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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.
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...
Trump approval rises, but more Americans support Biden for president: poll
Reuters - 15 Apr 2020 00:24
The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump rose by 5 percentage points over the past week, but registered voters still favored Democrat Joe Biden for president by a small margin, according to a Reuters...
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...
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.
Trump says he'll speak to all 50 governors and will be 'authorizing' reopenings. States disagree on his role
USA Today - 15 Apr 2020 03:53Report: 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 ...
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...
Bill Gates: WHO funding cut during coronavirus pandemic 'as dangerous as it sounds'
Boston - 15 Apr 2020 16:23
"Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19."
New York City posts sharp spike in coronavirus deaths after untested victims added
Reuters - 15 Apr 2020 04:39
New York City, the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic, revised its official COVID-19 death toll sharply higher to more than 10,000 on Tuesday, to include victims presumed to have perished from the lung dis...
South Korea holds parliamentary polls amid coronavirus pandemic
Al Jazeera English - 15 Apr 2020 04:37
Voters required to use hand sanitiser and plastic gloves when casting ballots and maintain physical distance.
China reports fewer coronavirus cases but infections from Russia a worry
Reuters - 15 Apr 2020 04:28
China reported on Wednesday a decline in new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, although an increasing number of local transmissions in its far northeast bordering Russia remained a concern for authoriti...
Venezuelans in US Need Urgent Temporary Protection
Human Rights Watch - 15 Apr 2020 06:01
Expand A sign that reads "There is no water" (top L) is seen at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) hospital in Caracas, Venezuela. © 2018 REUTERS/Marco Bello (Washington, DC) - The United States government should...
Trump halts World Health Organization funding amid coronavirus pandemic
Reuters - 15 Apr 2020 04:19
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis.
Crew members sue Celebrity Cruises over response to coronavirus pandemic
The Week - 15 Apr 2020 04:11
More than 1,000 Celebrity Cruises employees have joined a class action lawsuit filed Tuesday in Miami, alleging that the company knew how easily the novel coronavirus could sp
U.S. deaths set record daily increase; Spain and Austria ease restrictions
Reuters - 15 Apr 2020 04:06
U.S. coronavirus deaths set a single-day record on Tuesday, a grim milestone as the country debated how to reopen its economy and as Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work but the UK, France and India extended...