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Coronavirus puts paid sick leave benefits under scrutiny

March 13, 2020

Lawmakers say the proposed bill will help workers who might otherwise lose a paycheck or their job if they have to stay home due to coronavirus. "But if missing a day of work means that you're going to miss pay, or maybe face some disciplinary action, that can hurt your pay long-term, some people may choose to come to work anyway, and that is very, very risky", Kaine said.

Australian GP issues update on nine F1 paddock coronavirus tests

March 13, 2020

It added that "the safety of all members of the Formula 1 family and the wider community, as well as the fairness of the competition take priority". A statement issued by Formula 1, the governing body the FIA and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation , said the decision came after discussions with the competing teams.

Confirmed Death India's first COVID-19 death confirmed in Karnataka

March 13, 2020

The government in the southern state of Karnataka said that a 76-year-old man who died on Tuesday had been confirmed as a coronavirus carrier and that it was trying to trace those who had been in contact with him. The ban will "come into effect from 1200 GMT on March 13, 2020 at the port of departure" and be in place till April 15. "Visa free travel facility granted to OCI cardholders is kept in abeyance till April 15", it added.

Ireland's coronavirus lockdown may mark the start of an increasingly drastic fightback

March 13, 2020

Unionists, who usually prefer to follow London than Dublin, disagreed over whether the threat of coronavirus justified an all-Ireland approach. The taoiseach, Leo Varadkar , announced the partial lockdown at a hastily arranged press conference in Washington DC before meeting Donald Trump for a traditional eve of St Patrick's day meeting.

Australian Grand Prix cancelled, full refund for spectators

March 13, 2020

There has yet been no official confirmation from F1 or the sport's governing body the FIA. This weekend's Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled following a confirmed case of the Coronavirus at the McLaren team. McLaren's withdrawal was followed by meetings between F1 bosses, teams and race organisers about the status of the event. In hindsight, the writing was on the wall from the outset for F1, with McLaren hammering in the last nail in the coffin of the Australian GP on ...

Brazilian Official Pictured Next To Trump Last Weekend Has Coronavirus

March 13, 2020

Fábio Wajngarten, the press secretary for Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, met the U.S. president at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last weekend as part of a Brazilian delegation. After the dinner, Mr Bolsonaro and his delegation visited the headquarters of the U.S. military's Southrn Command in Doral where they met with the commander, Adm.

Boris Johnson faces government revolt over Huawei 5G

March 13, 2020

They will vote for an amendment to the Telecommunications Infrastucture Bill which would ban firms classified as "high-risk vendors" by the National Cyber Security Centre from working on the project by 31 December 2022. "We're not in a position today to set out a specific date or timetable for reaching no high-risk vendors, that would require a new decision to be taken by the National Security Council", he told parliament.

The entirety of Italy is now in lockdown due to Coronavirus

March 13, 2020

Under the decree, all public events in Italy will be banned: cinemas, theatres, gyms, discos and pubs closed, and funerals, weddings and sporting events cancelled in an attempt to combat the Coronavirus spread. Italy is now dealing with Europe's worst outbreak of Covid-19, which has claimed 463 lives and has infected 9,172 people. The Emilia-Romagna region - home to Bologna -has also been badly hit by the virus and has reported 1,386 cases and 70 deaths.

Death toll from coronavirus in Italy tops 1,000

March 13, 2020

The number of Coronavirus-related deaths in Italy has reached 1,016, an increase of 188 over 24 hours, with 1,153 in intensive care and 15,113 positive cases. Countries throughout the globe have based trips to Italy or prohibited access to Italians or any individual taking a trip fromItaly Austria and also Slovenia are putting limitations on their boundaries with Italy.

Judge orders Chelsea Manning’s immediate release from jail

March 13, 2020

In a declaration, Alexandria Sheriff Dana Lawhorne claimed: "There was an incident at approximately 12:11pm today at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center involving inmate Chelsea Manning ". Manning is safe", he said in a statement . Her legal team said that Manning "remains unwavering" in her commitment to refusing to participate in the WikiLeaks grand jury investigation.

Between 60 to 70 percent of Germans could contract virus - Merkel

March 13, 2020

Germany has pledged €1 billion to fight COVID-19 virus, the whole of Italy is on lockdown and coronavirus cases have been confirmed in every European Union member state. Aside from the initially reported parliament meeting, Merkel went on to share her predictions on the country's future regarding the COVID-19 strain at a media briefing on Wednesday.

World Health Organization declares novel coronavirus disease a pandemic

March 12, 2020

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CPD) defines a pandemic as an epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting a large number of people. The report may address things like travel, sanitation, quarantine strategies and more. For example, the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic had up to a 90% death rate , and the 2015-2016 Zika epidemic affected more than 700,000 people, but neither were categorized as a pandemic by the WHO.

Broadway to Go Dark at 5pm to Combat Coronavirus Pandemic

March 12, 2020

Gov. Cuomo announced that there will be no gatherings with 500 people or more. For Broadway theaters, this regulation will go into effect tonight at 5 p.m. "I want to see if we can strike some kind of balance". The league said it has also increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfecting in all public and backstage areas.

Brazilian official who met US President Donald Trump tests positive for coronavirus

March 12, 2020

Only lawmakers, staff, journalists and visitors with official business will be permitted to enter the buildings. US President Donald Trump is "not concerned" he might have contracted coronavirus from the communications secretary of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was diagnosed with the virus on Thursday.

Russian Federation parliament approves constitutional change allowing Putin to run for president again

March 12, 2020

Putin has "raised Russia from its knees" and the new constitution "must consolidate all Russian society", Matviyenko was quoted as saying - words that journalist Maria Antonova said made the vote "sound more like a referendum for Putin".

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirus

March 12, 2020

The statement went on: "The doctor's advice to the Prime Minister is to continue daily activities while self-monitoring, given he is exhibiting no symptoms himself". Travellers from 13 at-risk countries such as China and Iran would be kept out, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said. He urged the prime minister to conduct the meeting by teleconference.

Covid-19: Italy shuts all stores except pharmacies and food shops

March 12, 2020

Italy has ordered all non-essential shops to close - leaving only supermarkets and pharmacies open - as the coronavirus death toll in the country surged by more than 30 percent in a single day. Earlier in the day, Conte announced that Italy would allocate an additional 25 billion euros ($28 billion) to fight the coronavirus disease. Most Italians appear to be respecting the most severe controls placed on any Western nation since World War II.

Brazil leader’s aide has coronavirus, met with Trump

March 12, 2020

However, in a photo posted by Wajngarten on Instagram , it clearly shows Trump side-by-side touching the Brazilian president's press secretary who tested positive for COVID-19 days after their meeting. Wajngarten initially denied a report on Wednesday that he had been tested for the virus, saying on his social media account that his health was fine.

Bolsonaro urges Brazilians to march in his support

March 12, 2020

He pledged to slap tariffs on Brazilian aluminum and steel, but withdrew the threat days later. Asked whether his comments meant no new tariffs on Brazil , Trump declined to commit. Bolsonaro is a Trump admirer who patterned his successful election campaign on Trump's 2016 victory, and who proudly called himself the "Trump of the Tropics ".

Pence says health insurers to extend coronavirus coverage

March 12, 2020

President Trump has designated Vice President Mike Pence to lead the response against the coronavirus threat. The evening news conference at the White House came as the stock market plunged and an increasing number of Americans wondered how the official count of virus cases in the country, still in the mid-three-figures, could remain so low despite the aggressive spread of coronavirus elsewhere.

United Nations head: Global action on climate crisis 'way off track'

March 12, 2020

Food supplies in some of the most vulnerable regions in the world are being directly affected by impacts such as crop failures and locust swarms. "Given that greenhouse gas levels continue to increase, the warming will continue". In a foreword to the report, United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said: "We are now way off track to meeting either the 1.5C or 2C targets that the Paris Agreement calls for".

Congress passes resolution to restrain Trump on Iran

March 12, 2020

The Senate voted 55 to 45 - with eight Republicans joining Democrats on February 13 - to approve the resolution. The resolution enforces the 1973 War Powers Act, requiring presidents to seek congressional approval for military engagements overseas that extend past an initial 60-day time frame.

Sixth person dies in United Kingdom from coronavirus

March 12, 2020

Popular holiday destination Bali has recorded its first death from coronavirus . There were 319 confirmed cases in the United Kingdom as of 09:00 GMT on Monday, a rise of 46 since the same time on Sunday. which is the number that we count underneath the line, so the numbers will vary and at the moment actually the United Kingdom rates for disease is very similar to the one for example in France and we have very good systems in place".

COVID-19 Officially Become Pandemic

March 12, 2020

Ghebreyesus added that this announcement doesn't change the WHO's assessment of the threat posed by COVID-19, nor does it change what the body is doing or what countries should be doing. "If countries detect, test , treat, isolate, trace and mobilise their people in the response, those with a handful of cases can prevent those cases becoming clusters and those clusters becoming community transmission".

Biden rolls to projected wins in MS and Missouri

March 12, 2020

Joe Biden Senior Adviser Symone Sanders was pushed to the floor when Bernie Sanders supporters disrupted a campaign event, only to pop up seconds later to tell the protesters, "We want to hear you!" The organization is spending millions of dollars trying to win over people who backed President Donald Trump in key states in 2016.

Health minister diagnosed with coronavirus

March 12, 2020

A Foreign Office spokesperson said 135 British nationals and their dependants were on the flight. She later added: "It's been pretty rubbish but I hope I'm over the worst of it now". Details of those who attended have been passed to the NHS. Ms Dorries, 62, Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, is believed to have begun feeing ill on Friday, before developing the typical symptoms, of a dry cough, chest pain and high temperature, over the weekend.

Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue

March 12, 2020

Last week, the policy was tested by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and also stated that it would certainly obstruct the policy within Arizona and also California, both boundary states over which it has territory. BREAKING: The Supreme Court has allowed Trump's forced Return to Mexico policy to remain in effect while our case proceeds. It requires individuals seeking asylum at the southern border to remain in Mexico while the US considers their cases.

Coronavirus outbreak could postpone Tokyo Olympics by a year or two

March 12, 2020

An organising committee member said late on Wednesday that any decision to delay the Olympics should be made before May but on Thursday Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said there was no change in planning for the Games. "We are absolutely not considering a change in plans", Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, told reporters Wednesday. Takahashi, of the organising committee, said a one- or two-year delay would better accommodate professional sports ...

Brexit: UK 'must consider deal trade-offs', says von der Leyen

March 12, 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen looks on throughout a information convention to converse on the primary 100 days of the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium, March 9, 2020. "That is not a show of solidarity", said the leader of the EPP group in the European Parliament , Manfred Weber. The Commission is also in contact with manufacturers of medical devices to make sure protective equipment and respiratory masks are channelled to people in areas that most need them, ...

U.S. coronavirus response: Trump set to deliver speech on global pandemic

March 12, 2020

There are more than 1,200 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, including 37 deaths. The US will also assist small firms affected by coronavirus and the US Department of Treasury will defer tax payments without interest or penalties for certain businesses, including individuals affected by the COVID-2019, according to Trump.

World Health Organization declares COVID-19 as pandemic

March 12, 2020

So what does that mean? The United States has taken few measures to curb the spread of the disease . The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the spread of the new coronavirus originating from China a pandemic, as the disease has already impacted daily life around the world with a total of almost 120,000 people in about 110 countries having been infected.

Coronavirus: Indian Embassy in USA issues advisory on suspension of visas

March 12, 2020

After the 44 positive cases declared yesterday, three positive cases were reported from Bengaluru (with travel history from the U.S. via Dubai); one more from Bengaluru with travel history from United States via Heathrow; and two positive cases from Pune (travel history from Dubai).

US Asks Tehran To Release American Prisoners Amid Coronavirus Crisis

March 12, 2020

The new cases were all on a returning flight of Bahraini evacuees from Iran . The decision by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei comes amid a propaganda campaign already trying to link the fight against the virus to Iran's long, bloody 1980s war with Iraq .

Three killed in rocket attack on Iraq base

March 12, 2020

One of the dead was a contractor, the official told Stars and Stripes on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. That in turn led to protests at the USA embassy in Baghdad. But in a show of force, the Iranians launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at bases in Iraq where USA troops were present, causing traumatic brain injuries to more than 100 American service members .

Bernie Sanders says he's moving ahead with his Dem campaign

March 12, 2020

Biden, the former vice president under Barack Obama, also was projected to capture Missouri and MS by Edison Research and television networks on a day when six states made their choices in the race to pick a challenger to Republican President Donald Trump .

Pakistani Air Force aircraft crashed while rehearsing parade

March 11, 2020

The pilot of the aircraft remained safe, while no human or financial loss was reported. At the time, Pakistan retaliated and shot down two Indian air force planes. Earlier on 12 February previous year, a PAF trainer plane crashed , which was a victim of the plane crash, was on a regular training mission near Takht Bhai in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Scindia joins BJP, slams Congress

March 11, 2020

Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday was formally inducted into the BJP in the presence of party president JP Nadda at the Party headquarters at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in the national capital. Digvijaya Singh and Mr. Kamal Nath. Amid the political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, 95 Congress MLAs reached the Bhopal airport to leave for Jaipur on Wednesday after the ruling party chose to shift its MLAs out of the state in a bid to keep its flock together.

Italy passes 10,000 infections as clusters spur worry in United States

March 11, 2020

His service today, held in the chapel of the Santa Marta guest house where he lives, came just hours after Italy extended its quarantine measures to the whole country. A newspaper reported last week that the pope had been tested for the virus but was not infected. In the US, the caseload passed 1,000, and outbreaks on both sides of the country were stirring alarm, while in Europe, an increasingly locked-down Italy counted more than 10,000 infections and recorded soaring deaths among its ...

Canadian, U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft off Alaskan coast

March 11, 2020

NORAD said Tuesday that the Russian aircraft came within 50 nautical miles of Alaskan coast and remained within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone over worldwide airspace for roughly four hours. They approached within 50 nautical miles, or 92 kilometres, of the Alaskan coast, but did not enter US or Canadian airspace. NORAD fighter aircraft escorted the TU-142s for the duration of their time in the zone.

US military in South Korea confirms ninth COVID-19 patient

March 11, 2020

The mayor said the 90 new cases will be tallied depending on where the patients live, such as 62 in Seoul. The city government is to inspect buildings with similar work environments and encourage owners of those businesses, including karaoke rooms or dance clubs, to close down temporarily.

Coronavirus: Italy extends measures to entire country

March 11, 2020

We all do our part, giving up something for the good of the community. "At stake is the health of our loved ones, our parents, our children, our grandparents", Conte said in a tweet . Bars and restaurants need to close from 6 pm. Open-air sporting activities are allowed "exclusively as long as it is possible to maintain a distance of one meter between people" for the sake of "interpersonal security", the decree said.

More than half of Washington coronavirus cases are ages 60 or above

March 11, 2020

Gov. Jay Inslee announced strict visitation rules, following the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare's guidance, for long-term care facilities as cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in almost a dozen nursing homes in Washington. People can't work or volunteer at a facility unless they have been screened at the start of every shift and do not show any symptoms associated with COVID-19 including fever of 100.4 or higher, couch, or difficulty breathing.

Afghan government to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners, major step in peace negotiations

March 11, 2020

A prisoner swap is a major component of the US-Taliban deal. Ghani had been dragging his feet on releasing some 5,000 Taliban prisoners, something agreed to in the U.S. Mohammad, who had also been interviewed by The AP in the prison in December, is in telephone contact with the Taliban's Prisoners Commission, which is headed by Maulvi Nooruddin Turani, a former Taliban justice minister and a violent enforcer of the Taliban's strict code of conduct.

Russian Presidential Term Limits Could Be Reset Under New Proposal

March 11, 2020

Among them was an amendment put forward by Valentina Tereshkova, an MP and Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first woman in space, that would annul previous presidential terms. Kremlin critics denounced the move as cynical manipulation and called for protests. Putin's speech to the Russian parliament Tuesday seemed to be one of his most honest: he argued that stable leadership is good for a country in turbulent times but does it mean we'll really see him in power beyond 2024.

Coronavirus: UK health minister tests positive

March 11, 2020

Why it matters: Dorries reportedly came into contact with hundreds of people since developing symptoms last week - including Prime Minister Boris Johnson , the Times first reported. 'I understand why people are anxious about this disease. We all wish her well as she recovers. People wearing face masks walk across the Millennium footbridge backdropped by the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London , Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Canadian Grand Princess cruise ship passengers arrive for quarantine at CFB Trenton

March 11, 2020

The Public Health Agency of Canada is now warning Canadians against travelling on cruise ships after the federal government announced Sunday it will repatriate more than 230 Canadians on board the Grand Princess . California Governor Gavin Newsom has said the state can not continue to handle large-scale quarantines of ship passengers. The couple said prior to boarding the Grand Princess on February 21, passengers were "simply asked to fill out a piece of paper confirming they were not sick".

Dublin's St Patrick's Day parade cancelled over Coronavirus fears

March 10, 2020

Patrick's Day Parade is being cancelled". "I got a call earlier saying the Longford parade was being cancelled", said chairperson of the Ballymahon Parade committee Cllr Pat O'Toole. The mayor said the while the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's latest advisory notes a slow spread of the disease, the Center for Disease Control and local health officials recommended taking control measures to reduce or delay the epidemic's spread.

Judges rule Democrats should get Mueller evidence

March 10, 2020

The decision was split 2-1. The department could ask the same circuit court to reconsider Tuesday's decision or appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mueller issued a 448-page report last April that detailed multiple interactions between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian Federation and that examined several episodes involving the president for potential obstruction of justice.

IWD2020: Google dedicates doodle to fight for womens rights #38649

March 10, 2020

The black-and-white central layer depicts women around the world amid labour movements during the late 1800s to 1930s. The outer layer symbolizes women from the 1990s to the present in the context of progress made from over 100 years of women's rights movements.

US lawmakers self-quarantine after exposure to COVID-19 patients

March 10, 2020

Concern that President Donald Trump himself could be exposed to the coronavirus through contact with two Republican lawmakers loomed Monday as USA stocks plummeted, feeding growing national anxiety. His account claimed that he had done so in order to demonstrate "his concern" for the risk of the virus hitting members of Congress. Gaetz was notified of his contact after he got onto Air Force One with the president.

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