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Beijing will "Never Tolerate" Taiwan's separation from China: Report - WORLD - OTHERS
Tsai spent the first section of her speech praising the island's response to the coronavirus pandemic. "Here, I want to reiterate the words "peace, parity, democracy, and dialogue". Taiwan rejected the condition. The address was also an opportunity for Tsai to reiterate indirect positives from the pandemic, such as Taiwan's growing worldwide profile and acclaim through its exemplary response a... [Full Article...]
Africa's COVID-19 cases exceed 90,000: Africa CDC
The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa have risen beyond 91,000 as the continues its fight against the disease. The total number of recoveries to date stood at 8,950. The government's Covid-19 modelling team on Tuesday presented forecasts showing a peak in active cases in early July under the pessimistic scenario, or a peak in early August under the optimistic scenario. [Full Article...]
UK Records Lowest Number Of Coronavirus Deaths Since Lockdown Measures Began
Britain's official coronavirus death toll is now over 40,000 with nearly 10,000 dead in care homes in England and Wales alone, according to a statistical update released on Tuesday. The ONS said it is continuing to investigate the number of non-Covid-19-related deaths and will publish detailed analysis. And the proportion of those dying with coronavirus in care homes compared with deaths in ... [Full Article...]
Pompeo: 'False' to Say Steve Linick Firing Was Retaliation
In a statement to ABC News, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said that the OIG's investigation into the Saudi weapons sale "may be another reason for Mr. "The facts speak for themselves". The interaction with the staff for Inspector General Steve Linick came before Linick was sacked last Friday night by President Donald Trump at Pompeo's request ... [Full Article...]
Scary Video Shows Flooding Evacuation in Midland County
Downtown Midland, the site of a major Dow Chemical plant, is projected to be under as many as 9 feet of water by late Wednesday, Whitmer said. Two rivers in MI, the Tittabawassee River in Midland and the Rifle River near Sterling, were in major flooding stage, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. [Full Article...]
Carbon pollution fell 17 percent during coronavirus lockdown peak
By April 30, the world carbon pollution levels had grown by 3.3 million tonnes a day from its low point earlier in the month. A United Nations report last year said emissions needed to drop by 7.6 per cent a year to keep the temperature rise to below 1.5C. [Full Article...]
Health care Employees turn their backs on prime minister
They were protesting about under-resourcing in hospitals and against official decrees that could compel them to work if the virus crisis demands it, Belgian media reported. She said that "nothing was off limits" during her talks with medics. The government has faced criticism over its handling of this coronavirus pandemic, together with Belgium now reporting the greatest deaths per capita fr... [Full Article...]
Man convicted of 1991 murder first execution since pandemic began
A Missouri man who was convicted of stabbing to death an elderly trailer park manager three decades ago is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection today, marking the first execution in the United States since the Covid-19 pandemic began. [Full Article...]