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EU

Don’t trust Apple or Google with coronavirus data, says German app developer

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By Editor

A German app developer has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic gives Silicon Valley tech giants perfect cover to suck up personal data. However, while the government may intervene, the tech firms aren’t known for listening. … Read More >Don’t trust Apple or Google with coronavirus data, says German app developer

USA

Pentagon looked ‘hard’ into theory Covid-19 came from Chinese lab, but ‘inconclusive’ evidence still suggests natural origin

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By Editor

The US military looked ‘hard’ at rumors the coronavirus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters, but the evidence so far is ‘inconclusive’ and points to it emerging naturally. … Read More >Pentagon looked ‘hard’ into theory Covid-19 came from Chinese lab, but ‘inconclusive’ evidence still suggests natural origin

USA

Trump halts WHO funding, accuses health body of conspiring with China to ‘cover up’ Covid-19 outbreak

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By Editor

US President Donald Trump has cut funding for the World Health Organization, insisting the agency be held accountable for its ‘failures’ in responding to the Covid-19 crisis, and accusing it of promoting ‘Chinese disinformation.’ … Read More >Trump halts WHO funding, accuses health body of conspiring with China to ‘cover up’ Covid-19 outbreak

USA

Mysterious Covid-19 outbreak forces US Navy to quarantine 116 crew on HOSPITAL ship treating a handful of non-coronavirus patients

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By Editor

The US Navy has removed over 100 sailors from a hospital ship docked in Los Angeles to aid the city’s fight against Covid-19 after seven crew members contracted the lethal virus – but exactly how remains a mystery. … Read More >Mysterious Covid-19 outbreak forces US Navy to quarantine 116 crew on HOSPITAL ship treating a handful of non-coronavirus patients

Health

Chinese scientists identify drug that reduces risk of severe pneumonia during Covid-19 infection

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By Editor

Most of the deaths arising from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have been due to severe pneumonia caused by the virus. But now Chinese researchers say they may have found a drug that reduces the risk of dangerous complications. … Read More >Chinese scientists identify drug that reduces risk of severe pneumonia during Covid-19 infection

Duterte Aide Pledges Body Bags for ‘Fake News Peddlers’ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Report

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

In early April, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed that he would not hesitate to order the police to shoot and kill those Filipinos who defy the coronavirus-related lockdown in the country. … Read More >Duterte Aide Pledges Body Bags for ‘Fake News Peddlers’ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Report

USA

‘We scared the hell out of the American people’ over ‘flu,’ says Fox News guest

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Former education secretary Bill Bennett has been savaged online for suggesting that the coronavirus is “not a pandemic,” calling for the lifting of lockdown measures, as the debate rages over reopening the shuttered US economy. … Read More >‘We scared the hell out of the American people’ over ‘flu,’ says Fox News guest

EU

Austria, Denmark & Italy tentatively emerge from coronavirus lockdown

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

The governments of Austria, Denmark and Italy have all begun easing lockdown restrictions, allowing certain segments of the workforce to return to work in a staggered manner, in a bid to revive the countries’ ailing economies. … Read More >Austria, Denmark & Italy tentatively emerge from coronavirus lockdown

Russia

Russian Covid-19 cases exceed 21,000 after Putin warns country faces ‘extraordinary crisis’

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

The day after President Vladimir Putin told Russians that the next few weeks will be “decisive” in the battle with coronavirus, the country has posted a new daily record rise in infections, with 2,774 new cases discovered. … Read More >Russian Covid-19 cases exceed 21,000 after Putin warns country faces ‘extraordinary crisis’

Russia

Russian FM Lavrov holds video conference with international journalists to discuss pressing global issues amid Covid-19 pandemic

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will host a video conference attended by international media to discuss key issues, as the world struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More >Russian FM Lavrov holds video conference with international journalists to discuss pressing global issues amid Covid-19 pandemic