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South America is “a new epicentre” of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared, as U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his push to reopen the reeling American economy.Brazil led the surge across South America, its death toll passing 21,000 on Friday from 3,30,000 infections, the third-highest…

Brazil recorded its highest single-day coronavirus death toll on Tuesday: 1,179 fatalities. It was another bleak statistic for the country, which has seen its coronavirus outbreak explode in the past few weeks. As of May 21, Brazil has confirmed more than 291,000 positive cases, the third-highest in the world, and…

Peru's number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 100,000, making it the country with the second-highest number of cases in South America after Brazil. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 106,000 cases globally, the highest in a single day yet, rasing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in poor nations. China…

Wearing a face mask, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posed for photographs with children plucked out of a crowd of supporters on Sunday, disregarding public health advice aimed at containing one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks. Bolsonaro's latest flouting of social-distancing guidelines came after a month in which he lost…

The United States has accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of failing to obtain information that the world needed to fight COVID-19.  World leaders have spoken at the virtual meeting of the World Health Assembly, as many countries called for an independent probe into the pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping says…

Sao Paulo (AFP) - Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he fears a "genocide" in Brazil because of fierce opposition to coronavirus containment measures by current President Jair Bolsonaro, whom he said should be impeached.In an interview with AFP by video conference from his home near Sao Paulo,…

Apparently a high percentage of chefs at Chinese restaurants suffer shoulder plane from wok tossing. They must rapidly move the heavy pan to launch the food into the air so it cooks but doesn't burn, even though the temperatures may hit 1200°C. Recently, Georgia Tech mechanical engineers studied the kinematics…

Today, Thursday (5/14), I'm honored to be moderating a free online conversation with two brilliant women whose work is a light in the darkness during these uncertain times. My friend Ann Druyan is the executive producer, writer, and director of Cosmos, the iconic TV show she co-created with her late…

Reuters, 2019 • Justice Dept. asked justices to temporarily halt lower-court order, saying executive branch would suffer irreparable harm if the evidence is disclosed. “The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block Congress from seeing grand jury secrets gathered in the Russia investigation by Mueller, saying the…

Reuters, 2019 Impeached U.S. President Donald Trump spoke today with Russian crimelord Vladimir Putin today, ostensibly to mark the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, but one wonders what other information may have been exchanged, don't one. Trump and Putin are reported to have also talked about what Trump refers to…