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17-year-old dies from Covid-19
According to the news station, the age of people who test positive is even younger. There have now been over 3,100 deaths in Florida due to COVID-19. IL had the nation's fourth-highest death toll at 6,625 and the fourth most cases with 136,104, while Pennsylvania ranked fifth in deaths with a toll of 6,423 and eighth in cases with 85,918. [Full Article...]
Chinese researchers launch phase 2 human trial of possible vaccine
Glaxo has said it can reduce the amount of vaccine required per dose, allowing more people to be immunized, and create longer-lasting immunity. The coronavirus, which was first detected in China late in 2019, has infected 8.81 million people globally and killed more than 460,000 people. [Full Article...]
US, Russia discuss arms control in Vienna despite China's absence
If the treaty lapsed, there would be no legal restrictions on USA and Russian nuclear weapons for the first time in almost half a century. The current treaty limits each side to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that Russian Federation has 6,375 nuclear warheads, including those that are not deployed, and the United States has 5,800. [Full Article...]
NY Museum to remove Theodore Roosevelt statue
The museum did not specify when the statue will be removed exactly but stressed that it finds the depiction of a Native American man and an African man next to Roosevelt, who is on horseback, racist. "We also have watched as the attention of the world and the country has increasingly turned to statues and monuments as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism", the museum said in a statement... [Full Article...]
Egypt's letter to UN Security Council on GERD - Politics - Egypt
But, he said, if the Security Council can not bring Ethiopia back into negotiations and filling begins, "we will find ourselves in a situation that we will have to deal with", he said. "There is no solution but negotiations". In reply to that, Ethiopia's foreign minister said: "Statements issued from governments and other institutions on the dam should be crafted carefully not to take sides and ... [Full Article...]
Indonesia's most volatile volcano erupts
Indonesia's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center did not raise Merapi's alert status, which already was at the third-highest level since it began erupting last August. A volcano observatory notice for aviation with red code was issued by the agency after the eruption as it endangers planes which are prohibited from passing through the air space around the volcano. [Full Article...]
Mike Pence Says 'I Don't Accept The Fact' That Black Lives Matter
During an interview with Philadelphia ABC affiliate WPVI-TV , the vice president was asked by anchor Brian Taff to "utter those words' Black lives matter". The protesters marched past Brooklyn Borough Hall, where they said their voices can be heard and where they hope the city can enact change on a local level. [Full Article...]
Putin not ruling out he will run for new presidential term
The 67-year-old, who in January unveiled a major shake-up of Russian politics and a constitutional overhaul, is required by the constitution to step down in 2024 when his second sequential and fourth presidential term ends. Singh's visit also comes days after a news report that said India was looking at fast tracking the purchase of 21 Mig 29s and 18 Su30 MKI aircraft from Russian Federation. [Full Article...]