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Trump urges governor to allow August party convention
North Carolina is suffering, but the USA more broadly isn't doing well either, with over 1.6 million coronavirus cases and 98,223 deaths, according to the latest figures from the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker , the most in the world by far. [Full Article...]
Infamous Wuhan lab admits having three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site
Our institute first received the clinical sample of unknown pneumonia on December 30 a year ago. "In the natural world, it takes a long period of time for a virus to naturally evolve and mutate to become SARS-CoV-2", the virologist revealed. [Full Article...]
Chinese Leaders Say Draconian Hong Kong Sedition Law Proposal Must Pass
Thousands of people took part in mass protests in Hong Kong on Sunday. The national security adviser warned that the Trump administration could slap sanctions on China's ruling Communist Party over the harsh new security laws it plans to impose on Hong Kong, as rallies over the weekend pitted pro-Democracy demonstrators against Hong Kong police . [Full Article...]
Man uses snake to kill wife in Kerala’s Kollam, arrested
Meanwhile, the Cyber Cell of the police found that Sooraj was constantly in touch with some snake-catchers. The police also said that money was the actual motive behind the crime as Suraj wanted to take the money and jewelry and marry someone better. [Full Article...]
Shops across England can open next month if guidelines met, PM announces
In his address, PM Johnson stressed that the United Kingdom had entered "phase 2" of its lockdown protocol, under which the government continues to assess the easing of business and civic restrictions via the primary indicator of the rate of infection of the virus, under order to avoid spreading a second wave of COVID-19. [Full Article...]
Biden Makes First In-Person Appearance In 2 Months
Biden's defenders were quick to point out in response to the jibe, which was shared by Trump, that Biden was acting in accordance with advice from state authorities. The president last visited a golf property on March 8. Pushing back against criticism from President Trump and his allies that he's hiding in the basement of his home in DE during the coronavirus crisis, Biden emphasized two weeks... [Full Article...]
Japan’s Abe lifts state of emergency, says virus outbreak under control
The declaration came six days earlier than the previously scheduled May 31 nationwide lifting of the state of emergency . At the time of writing, there are 5,160 cases in Tokyo and 16,254 cases in Japan. The package, to be funded by a second supplementary budget, would follow a record 117 trillion yen ($1.08 trillion) spending plan deployed in April. [Full Article...]
Scotland Office minister resigns over PM adviser’s lockdown drive
The row has dominated newspaper headlines in the United Kingdom since it was revealed on May 22 that Cummings, together with his wife and their four-year-old son, drove about 418 km from London to his parents' home in northeast city of Durham. [Full Article...]