration of Scotland's four leagues Celtic remain on course to be declared Scotland's champions for a ninth year in succession after Dundee ...
Report: Stimulus checks may be delayed over order to have Trump's name printed on them
The Week - 15 Apr 2020 05:29
The Internal Revenue Service's information technology team learned early on Tuesday that President Trump's name must appear on the stimulus checks being sent to millions of Americans, an order that will likely lead to a ...
Jacinda Ardern and ministers take 20% pay cut in solidarity with those hit by Covid-19
The Guardian - 15 Apr 2020 04:48
New Zealand PM says: 'If there was ever a time to close the gap between groups of people across New Zealand in different positions, it is now' New Zealand's prime minister has said she and other ministers will take a 20%...
China's wet markets are not what some people think they are
CNN - 15 Apr 2020 04:47
If you have ever been to shopping area where butchers and grocers sell fresh produce straight from the farm, then you have been to something that would, in some parts of the world, be called a wet market.
U.S. Returns Another $300 Million in Recovered Funds to Malaysia
Time - 15 Apr 2020 04:24
The money comes from assets forfeited last year by a financier, Jho Low, in a Los Angeles federal settlement
Australian Court Rules Search Warrant on Journalist Invalid
Time - 15 Apr 2020 04:12
A News Corp. journalist sought to overturn the warrant that was executed on her home last year
American factories just had their worst month since 1946
CNN - 15 Apr 2020 16:37
US factories just suffered their steepest one-month slowdown since 1946.
Some governors believe their states ready to reopen after coronavirus shutdown, CDC head says
Reuters - 15 Apr 2020 16:35
Governors of about 20 U.S. states where the new-coronavirus pandemic has had a low impact believe they may be ready to start the process of reopening their economies by President Donald Trump's May 1 target date, a top U...
Zoo says it may be forced to kill its animals to feed others
CBSNews - 15 Apr 2020 16:24
Director of the Neumünster Zoo says lack of paying visitors and restrictions on travel and business could force her to take the drastic measure.