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B.C. business groups back Horgan's call for federal sick-pay program
WorkSafe BC will have guidelines for regulated medical services, dentistry and others, he said adding practitioners can take some "fairly educated guesses" on how they can protect their patients and workers. Horgan also said Wednesday that he spoke with National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman and pitched the idea of using Vancouver as a hub city to finish the season. [Full Article...]
Temporarily Stop Migrant Trains: Odisha To Centre Over Cyclone Risk
West Bengal Home secretary Alapan Bandopdhyay said that the entire state machinery is prepared to deal with the situation. The weather office had dispatched an alert on the brewing storm, Cyclone Amphan, to the National Disaster Response Force and the chief secretaries of eight states and Union Territories on May 14. [Full Article...]
Fire, explosion in Los Angeles injures several firefighters
The department responded to the report of fire in a commercial building at around 6:30 p.m. The LA fire department issued a " mayday " call on Saturday evening and characterised the blaze as a "major emergency" with more than 230 firefighters responding. [Full Article...]
Trump threatens to tax companies that manufacture outside the U.S.
Analysts concern the more and more heated rhetoric on each side may endanger the US-China trade deal. "There are many things we could do, we coud cut off the whole relationship", Trump said in an interview to FOX news. Members of the Republican party have backed up his claims. "Look I am the toughest guy but what happens is they say 'okay, we will move to London or we will go to Hong Kong". [Full Article...]
Ontario reports 391 new COVID-19 cases today
Saturday's new patients bring the province's total number of lab-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus to 22,313, including 1,858 deaths and 17,020 recoveries. we have the equipment now to move forward", said Minister Elliot. Public Health Ontario has reported 835 of those deaths. On Tuesday, as part of stage one of the province's reopening plans, retail stores outside of shopping malls wit... [Full Article...]
India surpasses China in coronavirus cases
According to data compiled from official state and union territory government statistics, India has reported 85,798 cases and 2,678 deaths. Left parties, however, accused the government of using the COVID-19 pandemic to "impose the agenda of the rich" and privatise public assets. [Full Article...]
Latest coronavirus updates in New York: Saturday, May 16, 2020
As five regions in New York state begin their phased re-opening on Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended the state's shutdown orders for the remaining regions, including New York City, till May 28. "The numbers have been steadily decreasing and we're now right about where we were when we started, but we want to make sure we don't go back to the hell that we've gone through", Cuomo ... [Full Article...]
McConnell tells Obama to 'keep his mouth shut' after Trump criticism
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will soon begin holding hearings regarding General Michael Flynn , former Foreign Policy Adviser Carter Page and the Obama administration's involvement in the Russian Federation probe. [Full Article...]