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Coronavirus: Russian prime minister says he tested positive for Covid-19
Mishustin's duties, but the prime minister said on Thursday that he would stay in touch on key issues. Mishustin, 54, who was appointed PM in January, had been playing a leading role in the country's response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which has led to at least 1,070 confirmed deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University, which tracks worldwide cases . [Full Article...]
Germany designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organization
The United States labels Hezbollah as a terrorist group, and the Trump administration issued sanctions on the Iran-backed militant group as recently as August 2019. Though Berlin previously made a distinction between Hezbollah's political and armed units, the minister's decision will see the entire group banished from the country as an illicit terrorist cell. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus Death Toll in US Now Exceeds That of Vietnam War
The actual number of USA cases could even be above the one million mark as state public health officials have spoken about a lack of trained health officials and testing material. The number of lives lost in the US during the pandemic and the USA death toll in that war are slightly the same now, However, the death rate from the coronavirus in America is considerably higher. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump: Joe Biden ‘Incompetent for 30 Years’
Spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters during a daily briefing that the November 3 election was the internal affair of the United States and that Beijing hoped Americans would not try to drag China into it. Asked whether he would use tariffs or debt write-offs to penalize Beijing, Trump refused to offer much detail, saying only that " we're looking for what happened " and how to respond to the alleg... [Full Article...]
Government right to lock down United Kingdom when it did, Prime Minister says
Johnson's Conservative government is facing growing criticism as it becomes clear the country will have one of the world's highest coronavirus death tolls. "There is a very long way to run for every country in the world on this and let's not go charging in to who's won and who's lost, let's try to take it quite carefully". [Full Article...]
Gov. Gavin Newsom planning to shut down all California beaches
The governor's office did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment. Pressure is building to to ease state and local restrictions that have throttled the economy, closing most businesses and adding almost 4 million people to the unemployment rolls. [Full Article...]
Who could follow Kim Jong Un as North Korea's next leader?
The location of the reclusive leader has been a mystery since his unprecedented no-show at April 15 events to mark the birthday of his late grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung. But noting that he had met Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, who is drawing attention as a possible successor, during past trips, Pompeo said, "Our mission is the same regardless of what transpires inside o... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus | Russian Prime Minister tests positive for COVID-19
Mishustin recommended that First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov be named acting prime minister, which Putin accepted. "Call me as soon as you arrive to the hospital", said Putin, who appointed Mishustin in a surprise decision in January, picking the formerly obscure tax service chief to replace longtime premier Dmitry Medvedev. [Full Article...]