FOX NEWS: Susan Rice makes claim Russians could be behind violent George Floyd demonstrations

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FOX NEWS: Big-city Dems who had imposed strict coronavirus lockdowns now let George Floyd rioters flout rules

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FOX NEWS: Pompeo: China is bent on Western 'destruction'

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FOX NEWS: Sen. Ron Johnson says there was 'total corruption' in transition between Obama and Trump administrations

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How ISIS, Al-Qaeda manipulate Amnesty International, others to survive in Africa, by David Otto

“It is not the most powerful nor the most intelligent of actors that will survive new conflicts, it is the ones that are most adaptable to change,” to paraphrase Charles Darwin. For the past five years, ISIS and Al-Qaida affiliates in Africa: Alshabaab, Boko Haram ...

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Protests put Trump and Biden's leadership to the test

(CNN) With just 156 days until the 2020 election, you'll be voting before you know it. Every Sunday, Chris Cillizza outlines the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail -- and I'm filling in for him this weekend.

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Judiciary Service Commission seeks Constitutional Court judges nominations

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) is inviting members of the public to nominate suitably qualified persons to be appointed as Constitutional Court judges. The Constitutional and Supreme Courts were ...

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Chinese Doctors: Health Minister must apologise to Nigerians — ADC

The African Democratic Congress has said Nigerians will not accept anything short of an apology from the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and the All Progressives Congress administration as a whole for deceiving Nigerians as regards the true ...

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Hopes rise for Adesina's re-election as pressure mounts on US govt to support AfDB president

Uche Usim, Abuja. The coast is getting cleared for Dr Akinwunmi Adesina's re-election as the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Already, the first United States representative on the board of the Bank has written to the US Secretary of the ...

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In other States

52 fined for violating lockdown in Ladakh. Leh: As many as 52 people were fined on Sunday for violating lockdown norms in Leh district of Ladakh, an official spokesperson said. A joint team of civil and police officers conducted extensive checking of the ...

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Spotlight: Washington faces blast at home, abroad for “terminating” ties with WHO

BEIJING – The U.S. government has been slammed at home and abroad after announcing on Friday “terminating” its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). U.S. health experts and lawmakers have expressed concern over the decision ...

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We're ready to resume worships –Church leaders

Christy Anyanwu and Olakunle Olafioye. More than two months after the suspension of religious gathering in the country, Christian leaders say they are ready for the resumption of services in their churches, expressing determination to support the government ...

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Coronavirus live news: Global cases pass 6 million as Brazil sees record one-day increase

Brazil has nearly 500,000 cases, after a record one-day increase. Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, its health ministry said, raising the total to 498,440 in a country with one of the world's worst outbreaks.

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Trusting God in uncertain times

There is a definition of FEAR based on the four alphabets that says F,E, A.R stands for is False Evidence Appearing Real. This can be true in many cases as most of the things we fear never cone to pass. However, fear and uncertainty due to COVID-19 is not ...

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George Floyd Live Updates: Protests Sweep Across United States

Local officials braced for intensified standoffs Saturday night, particularly in Minneapolis, where officials were anticipating a fifth night of unrest. Right Now. Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis urged protesters to stay off the streets. “We need you to stay home ...

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268 Nigerians stranded in China arrive in Abuja

Adelani Adepegba. Two hundred and sixty-eight Nigerians stranded in China have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The evacuees landed at exactly 2:30 pm on Saturday. Disclosing this in a tweet, the Chairman, Nigerians in ...

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Curtis Blaydes-Alexander Volkov rebooked for June 20 in Vegas

The UFC has kept its heavyweight main event between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov on June 20 but at a new location, promotion officials announced Saturday. Blaydes (13-2) and Volkov (31-7) were initially scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night on ...

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George Floyd: as protests rage across US, Trump comments inflame tensions

Donald Trump on Saturday belittled some of the protesters who've taken to the streets in cities across the United States, and raised the prospect of deploying violence against the American people for the second time in two days.

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More than 6 million coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide —AFP tally

PARIS - More than six million cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially recorded worldwide, two thirds of them in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally on Saturday. As of 2015 GMT, there were at least 6,000,867 cases of ...

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'Spread correlates to population density'

Ahmedabad: As on May 27, 67.2% of the total cases of Covid-19 and 77.2% deaths of Covid-19 patients in India were recorded from 20 districts in nine states. These districts have only 10.5% of the total population of India. So what factors led these districts to ...

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George Floyd protest updates: Kamala Harris attends protest at White House

The death of George Floyd, a black man seen in a video pinned down by a white police officer and who later died, has caused outrage in Minneapolis and across the United States. What started as mostly peaceful protests earlier in the week have turned into ...

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Dominic Cummings has broken Covid-19 policy trust, say top scientists

Britain's top public health leaders and scientists have warned Boris Johnson that trust in the government has been shattered by the Dominic Cummings affair and now poses real danger to life when lockdown measures are lifted this week. In a letter sent to No ...

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With fact-checks, Twitter takes on a new kind of task

(Reuters) - In addition to disputing misleading claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots this week, Twitter has added fact-checking labels to thousands of other tweets since introducing the alerts earlier this month, mostly on posts ...

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60 oil rig workers test positive for coronavirus

At least 60 oil rig workers on the Jubilee oil production field offshore Ghana have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. International oil firm Tullow which operates the field revealed this in a statement. It said two of the cases were reported by the oil firm on ...

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US Attorney General Blames Protest Violence On 'far-left Extremists'

Washington, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st May, 2020 ) :US Attorney General Bill Barr said Saturday that far-left extremists and anarchists were behind the violent protests against policy brutality in more than a dozen cities, and warned Federal law ...

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Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting a flamboyant Nigerian banker

The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank's Nigerian head, writes former BBC Africa Business editor Larry Madowo. Akinwumi Adesina is a sharp dresser known for his expensive tailored suits, ...

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Pope Francis to lead global prayer ceremony on eve of Pentecost

VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As many countries slowly attempt a return to normalcy, easing the safety measures imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis has called for an international moment of prayer to entrust humanity to the Lord and the Virgin ...

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'The Pain Is Too Intense': Biden Challenges White Americans

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., addressing a nation on edge, challenged white Americans on Friday to fully confront the enduring inequities faced by black Americans because, he said, “the pain is too intense for one community ...

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Blaming China for Pandemic, Trump Says US Will Leave the WHO

After spending weeks accusing the World Health Organization of helping the Chinese government cover up the early days of the coronavirus epidemic in China, President Trump said on Friday that the United States would terminate its relationship with the ...

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Today in History: May 29, 2020

You have read 1 of 5 articles. Log In or Subscribe. Today is Friday, May 29, the 150th day of 2020. There are 216 days left in the year. IN MINNESOTA HISTORY. ON THIS DAY IN 1935, high-speed rail service between the Twin Cities and Chicago began with ...

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Trump's growing feud with Twitter fuels free-speech concerns

President Trump has threatened to shut down Twitter, regulate social media and expand the government's power to oversee the Web — all part of an assault against Silicon Valley tech giants that he has long accused of trying to undermine his reelection.

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Africa coronavirus cases top 100 000

Africa has now recorded more than 100 000 cases of coronavirus, according to an AFP tally drawn from official figures on Friday. Across the continent, a total of 100 002 cases had been registered as of 1100 GMT Friday, of which 3 095 were fatal. Countries in ...

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National coronavirus updates: US 'terminating' relationship with WHO, President Trump says

The latest: There have been more than 1.7 million coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. The U.S. death toll has surpassed 102,000 people, according to Hopkins. President Trump says the United States is ...

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FOX NEWS: Schools nationwide discuss how to reopen in fall

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FOX NEWS: Additional states ease reopening restrictions amid coronavirus pandemic

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FOX NEWS: Possible coronavirus-linked MIS-C inflammatory condition reported in children at Texas pediatric hospitals

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FOX NEWS: Taking vitamin D amid coronavirus: Doctors warn against 'megadoses' of the dietary supplement

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FOX NEWS: NYC Phase 1 reopening set for June 8, Governor Cuomo confirms

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Venezuela's opposition-led assembly backs Guaido over Maduro choice

Venezuela's National Assembly on Thursday ratified opposition leader Juan Guaido as legislative speaker, defying a Supreme Court ruling approving a rival opposition figure more favorable to President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuelan opposition leader and ...

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Baker says 'vast majority' of unemployment claims checked so far not fraudulent

Gov. Charlie Baker said the “vast majority” of Massachusetts unemployment claims checked so far are legitimate — amid concerns over a national fraud scheme to bilk states out of benefit dollars. The state temporarily withheld benefit payments to about ...

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Civil rule delivers 21 dreary years of misery

Punch Editorial Board. When Nigeria transitioned from military to civilian rule in 1999, hope and self-confidence were resurgent among the country's then 119.26 million people. Fifteen years of unbroken second military interregnum had devastated every ...

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Boris Johnson's top adviser took a lockdown road trip. Now it's a huge scandal.

A top adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson got caught taking a lockdown road trip. And somehow, amid the United Kingdom's still-unfolding coronavirus crisis, it has exploded into an enormous political scandal. Dominic Cummings, the prime ...

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Dominican Republic government calls off six-fight boxing card

The Dominican Republic government has called off a boxing card scheduled for Saturday night at the Coliseo Carlos "Teo" Cruz in Santo Domingo. The six-fight event was to have taken place without fans in attendance. Efforts to reach promoters Shuan ...

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Soldiers And Police Officer Exchange Fire After Mistaking Each Other For Terrorists

KENYA: Two Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers and a police officer shot and seriously injured each other after they mistook themselves for terrorists in Bura, Garissa County. The police officer identified as Constable Emmanuel Ngao reportedly felt ...

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George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis: Live Updates

The governor called in the National Guard after stores were set alight during protests in response to Mr. Floyd's death in police custody. By The New York Times. Right Now. Erica MacDonald, the United States attorney for the district of Minnesota, said on ...

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Let's Ask Money Santa For A Better Tax System

Now that the House has passed a $3 trillion — 14% of 2019 GDP! — spending bill, coming on top of all the other measures this year, I think it is clear that Deficits Don't Matter now. Thank goodness that, after millennia wandering in the dark, we just discovered ...

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Philippines sees largest spike in infections, will still ease curbs

MANILA/JAKARTA The Philippines saw its biggest spike in coronavirus cases yesterday, with 539 new infections recorded. The fresh cases brought the nationwide tally to 15,588, of which 921 have led to deaths. The numbers are expected to rise further, the ...

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FOX NEWS: Israeli researchers helped thwart potentially massive cyberattack, study shows

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FOX NEWS: Army builds new 18.6-mile-range tank-killing weapon

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FOX NEWS: Cat in France that contracted COVID-19 survives infection

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FOX NEWS: Zuckerberg: Facebook must take action on policy violations by anyone, including officials and president

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FOX NEWS: Fleischer: Twitter proved how dumb they can be

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FOX NEWS: Google is giving each employee $1,000 to buy new office furniture

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Twitter's Labels for Trump Tweets Show Platforms' Split Over Political Speech

Twitter Inc.'s move to label two tweets by President Trump as misinformation highlights a widening divide among big tech platforms on how they handle political speech, an increasingly contentious issue as the U.S. presidential election approaches.

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Duterte's plan to delay reopening of schools does not go far enough, some argue

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's decision that schools in the country will not reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic until a vaccine is available has been well received by the majority of Filipinos, who recognize the need to protect students' ...

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Branded racist for saying Wales is always wet

A civil servant who was branded a racist for claiming that it always rained in Wales has been awarded more than £240,000 at an employment tribunal. Anne Giwa-Amu won her race and age discrimination case after being mocked for complaining about the ...

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African-American activists escalating efforts to persuade Biden not to pick Klobuchar for VP

African-American activists are escalating their efforts to persuade former Vice President Joe Biden not to name Sen. Amy Klobuchar as his running mate, arguing he needs to choose someone who would excite black voters. Those efforts come amid the ...

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Malawi's Year-Long Election

President Peter Mutharika's resistance to upholding Malawi's Constitutional Court ruling on implementing electoral reforms poses a constitutional crisis over executive checks and balances. Malawians protesting. (Photo: VOA/Lameck Masina). Long a bedrock ...

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Countries need to do more to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, says UN

Despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in protecting parents from misleading information, according to a new UN report released Wednesday. Titled Marketing of Breast‐milk Substitutes: National ...

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All parties to conflict must fulfill obligations of protecting civilians under int'l law: Chinese envoy

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (Xinhua)-- A Chinese envoy said Wednesday that all parties to a conflict must fulfill their obligations of protecting civilians under international law, while stressing that the global community must address the root causes of conflicts ...

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'Make Whites Great Again' Photo is Not George Floyd Arrest Cop, But Professional Troll

"Make Whites Great Again" trended high on Twitter on Wednesday — and it was all the work of one professional internet troll. Just a day after appalling footage of George Floyd's last moments on Earth horrified America, a photo of the cop who knelt on his ...

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New College students receive Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Awards

Two New College thesis students have been awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Awards this year, and one has been selected as an alternate. In January, Jacob Wentz will be traveling to Belgium, Grace Hamilton will go to Taiwan, and Ben LaFond ...

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FOX NEWS: 6 in 10 voters say they'll get a coronavirus vaccine shot when it's available, Fox News Poll finds

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FOX NEWS: Coronavirus experts send mixed messages on transmission, potential second wave

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FOX NEWS: US coronavirus death toll crosses 100,000 in harrowing milestone

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FOX NEWS: Coronavirus crisis: With US fatalities near 100K, country's death rate lower than much of Western Europe

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FOX NEWS: After Memorial Day weekend bash at Lake of the Ozarks, St.Louis mayor urges 14-day quarantine

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Long Island Is on the Verge of Reopening: Live Updates

New York City is limiting the fees that app-based delivery services can charge, throwing a lifeline to struggling restaurants. Here's what you need to know: Long Island is on the cusp of reopening. N.J. schools can hold outdoor graduation ceremonies in July.

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Uganda's new COVID-19 testing labs redundant

The newly launched coronavirus testing laboratories deployed at various border points, and Kampala, are lying idle due to lack of reagents. Following a massive pile-up of cargo trucks at the borders - sometimes, stretching as far as over 50km, the ministry of ...

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The gendered face of Covid 19

The world is tragically suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Caught unprepared, more than 188 countries are impacted, confirmed cases almost reaching 5,326,230 and more than 330,000 people losing their lives at the time of this write-up. Pakistan now ...

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Husband of Reopen NC leader says he's 'willing to kill people' in viral video

Since states began ordering residents to stay at home, some Americans have pushed back against new restrictions. Protestors have gathered in violation of limitations on large public gatherings. A viral Facebook video features the husband of the leader of ...

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Under-fire Nicaragua reports significant rise in COVID-19 cases

Nicaragua, criticized by its Central American neighbors for doing little to halt the spread of the coronavirus, on Tuesday reported a significant rise in COVID-19 deaths and infections. Workers dig graves at the Caminos del Cielo cemetery in Managua on May ...

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Ondo State First Lady and Critic Clash on Social Media, Exchange Strong Words

Ondo State First Lady and wife of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Betty and a critic clashed on social media after he accused her and her husband of violating the ban on interstate travel imposed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This lead to a heated argument ...

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HERO WORSHIP: CrossFit Brunswick honors Lt. Michael Murphy on Memorial Day

The CrossFit community around the country paid tribute to service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in its own way on Memorial Day. There are 196 CrossFit workouts named in honor of fallen service members — dubbed a Hero WOD (workout of the ...

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FOX NEWS: Online classes receive failing grades amid coronavirus pandemic

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FOX NEWS: World Health Organization warns first wave of coronavirus is not over

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FOX NEWS: Coronavirus vaccine hopes propel stocks as US death toll nears 100,000

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FOX NEWS: President Trump blasts governors over nursing homes policies, mail-in voting proposals amid COVID-19 crisis

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FOX NEWS: Coronavirus fatalities in Italy largely among elderly, underlying conditions

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FOX NEWS: Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat

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More African countries should heed UN call for global ceasefire: Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (Xinhua) -- More African countries should heed the UN call for a global ceasefire to push back deadly COVID-19, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday. Marking Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the ...

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Beijing's message to HK: 'We waited for you guys'

Two hours before sunset on Thursday, storm clouds turned the skies above Beijing black. At ten o'clock that night, the thunderbolt struck. At a late press conference, a spokesman for China's parliament said it would impose a new national ...

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Mahama Saved Troubled Ghanaian Economy Under 12 Months in 2009 – ASEPA

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), has revealed the Flagbearer of the main opposition, John Mahama saved Ghana's troubled economy that took a nosedive in 2009 and made it record double digits growth rates for the first time ...

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Joe Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months, lays wreath at veterans park

NEW CASTLE, Delaware -- Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in ...

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FOX NEWS: Three states search for suspected Connecticut killer amid coronavirus pandemic

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FOX NEWS: President Trump honors fallen troops on Memorial Day

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FOX NEWS: Gov. Newsom issues new guidelines for reopening places of worship

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FOX NEWS: This Day in History: May 26

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FOX NEWS: Memorial Day serves as reminder of America's ability to overcome challenges

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How illegal miners hurt economy

International investors' interest in the mining sector is growing and the Federal Government is recognising the sector as a potential job and income generator. Sadly, however, the activities of illegal miners, allegedly backed by some powerful and ...

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US threatens sanctions over China's proposed national security laws for Hong Kong

China's proposed new national security laws in Hong Kong could lead to sanctions from the United States and threaten the city's status as a financial hub, a US Government official says. Key points: US Government officials say the proposed laws will end ...

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'What planet are they on?': the papers on the PM's defence of Dominic Cummings

Almost all the front pages focus on Boris Johnson's response to criticism of his senior aide's lockdown breaches. Clea Skopeliti. Sun 24 May 2020 18.46 EDT Last modified on Sun 24 May 2020 18.59 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ...

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Netanyahu Attacks Justice System at Opening of His Corruption Trial

This is the first time in Israel's history that a sitting prime minister is facing a criminal trial □ 'Netanyahu's trial will be remembered as one of the low points of the Israeli justice system,' Knesset speaker says. Netael Bandel · Anshel Pfeffer. Published at 13:07.

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President Weah, Others To Partake In UBA's Africa Day High-Level Panel

Monrovia – The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency, Dr. George Manneh Weah will on Monday, May 25, 2020 participate in the virtual United Bank For Africa (UBA)'s Africa Day High-Level Panel. According to a release from the Liberian ...

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Cyclone destroyed our homes, say workers from WB in Vizag

Visakhapatnam: As news of the destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan that made landfall in West Bengal on May 20 trickles in, the 200-odd families from West Bengal employed as 'zari' workers at various boutiques in the city are looking for any means to ...

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Eid prayers in mosques without public attendance

Kolkata: Eid prayers across the mosques in the city on May 25 will be held without public attendance this year, managements of the shrines said on Saturday. The Calcutta Khilafat Committee which organises the Eid prayers on Red Road every year has also ...

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Trump opts for a 2016 disruption strategy that Democrats say is ill-suited for a pandemic

Flush with record amounts of cash and a massive organization, President Trump and his allies had planned to spend the spring unleashing a torrent of withering attacks against Joe Biden in an attempt to define him in the eyes of voters before the former vice ...

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Eid-Él-Fitr: Obi urges Muslims to pray Nigeria attains true greatness

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has urged Muslims to pray for Nigeria to attain true greatness. Obi, who was the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 General Elections, made the call in a statement on Saturday.

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Kenya admits importing "substandard" PPEs for doctors

Kenya's Health minister Mutahi Kagwe has admitted that the Kenyan government has been importing substandard personal protection equipment (PPEs), putting the lives of healthcare workers at risk. PPEs which usually include gloves facemasks, isolation ...

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600000 tourism jobs could be on the line if industry doesn't reopen soon

The tourism sector has pleaded with President Cyril Ramaphosa to allow hotels and restaurants to operate under level 3 as it looks to avert job losses of up to 600,000 by September. As part of meetings this week in the run-up to the proposed move to level 3 ...

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Tunisia: Migrant boat capsizes off coast, leaves one dead and six missing

Thousands of young Tunisians and sub-Saharan Africans attempt often-deadly sea crossing to Europe each year, driven by high unemployment at home. Tunisian civil protection workers recover body of migrant near eastern city of Zarzis last year (AFP/file ...

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Bengal gets state muscle in cyclone restoration work

Bhubaneswar: A day after chief minister Naveen Patnaik spoke to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and offered help in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, a joint team of Odisha Fire Service (OFS) and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force ...

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FOX NEWS: American airports in a post-pandemic world

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PM announces Rs 1000 crore aid for Bengal; toll at 86

AA. +. Text Size. Small; Medium; Large. Up Next. PM announces Rs 1000 crore aid for Bengal; toll at 86 · Should hotels reopen? Karnataka govt in a fix · Evolve your career with upGrad's Machine Learning and Cloud program in association with IIT Madras ...

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Trump tells states to let houses of worship open, sparking cultural and political fight over pandemic restrictions

President Trump on Friday called on states to allow places of worship to open immediately and threatened to “override” any governors who do not comply with his demand, opening a new cultural and political fight over when to lift public health restrictions put ...

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Watch this US Navy ship destroy a flying drone with a laser weapon

The USS Portland disabled a flying drone with a "solid state laser" in the Pacific Ocean. Videos showed the Northrup Grumman-developed 150-kilowatt-class Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) destroying the drone. "With this new advanced ...

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As Muslims pray at home, mosques lose up to 95% of collections

Mosques nationwide have been shut down throughout the Ramadan month, a time when Muslims are usually more active in acts of worship. PETALING JAYA: For many Muslims, Ramadan and Eid are synonymous with crowded mosques and suraus.

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OESC Executive Director resigns after Friday morning vote to consolidate OESC

OKLAHOMA CITY- Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Executive Director Robin Roberson resigned on Friday afternoon. “There's been a lot of pressure to make things happen more quickly, and I completely understand that and wanted to help in ...

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Local churches press on amid legal controversy

By JAZMINE BUNCH. RCNH News Intern. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has introduced everyone to a world of new: new laws, new approaches, and new challenges. After new restrictions on gatherings of more than 10 people, religious leaders have ...

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Brazil Markets Are a Mess as Pandemic Adds to Political Woes

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil's financial assets have fallen so far, so fast that you could think it's time to buy. But the truth is few experts are ready call a bottom. Latin America's largest economy no longer seems like a bargain for investors, as a bungled response to the ...

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UN chief appoints Ojiambo of Kenya as Global Compact executive director

UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed Sanda Ojiambo of Kenya as executive director of the UN Global Compact, the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world. As the second woman to ...

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Biden says he was too 'cavalier' in saying voters still deciding between him and Trump 'ain't black'

ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden declared he “should not have been so cavalier” on Friday after comments he made to a prominent black radio host that some interpreted as a suggestion that African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain't black.”.

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Brazil suffers record daily coronavirus death toll, soon to be world No. 2

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil suffered a record of 1,188 daily coronavirus deaths on Thursday and is fast approaching Russia to become the world's No. 2 COVID-19 hot spot behind the United States. Brazil also passed 20,000 deaths on ...

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G-7 leaders cautious as Trump suggests face-to-face summit

President Trump said Thursday he would “probably” host the Group of Seven summit at the White House in June, two months after canceling the annual gathering of world leaders and a day after saying he might revive a plan to hold it at Camp David. “It looks ...

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Peru: Mayor Arrested After Drunkenly Hiding in Coffin, Violating Coronavirus Lockdown

Police arrested the mayor of a small town in Peru on Wednesday after he violated lockdown measures in order to go out drinking with friends, before hiding from police in a coffin reserved for victims of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. According to local ...

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Offline: Health in the unhappy time of COVID-19

It was a tragedy for anyone hoping to see COVID-19 become a catalyst for international solidarity. On the first day of the first-ever virtual World Health Assembly, held during the worst acute global health crisis since WHO's creation in 1948, Alex Azar, US ...

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Food insecurity will be the sting in the tail of COVID-19

On April 29, UNICEF published a discussion paper comparing the probable downstream effects of COVID-19 in developed and developing countries. High-income and upper-middle-income countries have borne the brunt of deaths associated with COVID-19 ...

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Breaking: Nigeria's Coronavirus infections jump to 7016, Lagos in sharp lead

By Kazeem Ugbodaga. Nigeria's Coronavirus infections have jumped to 7,016, with 339 new cases recorded on Thursday. Lagos has continued to record a spike in infections, ramping up 139 new cases, while Kano and Oyo came a distant second with 28 ...

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UK pledges £20m to Africa's fight against COVID-19

The United Kingdom has pledged £20 million to support the African Union in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. While announcing the funding on Wednesday, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, UK's international development secretary, said it is part of the Africa ...

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Brazil's biggest cemetery racing to keep up with virus death toll

Brazilian gravediggers are burying body after body, 12 hours a day, as the country's death toll from coronavirus soars. Updated Updated 1 hour ago. Share. Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter. The day after Brazil registered a record 1,179 coronavirus ...

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Behind China's aggressive diplomacy: 'wolf warriors' ready to fight back

"Back in the 1420s, the expeditionary fleets of China's Ming Dynasty reached Australian shores … They brought Chinese culture to this land and lived harmoniously with the local people, contributing their proud share to Australia's economy, society and its ...

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Patti Bacchus: Growing opposition to BC's June school reopening plan

It's not often teachers praise Ontario Premier Doug Ford while slamming B.C.'s NDP government, but as we know, 2020 is a weird and awful year. Ford's announcement earlier this week that Ontario's schools will stay closed through to the end of the school ...

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Area Community News (your photos and events)

HE. HERKIMER. Three Herkimer College employees honored with 2020 SUNY Chancellor Awards. The following Herkimer County Community College employees have been honored with SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence for 2020. •Jason Brown ...

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Does the pandemic present an opportunity to reset Africa?

As of May 19, over 88,000 people in Africa have reportedly been infected by COVID-19 . Beyond these numbers, it is hard to tell how many more have been indirectly affected, through poverty, hunger, job loss and security-related incidents. Data in Africa is ...

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Russia medical workers are dying 16 times more often than in countries with comparable coronavirus outbreaks

New analysis by Russian outlet Mediazona found that healthcare workers in the country make up 7% of COVID-19 fatalities, equal to one in every 15 deaths from the virus. In Iran, one of the countries hardest hit by the virus, the percentage of healthcare ...

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Nigeria: FG receives 292 stranded evacuees from S/Arabia

The Federal Government has received 292 stranded Nigerians from Saudi Arabia, with a large number of them nursing mothers and children. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this on his verified twitter handle on Wednesday.

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Fact check: Trump's flimsy attack on vaccine official warning about hydroxychloroquine

“So the so-called HHS Whistleblower was against HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. Then why did he make, and sign, an emergency use authorization? … A dumb @60Minutes hit job on a grandstanding Never Trumper!” – President Donald Trump, in a tweet, May ...

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'Miracle' cure: What does Madagascar want?

Abimbola Adelakun. Madagascar has been touting a herbal therapy developed by its Malagasy Institute for Applied Research as a cure for COVID 19. Now bottled and labelled COVID-Organics, the therapy is said to be both curative and preventive.

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Press Freedom Under Attack in Latin America, Experts Say | Voice of America - English

Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share via Email. Print this page. Press Freedom. Press Freedom Under Attack in Latin America, Experts Say. By Alejandra Arredondo. May 20, 2020 06:57 PM. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share via Email.

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Will need more doctors if Covid cases further exceed: PM Appeals to lady doctors to register for govt's portal

Staff Reporter. Islamabad. Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the country will need more doctors if the coronavirus cases exceed further in the future, lamenting that the doctor-to-patient ratio in Pakistan is quite low as compared to other ...

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Southern African Leaders Meet on Mozambique's Deteriorating Security

HARARE - Southern African leaders met Wednesday to discuss the growing Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique. At the day-long meeting in Harare, leaders of Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique said they had discussed the COVID-19 ...

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Bolsonaro bets big on 'right-wing' drug against virus

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro neatly sums up how thoroughly politics has hijacked the debate over using malaria drugs against the new coronavirus: "Right-wingers take chloroquine." Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured (center, in blue) on May 17 ...

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Amid Hydroxychloroquine Uproar, Real Studies of Drug Are Suffering

WASHINGTON — President Trump's enthusiastic embrace of a malaria drug that he now says he takes daily without proof that it is effective against Covid-19 — and the resulting uproar in the news media — appears to be interfering with legitimate scientific ...

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Coronavirus live news: Brazil sees record daily deaths as World Bank warns 60m to fall into extreme poverty

US births continued to fall last year, leading to the fewest number of newborns in 35 years, AP reports. The decline is the latest sign of a prolonged national baby bust that's been going on for more than a decade. And some experts believe the coronavirus ...

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New Black Panther Party Pickets DC Restaurant to Protest China's Treatment of Africans

Members of the New Black Panther Party staged a demonstration outside Yum's, a Chinese takeout restaurant in Washington, DC, on Tuesday to protest China's racist treatment of Africans during the coronavirus pandemic. The protest was flagged by Mother ...

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Reps Ask FG To Set Up N15bn COVID-19 Emergency Fund For Tertiary Institutions

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal government to set up a strategic N15billion Coronavirus Emergency Fund for Nigerian Universities and Tertiary Institutions as part of its response to the impact of the pandemic on academic, research ...

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FOX NEWS: Army researchers may have discovered new coronavirus-killing antibodies

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FOX NEWS: Russia asks Google to block article questioning COVID-19 death toll

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Global COVID-19 cases top 4.7 million: Johns Hopkins University

Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 4.7 million on Sunday, reaching 4,708,415 as of 6:32pm (2232 GMT), according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. A total of 314,950 ...

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Lonestar Cell MTN Makes Available Huge Packages to Vulnerable Liberians

Lonestar Cell MTN has completed week one of donations in Montserrado, one of the fifteen sub-political division of Liberia. The company, over the week, made donations to over ten communities including West Point, Doe Community, Soneewein, Jacob Town ...

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How illegal mining is sabotaging economy

The Minster of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, blew the whistle on some “powerful and influential” Nigerians recently during a briefing in Abuja. What was the story? According to Adegbite, these economic saboteurs – that's what they are ...

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Donald Trump's feud with Barack Obama escalates after veiled criticism from former president

The feud between Donald Trump and Barack Obama escalated again today as Mr Trump responded to another round of criticism from his predecessor. “Look, he was an incompetent president. That's all I can say. Grossly incompetent,” Mr Trump told reporters ...

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US, European leaders weigh reopening risks without a vaccine

NEW YORK — On a weekend when many pandemic-weary people emerged from weeks of lockdown, leaders in the U.S. and Europe weighed the risks and rewards of lifting COVID-19 restrictions knowing that a vaccine could take years to develop.

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Coronavirus: Hospitals in Brazil's São Paulo 'near collapse'

The mayor of Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, has said its health system could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. Bruno Covas said the city's public hospitals had reached 90% and could run out of space in about ...

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A blessing from Pope Francis

Pope Francis gives his blessing from the window of the Apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's Square after holding a private live streamed weekly Angelus prayer from the palace's library on Sunday. The St. Peter's Basilica is set to reopen to tourist and ...

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Ethiopia Coronavirus: 11 more cases reported, total 317

The Somali region of Ethiopia continues to lead in the number of new Coronavirus cases. Ethiopia _ Coronavirus. Ethipoia's coronavirus case data for May 17. Infograhic : MoH. borkena. May 17, 2020. Ethiopia has tested 4,224 Coronaviurs suspects over the ...

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Inspector General's Firing Puts Pompeo's Use of Taxpayer Funds Under Scrutiny

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo swatted away questions about his use of government resources again and again last year. In January, news reports cited unnamed diplomats complaining about his wife, Susan, traveling with him across the ...

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Lagos quarantines 53 returnees from Ghana, other W/African countries

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja. The Lagos State Government has quarantined 53 Nigerian returnees from Ghana and other West African countries. The individuals, comprising 39 returnees from Ghana and 14 from different West African countries, were camped in ...

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Meet Dr. Moose: Virginia Tech awards one of its therapy dogs an honorary doctorate degree

(CNN) Like most universities, Virginia Tech's College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated the class of 2020 with an online commencement ceremony. But unlike other schools, they included one very good boy in the graduating class: a dog named Moose.

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FOX NEWS: Fugitive accused of supplying machetes used in 1994 Rwandan genocide is arrested outside Paris

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FOX NEWS: US ramps up military pressure on Beijing

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US blames Daesh for Afghan hospital attack

KABUL: Washington believes Daesh was behind this week's deadly attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul, US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said on Friday. Newborn babies, their mothers, and medical staff were among the 24 civilians ...

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Jamaica gets $520 mln in IMF emergency funding

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) granted on Friday Jamaica's request for $520 million in emergency financial assistance to meet urgent balance-of-payment needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Jamaica successfully completed its precautionary ...

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Trump makes more mysterious Obama scandal claims

Donald Trump has spent much of this week hyping up a scandal called "Obamagate", which he says is "the biggest political crime in US history". The President claims his predecessor Barack Obama is involved, along with his opponent in this year's election, ...

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FOX NEWS: Keane calls China a 'predator' and policy needs to be changed accordingly

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FOX NEWS: Navarro: There isn't a more dangerous company to US economic future than Huawei

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FOX NEWS: Denmark reports no new coronavirus deaths for first time since March

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FOX NEWS: Wild video shows Mexican man in cowboy hat lassoing loose tiger on public street

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FOX NEWS: Should runners wear coronavirus face masks outside?

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FOX NEWS: People are struggling to remember what day it is during self-isolation, study shows

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FOX NEWS: Survival during coronavirus: Food adventurer, chef fights to save public television show teaching lessons of self-sufficiency

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FOX NEWS: Men less likely to wear face masks because they see them as 'sign of weakness,' study suggests

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FOX NEWS: How to care for nails without the salon

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Newly released incident reports detail US Navy's 'UFO' encounters

Washington (CNN) Newly released "hazard reports" detailing encounters between US Navy aircraft and "unidentified aerial phenomena," reveal new details about incidents which were thrust into the spotlight when the Pentagon officially declassified and ...

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COVID-19 may kill 171000 Nigerian children in next 6 months, says UNICEF

Fred Ezeh, Ndubuisi Orji, Romanus Ugwu, and Benjamin Babine, Abuja. United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm that no fewer than 171,000 children (950 on daily basis) may die in the next six months due to the disruption in routine ...

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Evacuation of Nigerians in Canada suffers setback

Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja, Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan. The planned evacuation of over 200 Nigerians in Canada has suffered a setback following refusal of Canadian government to grant landing permit to the designated carrier, Air Peace Airlines. Confirming the ...

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In San Francisco, Working From Home Is Here To Stay. The Techies Might Not Be.

When Twitter, a $22 billion company with a headquarters in the center of San Francisco, told employees they could work from home permanently on Tuesday, techies in the Bay Area began to wonder why they were there at all. After all, why put up with one of ...

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Sagay panel faults S'Court judgment on Orji Kalu

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja. A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption have faulted Friday's judgment which nullified the trial and conviction of a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, and others ...

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Coronavirus live news: Trump 'surprised' by Fauci's reopening warnings as WHO says Covid-19 may never go

Doctors in Italy have reported the first clear evidence of a link between Covid-19 and a rare but serious inflammatory disorder that has required some children to undergo life-saving treatment in intensive care units. The mysterious condition emerged last ...

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Trump, GOP launch broad attack on Russia probe foundations

A declassified document with names of President Barack Obama administration officials who made requests for unmasking of Michael Flynn's name is photographed Wednesday, May 13, 2020. In 2016, Obama administration officials received intelligence ...

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FOX NEWS: World's shortest man regains crown after previous Guinness record holder dies

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Counterfeit and unapproved COVID-19 protective equipment and medications headed for PA siezed

Baltimore--While inspecting international express delivery parcels Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Harrisburg, Pa., seized a shipment of 1,200 Linhua Qingwen capsules that arrived from Hong Kong. CBP Baltimore ...

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Saudi Arabia: Just how deep are its troubles?

Once famous for being tax-free, Saudi Arabia has announced it is trebling its Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 15% and cancelling the monthly living subsidy from next month. The moves come as global oil prices have crashed down to less than half what ...

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FOX NEWS: Chinese space junk narrowly missed hitting New York City, report says

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FOX NEWS: Twitter to let employees work from home indefinitely

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FOX NEWS: Coronavirus disruptions see drone meal delivery launching in North Carolina

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FOX NEWS: Army flying explosive gets new warhead and radar to destroy drones

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