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Will sign executive order prohibiting immigration to United States today
The move could face obstacles, with some legal experts saying a broad, worldwide order curbing legal immigration would likely be challenged in court. Mr. Amazon received clearance to hire 3,575 workers using the H-1B visa a year ago. Trump had been expected to use his authority to slash the number of foreign workers allowed to take seasonal jobs in the U.S. [Full Article...]
UN Warns a 'Biblical' Famine Is Possible
The World Food Programme warned that people living in displaced-person camps could be "particularly vulnerable" to the pandemic's physical and economic effects. "So today, with COVID-19, I want to stress that we are not only facing a global health pandemic but also a global humanitarian catastrophe", Beasley said. [Full Article...]
Man dies after claiming virus was a hoax
A couple of days later, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a stay-at-home order closing bars and restaurants in the state, which McDaniel declared was "bulls-t". OH saw a big jump in coronavirus cases, coming mostly from mass testing at the state's prisons in Marion and Pickaway. Most of the cases are at Marion Correctional Institution, where 1,828 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. [Full Article...]
The worst is yet to come, says World Health Organization chief
In its staunch criticism for the health body, the United States has also questioned why it did not pursue a lead from Taiwan flagged on December 31 about reports of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan. He said countries must ensure they are able to detect, test, isolate and take care of every coronavirus patient, and trace every contact. We will prevent this tragedy. [Full Article...]
The Virus Originated from Bats, not from a Laboratory
Chaib added that they are still unsure of how the virus managed to spread from animals to humans but that there was "certainly" an animal host. Chaib added that there's still a question about how the virus was transmitted from virus to human but she said that it's coronavirus "most probably has its ecological reservoir in bats". [Full Article...]
Hong Kong reshuffles Cabinet, appoints five new ministers
It's the biggest crackdown since the mass protests began, after Chief Executive Carrie Lam, with Beijing behind her, tried to ram through legislation to allow extradition of the regime's critics to the mainland. But as Benedict Rogers noted in The Post on Monday, it now claims that doesn't apply to the Chinese government bodies overseeing Hong Kong - effectively negating the whole deal. [Full Article...]
Merkel: Germany is not out of the corona-the woods yet
The majority of shops smaller than 800 square metres (8,600 square feet) will be allowed to open, in a first wave of relaxations to strict curbs on public life introduced last month. Smaller shops can start serving customers again, and schools will gradually reopen with some students taking exams allowed to return. In the Saxon city of Leipzig, people waiting to get on trams and buses had their ... [Full Article...]
Trump says immigration order will apply to those seeking permanent residency
Trump has said that he wanted to end the immigration of extended family members and has imposed a requirement for immigrants to get health insurance and prove that they won't utilise public benefits. Twenty of the 50 states are moving quickly toward reopening their economies, the president said. "At a time when Americans are looking to get back to work, action is necessary", White House spokeswom... [Full Article...]