Category: Foreign

COVID-19: 44.2m workers sacked in the US

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 44.2 million workers have been sacked even as businesses try to reopen. Analysts warn of continuing damage to the world’s largest economy as COVID-19 shows few signs of abating. Wall Street stocks plunged Thursday, reversing recent momentum as traders became spooked by resurgent cases of the virus in parts of the country and new Labor Department data showed another 1.54 million workers filed for unemployment benefits last week. The massive layoffs have become routine since shutdowns to stop the coronavirus from spreading began in…

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Protesters tear down Christopher Columbus statue in USA

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As calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonizers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests, a statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been demolished, police said Wednesday. A Columbus statue was also vandalized in downtown Miami, and another was dragged into a lake earlier in the week in Richmond, Virginia, according to local reports. The incidents come as pressure builds in the United States to rid the country of monuments associated with racism following massive demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer…

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Daniel Radcliffe Apologizes To Fans Offended By J.K Rowling’s Post

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Actor Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the “Harry Potter” films has apologised to fans of the book franchise offended by comments from author JK Rowling which have been criticised as insensitive to the transgender community. The British writer sparked controversy and accusations of transphobia last weekend in a Twitter post about an article on menstrual health during the coronavirus pandemic. Quoting a reference in the article to “people who menstruate”, she wrote: “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” J.K.…

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President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi is dead

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Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundian President, has died of heart failure, the government said Tuesday. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi… following heart failure on June 8, 2020,” it said in a post on its official Twitter account. An evangelical who believed he was chosen by God to rule the East African nation, Nkurunziza came to power in 2005, when he was selected by parliament. His controversial and ultimately successful bid for a…

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Couple charged with murder for leaving babies without food for four days

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After allegedly going on a four-day lockdown drinking binge, leaving their 16-week-old twins all alone without food, a Russian couple has been charged with murder. Their son was in a coma and died in hospital soon after the gravely emaciated children were found by their grandmother while the twin daughter is now fighting for her life at a hospital. The grandmother was concerned she has not heard from the couple for days, so she broke all lockdown rules in order to visit them. She rushed the children to the hospital,…

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Coronavirus: Israel shut schools as pupils, teachers contract COVID-19 after reopening

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‌ Amid a rise in coronavirus cases among pupils and teachers three weeks after Israel reopened the doors to all of its schools, more and more are closing again. With 347 pupils and teachers testing positive for the virus, 127 schools did not reopen on Sunday, the beginning of the workweek in Israel, according to an Education Ministry statement. The number of pupils and staff in home quarantine grew from slightly more than 16,000 to almost 17,500 in little more than 12 hours. Most of the new cases are from…

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Kylie Jenner tops Forbes List Of Highest Paid Celebrities Of 2020

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The annual list of highest-paid celebrities compiled by Forbes for 2020 has been released with beauty mogul Kylie Jenner sitting pretty atop the list with $590 million. Jenner’s payday came from selling a 51% stake ​in her cosmetics firm to Coty in January. Her brother-in-law, rapper Kanye West ranks second on the list with $170 million thanks to a majority of his ​earnings from his Yeezy sneakers deal with Adidas. Sports star Roger Federer closes the top three with $106.3 million. This makes him the first tennis player to earn…

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37 pupils stabbed at Chinese primary school by security guard

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‌ At a primary school in southern China on Thursday, a knife-wielding attacker wounded 37 students and two adults, officials said, with local media identifying a security guard as the perpetrator. All the victims, including teaching staff, were sent to hospital but were not in a life-threatening condition, authorities in Cangwu County, Guangxi region, said. The incident at the Wangfu Central Primary School happened at 8:30 am when children would normally arrive for class. The attacker, reportedly aged around 50, was “under control”, the government said. “37 students suffered mild…

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Mahrez loses wrist watches worth £300,000

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29-year-old Riyad Mahrez, Manchester City winger, had three luxury watches worth more than £300,000 ($370,000) stolen when thieves raided his penthouse apartment, according to media reports on Sunday. More than £50,000 in cash along with Cartier bracelets and rare football shirts worth up to £150,000 were also taken from the Algeria international. The watches were reported to be a £230,000 Richard Mille timepiece, a £40,000 Rolex Daytona and a £35,000 Rolex Day-Date. Mahrez was said to not have been at home when the offenders used a key fob to access…

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US officer charged with murder over George Floyd’s death

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After three nights of violent protests left parts of the city in flames, the Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a handcuffed African American man was charged with murder on Friday, as authorities declared a curfew. Derek Chauvin, the white officer filmed kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd for nearly nine minutes, was charged with one count of third degree murder – unintentionally causing a death – and one count of negligent manslaughter. “This case is now ready, and we have charged it,” said county prosecutor Mike…

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