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Russia's top coronavirus doctor who met Putin tests positive

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The head of Moscow's main coronavirus hospital who met with President Vladimir Putin a week ago has tested positive, he said Tuesday, as the Kremlin announced the Russian leader's health was fine. Last Tuesday Denis Protsenko met with the Russian leader who inspected the Kommunarka hospital while wearing a bright yellow hazmat suit. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov swiftly told Russian news agencies that Putin took regular tests and there was no reason to worry about his health. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3ateFwG via IFTTT

Coronavirus: Are loss of smell and taste key symptoms?

However, experts say a fever and a cough are still the main ones to look out for. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/340vDQA via IFTTT

Coronavirus: 3D-printer owners rally to create NHS face masks

More than 1,000 people volunteer to help make face shields for front-line workers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dFW4zH via IFTTT

Coronavirus' 'minimum wage heroes'

Hear from the people on low wages who are taking a risk to keep the country running. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Uwxo4P via IFTTT

Coronavirus: How a professional deep clean is carried out

Specialist cleaning services are being inundated with requests to disinfect buildings during the coronavirus pandemic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UPyBTX via IFTTT

Coronavirus: Playing classical music for South Korea hospital patients

Musicians in South Korea have played a classical music concert for coronavirus patients. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3bD6eiD via IFTTT

‘Never Thought I Would Need It’: Americans Put Pride Aside to Seek Aid

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Human Rights Group Says Two U.S. Strikes Killed Somali Civilians

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Hellmut Stern, 91, Dies; Violinist Returned to Germany After Fleeing

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New top story on Hacker News: Beyond Intelligent Machines: Just Do It (1993)

Beyond Intelligent Machines: Just Do It (1993) 4 by mr_golyadkin | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Coronavirus: Stock markets suffer worst quarter since 1987

The Dow Jones and FTSE 100 have fallen more than 20% since the start of the year. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39wrB3M via IFTTT

U.S. rushes to build makeshift hospitals as death toll rises by 800

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The U.S. government raced on Tuesday to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals near major cities to ease the strain on overwhelmed healthcare systems as President Donald Trump predicted a "very painful" two weeks ahead. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/3aKiQ7i via IFTTT

Liberty University students choose sides after fallout from coronavirus reporting

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The New York Times reported this week that almost a dozen Liberty University students have come down with COVID-19 symptoms since the school reopened last week. But Liberty University officials have since pushed back on these claims, calling the Times story “fake news”. Now, students are choosing sides in who they believe is telling the truth. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dLYdtl via IFTTT

U.S. records 700 coronavirus deaths in a single day for first time

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The U.S. government raced to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals to ease the strain on overwhelmed healthcare systems as the United States marked 700 deaths in a single day from COVID-19 for the first time on Tuesday. Nearly half those deaths were in New York state, still the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for reinforcements from the Trump administration, saying the worst may still be weeks away. De Blasio, a Democrat, said he had asked the White House for an additional 1,000 nurses, 300 respiratory therapists and 150 doctors by April 5 but had yet to receive an answer from the Trump administration. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ju1W0Q via IFTTT

Mexico president ramps up rich vs poor rhetoric in coronavirus fight

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As the outlook for Mexico's economy gets gloomier during the coronavirus crisis, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has driven home the message that his government is ready to help the poor to weather the storm - but that the rich can forget it. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wT7uiH via IFTTT

Do I Have to Pay My Rent or Mortgage During the Pandemic?

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As March winds down, at least 250 million Americans have been told to stay home or “shelter in place” to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Problem is, many can’t help wondering if they can still afford a place to shelter in—if they ever could.Long before the coronavirus pandemic, generous swaths of the United States faced an affordable housing crisis. With millions of Americans losing their jobs and millions more facing unemployment in the near future thanks to a concerted economic shutdown geared at reining in the disease, talk of rent strikes and freezes are in the air.The Trump administration recently nodded to the problem by ordering a foreclosure moratorium on single-family home mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration or obtained through government-owned lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie and Freddie have also offered forbearance for borrowers experiencing hardship. And the finance giants have dangled payment relief to indebted apartment building owners who ...

Australian authorities take cluster approach to contain coronavirus

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Australian authorities will open a pop-up coronavirus testing clinic next to Sydney's Bondi Beach on Wednesday as health workers try to contain clusters of infections across the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ymlXEh via IFTTT

Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews in fight over virus rules

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Israeli police with face masks and batons and backed by surveillance helicopters have stepped up patrols of ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods that have become coronavirus hotspots. This week has seen tense altercations, and some rabbis have admitted that their communities, where prayer and scripture study are traditionally communal, are not observing new social distancing regulations. A few days ago in Bnei Brak, a city near Tel Aviv with a largely ultra-Orthodox population, hundreds of faithful crowded together to attend the funeral of prominent rabbi Tzi Shenkar. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QZvGXG via IFTTT

Paris Club creditors agree to cancel $1.4 billion of Somali debt

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The Paris Club of creditor nations agreed on Tuesday to restructure Somalia's debt, including immediately canceling $1.4 billion owed by the impoverished Horn of Africa country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QXBLDN via IFTTT

IG Horowitz Found ‘Apparent Errors or Inadequately Supported Facts’ in Every Single FBI FISA Application He Reviewed

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The Justice Department inspector general said it does “not have confidence” in the FBI’s FISA application process following an audit that found the Bureau was not sufficiently transparent with the court in 29 applications from 2014 to 2019, all of which included “apparent errors or inadequately supported facts.”Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a report in December which found that the FBI included “at least 17 significant errors or omissions in the Carter Page FISA applications and many errors in the Woods Procedures” during its Crossfire Hurricane investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign. After releasing the report, Horowitz said that he would conduct a further investigation to see if the errors identified in the Page application were widespread.“The concern is that this is such a high-profile, important case. If it happened here, is this indicative of a wider problem — and we will only know that when we complete our audit — or is it isolated to this event?” Horowitz told l...

Tokyo may keep city-run schools closed through early May: media

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Tokyo is considering keeping city-operated schools closed through early May, public broadcaster NHK and other local media reported on Wednesday, a day after coronavirus infections in the Japanese capital hit a daily record of 78. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QYL8TK via IFTTT

Fact check: Did NY pass on buying ventilators to fund tuition for undocumented immigrants?

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We rate as false a Facebook user's claim about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, ventilator stockpiling and tuition for undocumented immigrants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w6NCsc via IFTTT

Trump news – live: President now admits coronavirus deaths won’t slow until June as hospital ship arrives in New York harbour

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Donald Trump has branded House speaker Nancy Pelosi “a sick puppy” during an interview with Fox and Friends after extending the timeline for the US to remain in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic until at least 30 April, abandoning his “aspiration” to have the country back in business by Easter.The White House’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, has meanwhile warned that his projection of a potential 100,000 to 200,000 American deaths is “entirely conceivable” if not enough is done to mitigate the crisis, with the president commenting that containing the disaster to that level would represent “a very good job”. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33U8cIA via IFTTT

Congress Just Spent $2 Trillion on Coronavirus Relief. It’s Eying More.

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New top story on Hacker News: Philip Anderson 1923-2020

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New top story on Hacker News: Mars Could Have at Least Two Ancient Reservoirs of Water Deep Underground

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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Use-sound, a React hook for sound effects on the web

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New York greets hospital ship with cheers; U.S. death toll rises past 3,000

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New York welcomed the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship on Monday as a beacon of hope for the city's desperate fight against the coronavirus pandemic, while the national death toll climbed past 3,000 on the country's most deadly day. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/33VtBRX via IFTTT

Trump says coronavirus guidelines may get tougher; 1 million Americans tested

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2WRhzYh via IFTTT

Six members of U.S. Congress diagnosed with coronavirus

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At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus, and more than 30 others are or were self-quarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/39tXutH via IFTTT

Pelosi: Trump's downplaying of coronavirus has cost American lives

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sharpened her criticism of President Trump’s early dismissal of the coronavirus, saying the delay cost American lives. She criticized the president's initial response to the virus during a Sunday morning interview on CNN. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/340Ubco via IFTTT

Dr. Birx predicts up to 200,000 coronavirus deaths 'if we do things almost perfectly'

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"I think in some of the metro areas we were late in getting people to follow the 15-day guidelines," the White House coronavirus response coordinator said on "TODAY." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3awxJtZ via IFTTT

'I don't know how you look at those numbers and conclude anything less than thousands of people will pass away': Cuomo discusses state fatality projections

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke about New York state’s fatality projections during a press conference on Sunday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xumm7p via IFTTT

The Justice Department is reportedly investigating actions by US lawmakers who dumped stocks before the market plunged over coronavirus fears

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The FBI has reportedly reached out to Republican Sen. Richard Burr as part of the investigation, which is in its early stages. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2UvAJkV via IFTTT

29 Best Closet Organization Ideas to Maximize Space and Style

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U.S. expected to renew sanctions waivers allowing Iran nonproliferation work: sources

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The United States is expected to allow Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, four sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity and included one U.S. official, said a U.S. decision could come as early as Monday to renew waivers to sanctions that bar non-U.S. firms from dealing with Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. Jewish News Syndicate, a news outlet predominantly focused on Israel and the Jewish world, first reported the United States was expected to renew the waivers, citing two sources familiar with the decision. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2V1ouM3 via IFTTT

A coronavirus patient's phlegm or poop could still have live virus in it even after they recover and test negative, new research suggests

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New research raises doubts about whether negative throat swabs are enough to say a patient is coronavirus-free. Doctors may have to sample their poop. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bEH3fC via IFTTT