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CEO of mask-maker 3M slams White House over price gouging claim
Later Thursday, Trump tweeted , "We hit 3M onerous at present". At a White House briefing on the CCP virus pandemic earlier on Thursday, Trump announced he had signed a DPA order for 3M to produce face masks . However, it warned of the "humanitarian implications" of limiting supply to other countries. "The secretary of Homeland Security will work with FEMA to prevent the export of N95 resp... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus impact: Air India closes booking window until April 30
In a joint letter to the Chief Managing Director of Air India , the pilots said, "We, the flying crew of Air India feel, immensely let down by the self-serving approach of the Executive Management Committee in the name of cost cutting measures". [Full Article...]
U.S.Watchdog Vows 'Aggressive' Oversight After Trump Fires Intelligence Official
What they're saying: "It is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general", Trump wrote in the letter . Mr Trump also questioned why Mr Atkinson didn't speak to him about the complaint, though Mr Atkinson's role was to provide independent oversight. The president confirmed that Atkinson's firing would be effective in 30 days. [Full Article...]
NY 'finally' gets 'good news' as China donates 1,000 ventilators
The state has recorded 3,565 deaths as it continues on an inexorable path to an apex in total cases. Asked by another reporter if he anxious about hospitals suing him, Cuomo said: "If they want to sue me for borrowing the excess ventilators to save lives, let them sue me". [Full Article...]
United Kingdom coronavirus: Death toll in the country rises by 708
Senior minister Michael Gove told a daily briefing that the teenager's mother and siblings were now showing symptoms. Meanwhile Buckingham Palace has released details of Sunday's special broadcast by the Queen. United Kingdom deaths from the coronavirus could rise to between about 7,000 and 20,000 under measures taken to slow the spread of the virus, Neil Ferguson, a professor at Imperial Colle... [Full Article...]
Trump hopes virus-hit sport back 'sooner than later'
The goal was to stay several days ahead of critical medical needs in each state. U.S. sports have been upended by the coronavirus , with the NBA , Major League Baseball , Major League Soccer and National Hockey League all halting or suspending their respective seasons last month as the pandemic erupted. [Full Article...]
Trump says he had 'absolute right' to fire intelligence official
Atkinson received the whistleblower complaint that eventually snowballed into Trump's impeachment investigation. But the acting Director of National Intelligence at the time, Joseph Maguire, said he did not believe it met the definition of "urgent", and tried to withhold the complaint from Congress. [Full Article...]
Keir Starmer wins Labour leadership contest
Starmer , who had been the frontrunner in the race since it opened for voting at the end of February, said he had been elected "at a time like no other" and promised to work "constructively" with the government to confront the pandemic and not engage in "Opposition for Opposition's sake". [Full Article...]