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The US coronavirus death toll has surpassed 2,000, doubling in just 2 days
The Times of India 29 Mar 2020
The United States' death toll for the novel coronavirus has surpassed 2,000, doubling in just two days. As of Saturday evening, there were 122,666 coronavirus cases across the United States and 2,147 deaths. New York state has become a hotspot for the virus, with the highest number of cases in any state, and 672 deaths reported as of Saturday ... {{}}. ....
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North Korea fires two missiles as Seoul condemns ‘inappropriate’ timing
The Observer 29 Mar 2020
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 unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the global coronavirus pandemic ... North Korea fires projectiles into sea for second week running. Read more ... ....
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Saudi forces intercept missile over Riyadh
The National 29 Mar 2020
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early on Sunday that the kingdom's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles on Saturday night launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group towards Riyadh and the city of Jizan, Saudi state news agency (SPA) said citing the coalition's spokesman ... ....
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Infant infected with coronavirus dies in US
Deccan Herald 29 Mar 2020
An infant who had tested positive for COVID-19 has died, the first known death of a child younger than a year old infected with the virus in the United States. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported Saturday the death of the infant in Chicago who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ... "We should grieve ... Read ... GET IT....
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Will Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt make their relationship official through an interview?
Pinkvilla 28 Mar 2020
Attach Main Entertaiment Image.. jennifer-aniston-and-brad-pitt.jpg. Since breakups are very common in Hollywood, people rarely raise their eyebrows when celebrity couples call it quits these days. However, that was never the case with Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt’s relationship ... Jen and Brad met in 1994, back then Brad was dating Gwyneth Paltrow....
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Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86
The Oklahoman 29 Mar 2020
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leading composer and conductor, Krzysztof Penderecki died Sunday after a “long and serious illness,” sources close to his family said. He was 86 ... The association was founded by Penderecki's wife, Elzbieta Penderecka, and the communique was signed by its head, Andrzej Giza ... Associated Press ... ....
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Russian oil firm Rosneft ends Venezuela business as US ups pressure
Deutsche Welle 29 Mar 2020
Vladimir Putin's government has taken control of Rosneft's Venezuelan assets to try and sidestep US sanctions. The move comes shortly after the US indicted Nicolas Maduro and other officials over narcotrafficking ... ....
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Chad rebel chief freed in France
The National 29 Mar 2020
Chad rebel chief Mahamat Nouri has been freed from detention in France where he was last year charged with crimes against humanity, sources told AFP on Saturday. Nouri was charged in Paris nine months ago in a probe into the recruitment of child soldiers in Chad and Sudan, a judicial source said ... Some of its forces are based in southern Libya ... ....
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US civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies aged 98
RTE 28 Mar 2020
US civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery, a key ally of Martin Luther King, has died aged 98. Born in 1921, Lowery worked closely alongside leading figures in the civil rights movement such as King and Jesse Jackson ... He served for 20 years as its president before stepping down in 1998 ... Tonight, the great Reverend Joseph E ... Thank you, sir. [📸 ... Dr....
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Mali votes despite virus, security fears
The Siasat Daily 29 Mar 2020
Bamako. Malians headed to the polls on Sunday for a long-delayed parliamentary election just hours after the country recorded its first coronavirus death and with the leading opposition figure kidnapped and believed to be in the hands of jihadists ... After Sunday’s first round vote, a second round is scheduled for April 19 ... Source. AFP ... ....
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Trump: No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ
Stars and Stripes 29 Mar 2020
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. NORFOLK, Va ... .......
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COVID-19 death toll reaches 134 as confirmed cases climb to 4,282 in 46 countries: Africa CDC
Xinhua 29 Mar 2020
ADDIS ABABA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the African continent has reached 134 as confirmed positives cases surpassed 4,282 as of Sunday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealed ... ....
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Trump signs $2 trillion stimulus bill
China Daily 28 Mar 2020
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the largest economic stimulus package in American history -- a $2 trillion relief measure in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The law will give direct payments and jobless benefits to individuals, money to states and a huge bailout businesses battered by the crisis ... He just wants the publicity....
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Are Conservatives And Trump Hopeless? Cognitive Science And COVID-19 Say "Yes"
WorldNews.com 27 Mar 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome." ... That’s because the virus would die out because almost everyone shows symptoms within two weeks, and it would be evident who was infected ... Kennedy ... Gov....
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Microsoft divests from Israeli facial-recognition tech used in military checkpoints
Deccan Chronicle 28 Mar 2020
Redmond. Microsoft said Friday it is pulling its investments from a facial-recognition startup that scans faces at Israeli military checkpoints, even though the tech giant couldn't substantiate claims that the startup's technology is used unethically. Microsoft late last year hired former U.S ... Follow us on Facebook, Twitter .......
