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New York City

New York City erects quarantine checkpoints to curb coronavirus

NEW YORK: New York City will put up COVID-19 quarantine checkpoints at key entry points to ensure that incoming travelers from 35 states with outbreaks comply with the state's 14-day quarantine mandate, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday (Aug 5).The measure underscores the determination of what was once the…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Says Trump Administration ‘Hypocrisy’ Left Her With ‘Low-Grade Depression’

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bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Vietnam

Vietnam says contagion ‘under control’ in COVID-19 epicentre but spread elsewhere

Asia Healthcare workers move a patient from an ambulance to the Gia Dinh hospital in Danang, Vietnam, Aug 4, 2020. (Photo: Vo Van Dung/VNA via REUTERS) 05 Aug 2020 06:34PM(Updated: 05 Aug 2020 11:25PM) HANOI: A new coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam spread to two more provinces on Wednesday (Aug 5),…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

New York City

New York City erects quarantine checkpoints to curb coronavirus

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chicago will teach online only when school resumes in September, the mayor said on Wednesday, and New York City announced checkpoints at bridges and tunnels to enforce a quarantine on travelers from 35 states on a list of coronavirus hot spots.The teachers' union and many parents…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Maduro

Venezuela Faces Giant Oil Spill amid Extreme Gas Shortages

Oil belonging to Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime in Venezuela washed up on the beaches of the country’s western Falcón state this weekend, causing potentially massive damage to the local ecosystem, according to satellite images. Satellite images uploaded to Twitter by the vessel-tracking service TankerTrackers.com showed the black slick off the…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

New York City

Renowned New York City journalist Pete Hamill dies at 85

The New York journalist Pete Hamill, an acclaimed columnist, editor and novelist who dominated pages at the city's tabloid newspapers, died on Wednesday.He was 85.His brother, Denis Hamill, and literary agent Esther Newberg both confirmed the writer's passing to NBC News. Hamill fell at his Brooklyn home on Saturday and…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Paris

Testing centre queues fuel criticism over France's COVID strategy

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government was under fire on Wednesday over its free-for-all COVID-19 testing policy as queues snaked out of some testing centres in Paris and at sites across the country amid a flare-up in infections.One leading federation of laboratories said an abrupt July 25 decree to make…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Ukraine

Ukraine asks Belarus to transfer arrested Russian mercenaries

Zelenskyy made the request in a phone conversation on Wednesday Ukraine's president has asked the leader of Belarus to hand over some Russian mercenaries who were arrested on "terrorism" charges and who also are accused of fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. "I hope that all those suspected in…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Paris

Testing centre queues fuel criticism over France’s COVID strategy

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government was under fire on Wednesday over its free-for-all COVID-19 testing policy as queues snaked out of some testing centres in Paris and at sites across the country amid a flare-up in infections. People queue to enter a laboratory to get tested for the coronavirus…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Vietnam

Vietnam health official says expects virus outbreak to peak in 10 days

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask sells vegetables during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hoi An tourism town, Vietnam July 31, 2020. Paul Mooney/Handout via REUTERSHANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s novel coronavirus outbreak that began late last month in the central costal city of Danang will peak in…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

New York City erects quarantine checkpoints to curb coronavirus

Michelle Obama Says Trump Administration ‘Hypocrisy’ Left Her With ‘Low-Grade Depression’

Vietnam says contagion ‘under control’ in COVID-19 epicentre but spread elsewhere

New York City erects quarantine checkpoints to curb coronavirus

Venezuela Faces Giant Oil Spill amid Extreme Gas Shortages

Renowned New York City journalist Pete Hamill dies at 85

Testing centre queues fuel criticism over France's COVID strategy

Ukraine asks Belarus to transfer arrested Russian mercenaries

Testing centre queues fuel criticism over France’s COVID strategy

Vietnam health official says expects virus outbreak to peak in 10 days

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