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F1 champion Hamilton clarifies controversial coronavirus anti-vax post

July 28, 2020

The video, along with Bachelor's caption, remained live on Hamilton's feed for 13 hours before he removed it and replaced it with a statement in which he said he had not seen the caption attached to the video. 'I have no idea where this came from'. He added that he wanted to show there is "uncertainty around side effects" of vaccines. Like, our foundation is about reducing death and bringing equity to health.

Iran moves fake USA aircraft carrier out to sea

July 28, 2020

Armed forces were then seen rappelling onto the deck of the vessel, before around a dozen speedboats circled around it. Another image shows 16 mock-up fighter jets on board the carrier which stretches 200 metres long. carrier. New long-range missiles were fired during the exercises, a spokesman said . The alarming drill comes just days after the USS Nimit entered Middle Eastern waters from the Indian Ocean.

Jailed British-Australian lecturer moved to 'remote desert prison' in Iran

July 28, 2020

She spent nearly two years sleeping on the floor in a cell in the capital Tehran, according to a friend. She said she had been held in an "extremely restrictive detention ward" and that she feared for her mental health. "Dr Moore-Gilbert's case is one of the Australian Government's highest priorities, including for our Embassy officials in Tehran", the spokesperson wrote in a statement to CNN.

Madeleine McCann investigators search German allotment

July 28, 2020

Christian B. has a history of previous convictions including child sex offences and rape. Meyer gave no details of how the plot was connected to the case or what they were hoping to find. However, despite repeated appeals for information, prosecutors have no forensic evidence and have so far not filed any formal charges. The suspect, Christian B., 43 years old, is now in detention at Kiel, in northern Germany, for another case.

Germany rejects Trump's proposal to let Russia back into G7: foreign minister

July 28, 2020

Answering a journalist's question about whether Europe has written off Crimea's issue, the German foreign minister said: "We can not just shrug our shoulders and take into account that in the 21st century the borders in Europe are redrawn in such a way".

'UK quarantine on Spanish arrivals disproportionate'

July 28, 2020

Other members of the Spanish government said they were particularly focused on getting the United Kingdom to lift mandatory quarantines for arrivals from the Canary and Balearic Islands. We do not understand how the Canary Islands can be included. Among the thousands impacted by the modification in travel recommendations was Tom Clasby, who had actually looked into an airport hotel near Stansted with his fiancé, their 2 children, and other member of the family, ahead of a vacation to Majorca.

Human clinical trial of 'Covaxin' begins in Odisha

July 28, 2020

With the development the path for large scale human trials of the vaccine has been cleared. After the vaccine test, the team's chief investigator, Dr. The trials are being conducted at a special laboratory- Preventive and Therapeutic Clinical Trial Unit (PTCTU) - at the institute, which is the first such "dedicated human trial unit" in Odisha, he said.

Florida's coronavirus cases top New York's

July 28, 2020

According to numbers reported by Johns Hopkins University, Florida has reported 414,511 cases of the virus since the pandemic started, while NY, which was once the epicenter of the outbreak, has had 411,200 cases. Ron DeSantis (R) has said he will not impose a statewide mask mandate and wants public schools reopened to their full capacity. On the contrary, NY state has managed to get the virus under control , with stores and restaurants shuttered and the wearing of masks mandatory.

Iran moves fake United States aircraft carrier out to sea

July 28, 2020

Some 20% of the world's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz. "I think they're going to continue to perform provocative actions over there ... and I think they'll look at every opportunity they can to do that", said Modly, without elaborating.

Supreme Court denies Nevada church’s challenge to attendance cap

July 28, 2020

Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, was slammed by Republicans, who accused him of forsaking religious liberty. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted early Saturday morning that Roberts had "abandoned his oath". Nevada has placed a 50-person cap on all places of worship, no matter the capacity of the building, as a part of the state's coronavirus restrictions.

Vietnam locks down its 3rd-largest city as virus cases grow

July 28, 2020

Tourists wear protective masks as they wait to check-in for departure at Da Nang Airport, Vietnam July 26, 2020. Southeast Asian nations Vietnam and Laos have confirmed their first coronavirus cases after nearly three months, local media reported on Monday.

Woman killed in 'unprovoked' shark attack in Maine

July 28, 2020

The Maine Marine Patrol said in a statement that the woman, who was not identified, was likely attacked while swimming near Bailey Island, northeast of Portland. Swimmers and boaters in the area were being told to remain cautious following the attack. The University of Florida's International Shark Attack File has also recorded only one unprovoked shark attack in ME since 1837.

Melania Trump Says White House Rose Garden Will Be Renovated

July 28, 2020

The first lady also hosted a state dinner for Australia in the garden past year. "Decades of use and necessary changes made to support the modern presidency have taken a toll on the garden and have made it more hard to appreciate the elegant symmetry of the Mellon plan", the statement added.

Central government vows to support Hong Kong in fight against COVID-19

July 28, 2020

The semi-autonomous region of Hong Kong is mulling new restrictions amid a rise in coronavirus cases. "The epidemic situation is critical", Cheung said, adding that the next few weeks are extremely crucial for the city. Dalian City in the northeastern province of Liaoning reported 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing its total of new domestically transmitted cases to 38 since July 22.

Najib fails to raise reasonable doubt on abuse of power charge

July 28, 2020

Najib's case on Tuesday is for three counts of criminal breach of trust, one count of abuse of power, and three counts of money laundering, with each charge carrying a prison sentence of up to 15 to 20 years. Muhyiddin was also helped last week by the $3.9 billion settlement reached with US investment bank Goldman Sachs GS.N for its role in the 1MDB scandal.

Organiser of illegal Black Lives Matter protest dragged from rally by police

July 28, 2020

He was filmed being forcibly removed from The Domain by officers and dragged into a police vehicle. Organisers said they now meant to hold the rally in the Domain - instead of outside Town Hall - where people can keep the required 1.5 metres distance from one another and abide by the state's coronavirus health regulations.

'I was too fat': Boris Johnson launches United Kingdom obesity reduction drive

July 28, 2020

Nearly two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, with similar figures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. "Everyone knows how hard losing weight can be so we are taking bold action to help everyone who needs it", health minister Matt Hancock said.

Coronavirus infections hit record peak in Victoria - RN Drive

July 28, 2020

The national death toll is now 161. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday said the federal government was "doing everything it can" to help the sector in what is a "very difficult" situation. "In aged-care facilities you are dealing with the most vulnerable members of our community and that is where you see the most bad of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic", he said.

US Republicans unveil plan for another coronavirus stimulus

July 28, 2020

He said the bill would also include a plan to manufacture personal protective equipment in the USA, to avoid the need to acquire a stockpile from China. And we've allocated that in a way that we think makes the most sense for the country at this particular time. Americans will also have another round of $1,200 checks from the government and there will be $500 for dependents.

Ardern poll boost ahead of New Zealand's September election

July 28, 2020

Ardern, who turned 40 on Sunday, told Newshub she celebrated with her partner and her two-year-old daughter doing normal things like going to the beach. Ms Ardern and Mr Gayford, 43, first met at an awards event in 2012. "I'm never complacent. I'm equally sceptical about the (polls) that are high as the ones that are low", she said.

UK Home Secretary Slams Twitter, Instagram, for Not Removing Rapper's Anti-Semitic Posts

July 28, 2020

But the comments from Wiley were still visible on Twitter 12 hours after they were first posted. "Twitter and Instagram, the latter of which is owned by Facebook , have since acted too little and too late", she said. The coronavirus is exacerbating a crisis on social media. "Instead of acting immediately to close down Wiley's accounts, Twitter and Facebook have made a decision to protect this racist, with Twitter deleting only a few token tweets and leaving most of Wiley's incitement to ...

Notre Dame withdraws as USA presidential debate host, cites pandemic

July 28, 2020

Citing coronavirus concerns, Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins announced that after consulting with St. Joseph County Health Department officials, he decided not to host the event in South Bend, Ind., "because the necessary health precautions would have greatly diminished the educational value of hosting the debate on our campus".

Vietnam reports 1st locally transmitted coronavirus case in 3 months

July 28, 2020

Da Nang is now being evacuated over a local outbreak of coronavirus cases. And since many cases are mild, the virus might have been spreading through countries without ever coming to the attention of public health authorities, he said. The operation is expected see 100 flights a day take people to nearby cities. The move comes after a second locally transmitted case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country in almost 100 days.

More U.S. agents may go to Portland; mayors want limits

July 28, 2020

USA federal agents fired tear gas canisters at Black Lives Matter demonstrators in downtown Portland in another day of protests, amid growing scrutiny over the use of border patrol and other federal officers in the city. Ms Bipasha Mukherjee, 52, from Kirkland, Washington state , said she had been protesting on the streets since May and that it was worrisome to her to see such aggressive tactics used by the police.

Istanbul Convention: Poland to leave European treaty on violence against women

July 28, 2020

The Council of Europe stressed that the Istanbul Convention's "sole objective" was to combat violence against women and domestic violence . The Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejcinovic Buric also took a clear stance against the decision, labelling the Polish government announcement as "alarming".

Covid-19 pandemic 'continues to accelerate'

July 28, 2020

During the briefing Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, added that it is now six months since a global health crisis was formally declared on January 30 - but the pandemic is still accelerating. COVID-19 has changed our world, he told reporters from WHO's Geneva headquarters on Monday. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Monday that nearly 16 million cases and over 640,000 deaths have been reported to his organization.

Hunger organization pushes out Yoho after Capitol incident

July 27, 2020

A top House Democrat demanded an apology Tuesday, July 21, 2020, from Yoho who is accused of using a sexist slur after an angry encounter with Ocasio-Cortez. 'Mr Yoho owes not just the congresswoman an apology, however likewise an apology on the flooring of the House of Representatives, ' Hoyer informed press reporters.

Tom Cotton Calls Slavery 'a Necessary Evil'

July 28, 2020

From there, Cotton said slavery was "the necessary evil upon which the union was built, but the union was built in a way, as Lincoln said, to put slavery on the course to its ultimate extinction". "If chattel slavery - heritable, generational, permanent, race-based slavery where it was legal to rape, torture, and sell human beings for profit - were a "necessary evil " as @ TomCottonAR says, it's hard to imagine what can not be justified if it is a means to an end", she wrote.

Walmart Bans Couple Who Wore Swastika Masks

July 27, 2020

Per the store's request, law enforcement served trespass notices to the 59-year-old man and 64-year-old woman, warning them that if they will face arrest should they return. "I audibly gasped", she said in a phone interview. "You can't be American and wear that mask". "Because I'm trying to tell you if you vote for Biden this is what you are going to have, socialism!" the woman said.

Modi says coronavirus risk persists in India as recoveries rise

July 27, 2020

While the country had only one COVID testing centre in January, Modi said, there are nearly 1300 such labs now. Infections from the coronavirus have risen rapidly in India, the world's second-most populous country, with more than 48,000 cases recorded in the last 24 hours.

USA leaves China consulate in Chengdu as huge crowds gather

July 27, 2020

Bölinger said the Houston and Chengdu mission were both of equivalent importance to the respective countries and that China had thus responded in reciprocal manner to the U.S. "We will forever miss you", the video concluded, addressing the Chinese people in these provinces and the city. The professor argued that Chinese people's response to the closures of consulates in China and the United States was evident to how they "understood and supported" Beijing's actions.

Zimbabwe politician denied bail in anti-government protests case

July 27, 2020

She also expressed concern on the detentions of Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume saying the arrests suggest that the authorities are using the Covid-19 as an excuse to clampdown freedom of association and assembly. "It is important to remind the authorities that any lockdown measures and restrictions should be necessary, proportionate and time-limited, and enforced humanely without resorting to unnecessary or excessive force", Throssell's aide added.

Trump's key adviser tests positive for coronavirus

July 27, 2020

O'Brien has been meeting his foreign counterparts and diplomats routinely, both at home and overseas, having recently returned from Europe, where he and his top deputy met with officials from the UK, France, Germany and Italy. O'Brien is the highest-ranking Trump administration official to be infected. Photos released by the National Security Council's social media page showed O'Brien meeting with journalists and other officials .

Trump's security advisor O'Brien tests positive for coronavirus

July 27, 2020

A senior official told CNN that O'Brien has been working from home since last week. It is not clear when Mr O'Brien and the president last met, but they appeared together two weeks ago on a trip to Miami, the BBC reported . Kimberly Guilfoyle, a fundraiser for the campaign and girlfriend of Trump's son Donald Trump Jr., tested positive in early July. The news came days after the announcement that a Marine assigned to the military unit that flies Marine One tested positive for ...

Google Employees To Not Return To Offices Until July 2021

July 27, 2020

The move will affect almost all of the 200,000 employees and contractors across Alphabet, Google's parent company. Google isn't the only company that appears to be embracing the work-from-home mentality. Google has about 200,000 full-time and contract employees, and nearly all of them will be covered by the remote work extension. Amazon and Snapchat have already said employees can stay home through the end of the year.

North Korean defector crosses drain, river, says South

July 27, 2020

While North Korean state media reported that "a person who is suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus" illegally entered North Korean territory, South Korea's health authorities on Monday implied that there's little chance that Kim contracted COVID-19 in the ROK.

Robert O’Brien, Trump’s national security adviser, tests positive for coronavirus

July 27, 2020

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump stands in front of St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House with U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

3D Artist From Assam Designs Patch For IAF's First Rafale Sqaudron

July 27, 2020

It has been 18 yrs since we last procured new fighter aircraft. The deal, estimated to be worth $9.4bn, has been shadowed by corruption allegations levelled by the opposition Congress party, though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected the claims.

Trump National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Has Coronavirus

July 27, 2020

O'Brien has been isolating at home and working remotely after apparently contracting the virus at a family event, Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs said on Twitter. His diagnosis comes after a United States military member who works at the White House as a valet tested positive for coronavirus in May as did Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary.

National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Tests Positive For COVID-19

July 27, 2020

That statement confirmed O'Brien's test results to reporters before his staff was formally informed. Trump last September selected O'Brien as his fourth White House national security adviser. In May, Katie Miller - the spokeswoman for Vice President Mike Pence who is married to a senior Trump adviser - tested positive, as did a military aide who worked as a valet to the president.

US COVID: CDC updates school guidelines, Trump wants reopenings

July 27, 2020

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Thomas Frieden said Friday that could be hard. Many medical experts have said it's not safe to open schools while coronavirus is spreading in a community. President Trump has urged schools to reopen quickly and left the decisions on how to do so to individual states. "September 8 is still likely too soon, but the truth is, the fastest way we can all work together to bring this virus under control, the sooner we will be in a ...

Steven Mnuchin Says GOP Coronavirus Relief Package Will Be Released Monday

July 27, 2020

Pelosi has said that House Democrats would pursue the $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill that they passed in May, which would extend the extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits through the end of 2020. Republicans say the enhanced benefit should be reduced because it exceeds the wages of many workers, discouraging them from returning to work as parts of the economy reopen.

Protesters, police clash in outcry over USA feds; one dead

July 27, 2020

Police said they had arrested 11 people and that one officer had been hospitalized with a leg injury from an explosive. Federal law enforcement officers fired tear gas to try to break up the protest . Authorities made more than 40 arrests said 21 officers suffered mostly minor injuries. Early Saturday, a U.S. District judge issued a temporary restraining order against a Seattle City Council ordinance banning crowd control devices such as pepper spray, rubber bullets, flashbangs and ...

14-day quarantine for NI holidaymakers from Spain

July 27, 2020

Tui had previously cancelled all flights to Spain and the Canaries for Sunday. EasyJet and British Airways say they have no plans to cancel flights to Spain in the coming days. Travel agents in Northern Ireland experienced a huge surge in bookings to Spain when quarantine requirements for people arriving from the country were lifted earlier this month.

Civil rights icon John Lewis honored with ceremonies across Alabama

July 27, 2020

The plans for Lewis's body to remain in the state at the United States Capitol are one of many events planned in honor and commemoration of the late congressman . Rep. Elijah Cummings, a fellow Civil Rights leader, and Congressman leader, was the last person to receive the honor upon his death in 2019. A line of people, some carrying umbrellas for shade, waited under the brutal midday Alabama sun to go inside and pay their respects .

Vietnam to evacuate 80,000 people from Danang after virus outbreak

July 27, 2020

Southeast Asian nations Vietnam and Laos have confirmed their first coronavirus cases after nearly three months, local media reported on Monday. Vietnam, which won praise for a swift and complete lockdown for containing the disease, has so far confirmed 418 cases, including 365 recoveries, with no deaths, according to statistics released by Johns Hopkins University.

Jet2 keeps flying to Spain as it removes its Quarantine free promise

July 27, 2020

The government has been urged to introduce "smarter measures" at the border after holidaymakers in Spain were told they must quarantine when they return home. A total of 9,835 flights are scheduled to leave the United Kingdom for Spain between July 26 and August 31, which equates to a total of approximately 1.8 million scheduled seats, according to Aviation data analysts Cirium.

Chinese mainland reports 61 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

July 27, 2020

China reported 46 cases of the new coronavirus in the mainland for July 25. Over in Northeast China , health authorities in Liaoning's Dalian city announced that they will test its six million residents in efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.

US Intelligence Official Warns Of Foreign Interference In US Elections

July 27, 2020

The US National Center for Counterintelligence and Security has formally accused Russia , China , and Iran of efforts to undermine the 2020 elections. Evanina said the US intelligence community would continue to watch for "malicious cyber actors" and touted the robust security of state election systems in the USA that make it "extraordinarily hard for foreign adversaries to broadly disrupt or change vote tallies without detection".

Pompeo urges 'free nations' to change behaviour of CCP

July 27, 2020

When Pompeo referenced the State Department's order this week to close down the Chinese consulate in Houston, the Nixon Library audience broke into a round of applause. "We opened our arms to Chinese citizens, only to see the CCP exploit our free and open society", he said. Pompeo's speech marked the fourth time in recent weeks that senior Trump administration officials took China to task on the public stage.

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