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The humanitarian impact of the coronavirus continues to climb, with more than 9,000 confirmed cases globally and over 3,000 deaths, at the time of writing. Today, Washington State reported a sixth death from the virus, with New York City governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, confirming a second case in the city,…
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A Florida student is now in coronavirus quarantine just days after he allegedly shook hands with Vice President Mike Pence. The incident took place when Pence visited the Sarasota Military Academy on Friday to meet students, shake their hands and pose for photographs. Per the Herald Tribune, Pence was visiting…
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President Trump has donated his fourth-quarter salary to help the coronavirus crisis. The news was revealed by the White House Press Secretary, Stephanie Grisham. She posted a picture of the quarterly $100,000 cheque on Twitter from Trump to the Health and Human Services Secretary, Alex Azar. This Wuhan medic broke…
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Two teenagers have been charged with aggravated assault this week, after attempting to pull off the 'Skull Breaker' challenge on the social media site, TikTok, and leaving a 13-year-old boy with a serious concussion. Per People, Stacy and Marc Shenker, who hail from in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, claim that…
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News has just broken that Mike Bloomberg has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, and is endorsing Joe Biden. The announcement comes despite Bloomberg spending over half a million dollars on his presidential campaign, CNBC reports. The former New York mayor performed disastrously in the Democratic primary debates on…
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The coronavirus has sent panic around many parts of the globe, and people are seemingly doing anything and everything they can to protect themselves from COVID-19. Unfortunately, not all of the advice available online is from reputable sources, and now condoms are selling out as people are reportedly using them…
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A Singaporean student currently living in London has been beaten up by racists and who told him: "I don't want your coronavirus in my country", the Metro reports. Jonathan Mok - a 23-year-old student at University College London (UCL) - has lived in London for two years, but amid the…
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Apple has agreed to pay a settlement that could amount to $500m for slowing down older iPhone models. This comes after the company was fined more than $27 million for the admission. According to documents released on Friday in the US District Court in San Jose, California, per CNN, owners…
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Per CBS News, at least 19 people are believed to have been killed in Tennessee as the result of at least one tornado and severe storms that tore through Nashville and the region late on Monday and early on Tuesday. The death toll had been reported as 9 earlier on…
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London is set to host the world's first-ever Muslim Pride festival. The event is happening thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign to give a voice to Muslim members of the LGBTIQ+ community, which raised over £10,000 ($12,800 USD). It will take place in the city on April 11 and is…
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An English newspaper has published the names and pictures of a number of men who have made threatening comments towards Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on social media. After the environmental campaigner visited the city of Bristol, attracting an audience of thousands who turned out to hear her speech…
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Bodycam footage has been released of former ER star Vanessa Marquez being shot dead after she pulled a fake gun on police officers. The incident took place at the 49-year-old's home in Los Angeles, where police had been called to perform a welfare check over concerns about her mental health.…
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The New South Wales Royal Fire Service has officially announced that there are no active bushfires burning in the Australian state for the first time since July 2019. In a post made on Twitter, the fire department wrote: "For the first time since early July 2019, there is currently no…
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Cristiano Ronaldo's mother has reportedly been rushed to hospital in Madeira after suffering a stroke. Dolores Aveiro, a mother-of-four, is believed to have been taken to Dr Nelio Mendonca Hospital in Madeira in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and media outlets are reporting that she may have suffered a…
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A cold blast and blizzards have transformed houses into something more reminiscent of igloos near Lake Erie in New York. The remarkable transformation was brought to the world's attention on social media, where people have been sharing pictures of the icy homes. In many cases, the ice covering the homes…
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As residents of Staten Island marched in the New York City borough's annual St. Patrick's parade on Saturday, Miss Staten Island was confined to the sidelines, according to CBS New York. Madison L'Insalata claims that just hours after she came out as bisexual, organizers banned her from participating. This thwarted…
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The Surgeon General of the United States has advised the public not to buy masks in an attempt to combat the coronavirus. "Seriously people - STOP BUYING MASKS," Jerome M. Adams wrote on Twitter. "They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t…
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Angela Merkel's interior minister has appeared to decline a handshake from her during the coronavirus outbreak. The incident took place at a summit in Berlin this morning, per the Daily Mail. However, the German chancellor, 65, was unphased by the snub from Horst Seehofer, 70, happily withdrawing her hand and…
