Month: April 2020

Categories USA

Lotto tickets are OK, but not seeds? Residents baffled after Michigan bans purchases of ‘non-essential’ items

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Michigan residents and local businesses are furious over a new rule, purportedly aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus, which bars them from buying and selling seeds – now deemed a “non-essential” item. … Read More >Lotto tickets are OK, but not seeds? Residents baffled after Michigan bans purchases of ‘non-essential’ items

Categories USA

Sanctions the best cure? Trump signs order laying out visa sanctions for countries that ‘delay or deny’ return of their citizens

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US President Donald Trump has signed an order envisioning penalties for foreign nations that are reluctant to take back their citizens or residents as the coronavirus ravages the US, citing “public health risks.” … Read More >Sanctions the best cure? Trump signs order laying out visa sanctions for countries that ‘delay or deny’ return of their citizens

Categories World

Lockdown effect? Twitter hit by outages across parts of the Americas & Europe as users report issues with posting

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Twitter has not been functioning properly for thousands of users across Europe and the Americas, in what appears to be yet another major outage, with many reporting problems with the platform’s website. … Read More >Lockdown effect? Twitter hit by outages across parts of the Americas & Europe as users report issues with posting

Categories Russia

mbulances create traffic jams outside Moscow hospitals as Covid-19 patients keep coming (VIDEO)

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While heavy traffic is no longer an issue on Moscow’s roads due to the coronavirus lockdown, the city’s emergency medical response teams have encountered another unexpected problem – long lines of ambulances outside hospitals … Read More >mbulances create traffic jams outside Moscow hospitals as Covid-19 patients keep coming (VIDEO)

Categories Middle East

Iran’s Defence Ministry Rolls Out Ionized Protective Masks Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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he Islamic republic, considered one of the worst-hit countries in the world as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the worst in the Middle East, has been struggling to contain the rapidly spreading outbreak while under harsh unilateral US economic sanctions. … Read More >Iran’s Defence Ministry Rolls Out Ionized Protective Masks Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Categories USA

New York City Burying COVID-19 Victims, Unclaimed Bodies on Hart Island – Mayor

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed on Friday that residents who did not have someone to make burial arrangements or claim their body, including deceased persons infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), are being buried in mass graves on Hart Island in the Bronx borough. … Read More >New York City Burying COVID-19 Victims, Unclaimed Bodies on Hart Island – Mayor