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Tourism in the age of COVID-19: You can now remote control a human tour guide in the Faroe Islands Scotland

Tourism in the age of COVID-19: You can now remote control a human tour guide in the Faroe Islands

As tourism around the globe grinds to a halt, the Faroe Islands have come up with a creative way to keep visitors coming: by letting them remote control a human tour guide.Members of the Visit Faroe Islands team—Faroese locals—are walking through the landscape with a live video camera strapped to…
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April 17, 2020
Coronavirus kills 90-year-old Holocaust survivor (Corky Siemaszko/Yahoo News) Holocaust

Coronavirus kills 90-year-old Holocaust survivor (Corky Siemaszko/Yahoo News)

Kara Scannell / CNN: Michael Cohen will be released from prison due to pandemic  —  (CNN)The federal Bureau of Prisons has notified Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, that he will be released early from prison due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter…
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April 17, 2020
Coronavirus: China abruptly raises Wuhan’s toll by 50%, but denies ‘any concealment’ Chinese Economy

Coronavirus: China abruptly raises Wuhan’s toll by 50%, but denies ‘any concealment’

China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on Friday abruptly raised its toll from the pandemic by 50%, from 2,579 to 3,869, AFP reported. The country admitted that many cases were “mistakenly reported” or missed entirely.The updated figure, detailed in a social media posting by the city government,…
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April 17, 2020
Conservative councillor suspended after allegedly baking swastika onto hot cross bun Scottish National Party

Conservative councillor suspended after allegedly baking swastika onto hot cross bun

A Conservative councillor has been suspended after allegedly baking a swastika onto a hot cross bun. The Tories launched an investigation into former Portsmouth lord mayor Lee Mason after a photo emerged of the baked goods, which also featured the words “sex” and “f***”. The Cosham ward councillor admitted making…
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April 17, 2020
Turkish Banks Ask Regulator to Help Smooth Tensions With Erdogan Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish Banks Ask Regulator to Help Smooth Tensions With Erdogan

(Bloomberg) --Turkish banks are hitting back at criticism from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that they’re not supporting the economy by appealing to their regulator to smooth tensions with the government.Lenders not owned by the state highlighted their efforts to help restructure troubled loans during talks on Tuesday with Mehmet Ali…
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April 17, 2020
Global stocks are surging after pharmaceutical giant Gilead said it’s making progress on a drug to treat coronavirus NASDAQ

Global stocks are surging after pharmaceutical giant Gilead said it’s making progress on a drug to treat coronavirus

Associated Press Global stocks are surging Friday after reports that pharma giant Gilead is making progress in the trials of a drug to treat the coronavirus. US futures rose sharply, with all three major indexes set to gain more than 2% at the open. Investors shrugged off poor economic data…
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April 17, 2020