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State Department inspector general fired as Democrats decry ‘dangerous pattern of retaliation’
He played a small role in Mr Trump's impeachment saga past year, handing to Congress documents by Mr Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani with unproven claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Marie Yovanovitch, whom Mr Trump removed as the United States ambassador to Ukraine . [Full Article...]
Trump demands Obama testimony in probe of Russian Federation investigation
President Donald Trump on Thursday called on Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to demand that former president Barack Obama testify before Congress about what Trump claimed was,"the biggest political crime and scandal" in US history. [Full Article...]
First coronavirus case found in Rohingya camp
Daniel Sullivan of Refugees International said the first case was the "realisation of a nightmare scenario". The camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, which are more densely populated than some of the world's busiest cities, have been under lockdown since 14 March, in an attempt to stop the virus from spreading. [Full Article...]
President Trump 'Totally Disagrees' With Fauci On School Closures
Trump accused Fauci of wanting "to play all sides of the equation" in his testimony to lawmakers on Tuesday. In some, like Texas and Georgia, public spaces and businesses have also been allowed to reopen. "Never going to happen on my watch", he asserted in a CNBC interview on Thursday, adding, "You're having bedlam already in the streets". "I think we're going to have a tremendous fourth quarter, ... [Full Article...]
India's COVID-19 tally reaches 81,970; death toll climbs to 2,649
The state saw 1,602 new cases and 44 deaths on May 14. Spain, Russia, the UK, Italy, France, Brazil, Germany, Turkey and Iran are above China in the list. Kerala has reported 534 coronavirus cases so far, while Odisha has 538 cases. A total of 187 people have been infected with the virus in Chandigarh and 173 in Jharkhand. [Full Article...]
Belarus starts to import oil from US
Belarus declared about the plans of diversification of oil supplies amid the conflict with Russian Federation in the beginning of the year purchased the first batch of us oil, said the representative of the state control Committee on Friday. [Full Article...]
New virus cases drop under 10,000 in Russian Federation
On Thursday, Russia's official coronavirus case tally passed the 250,000 mark after 9,974 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, the lowest one-day rise in nearly two weeks. Almost 1 500 patients are now on ventilators, the minister said. Murashko acknowledged ongoing "disruptions" in supplies of personal protective equipment for medics, while he said those working in "red zones" with... [Full Article...]
Cyclonic storm likely to form over Bay of Bengal by May 16
Moderate rainfall is expected over parts of coastal Odisha and coastal districts of Gangetic West Bengal during the same period, while heavy rainfall is likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The south-west monsoon might hit Karnataka early this year; it was set to hit the state on June 3 or 4, but it is reaching Andaman and Nicobar islands a bit early. [Full Article...]