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Coronavirus crisis: Two new COVID-19 cases recorded in WA
Country towns in the state have managed to avoid strict lockdown after Melbourne and Mitchell Shire were taken back to stage three restrictions last week. Berejiklian said weddings and corporate events would also be limited to 150 people, while funerals and religious services would be restricted to 100. [Full Article...]
Trump niece's book sells nearly 1 mil copies on first day
She also said the use of such slurs was "perfectly commonplace" among older members of her family. "Oh yeah, of course I did", Mary Trump said. Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former White House aide who first met Trump in the early 2000s, alleged in her 2018 book that there's even a tape of the president using the N-word. [Full Article...]
Wesley Purkey, Kansas child killer, executed after last-minute Supreme Court intervention
Purkey, 68, was put to death at 8:19 a.m. EDT at the U.S. Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Ind. Purkey had been convicted of kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old girl, Jennifer Long, before dismembering, burning and dumping her body in a septic pond. [Full Article...]
Assam floods: Lakhs affected, over 60 dead, relief unlikely soon
In Nepal, 67 people have died and 45 are missing after landslides and floods triggered by the rains since Sunday last week, with the army and police searching for survivors. The deluge scene is no different in Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary with 12 camps affected, 12 camps inundated and our camps had to be shifted while 19 out of the 40 camps remain inundated in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park. [Full Article...]
India records a new high in COVID-19 cases
So far, more than 1,206 labs have enabled people to undergo coronavirus tests. The research team led by Prof Sashikumar G, Prof Deepak S by Indian institute of science has predicted that there will be a record of 1.4 lakh deaths, out of which 25,000 will be from Maharashtra 9,700 from Delhi, 7,300 from Gujarat, 8,500 from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with 6,300 deaths. [Full Article...]
United Nations updates COVID-19 humanitarian response appeal
Failure to act now will leave the virus-free to circle round the globe, undo decades of development and create a generation's worth of tragic and exportable problems'. Only about five per cent of received funding has gone to NGOs working on the ground. The plan provides help and protection that prioritize the most vulnerable . [Full Article...]
United States intelligence reportedly says Iran put its air defenses on high alert
Former Indian ambassador R Dayakar terms India "losing the iconic" Chabahar-Zahedan railway track as unfortunate on the part of Ircon International Limited which promised the project a $1.6 billion fund in 2016. A deputy to Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, Farhad Montaser, called the story "totally false because Iran has not inked any deal with India regarding the Zahedan-Chabahr" railway. [Full Article...]
Tsunami warning after massive quake strikes off PNG coast
The nation's disaster management centre said the epicentre was inland near Kokoda and assessment teams had been deployed. "At this stage there are no reports of any casualties or damage", Wrakonei said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially issued a tsunami warning for "hazardous tsunami waves" but said about an hour later the danger had passed. [Full Article...]