AUSTRALIA RELAXES LOCKDOWN: PERMITS HOME VISITS & OPENS BEACHES

Australia’s most populous state said on Tuesday it will relax some restrictions on movement, as beaches reopened amid hopes a policy of widespread medical testing will help sustain a decline in new cases of the coronavirus.People surf as Bondi Beach reopens to surfers and swimmers after it was closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with strict…

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DIVIDED EU LAYS OUT TRILLION-EURO CORONAVIRUS ESCAPE ROUTE

It remains undecided whether additional funds for hard-hit countries will be in the form of grants or loans.European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to build a trillion euro ($1.08 trillion) emergency fund to help recover from the coronavirus pandemic, avoiding another all-night bust-up but leaving divisive details until the summer. With the EU’s Brussels headquarters under lockdown – along with most of Europe…

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STATE OF MISSOURI BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN STATE TO SUE CHINA FOR CORONAVIRUS DEATHS

Missouri has become the first US State to sue China, alleging that Beijing suppressed information, arrested whistle blowers and denied the contagious nature of the novel coronavirus that led to the loss of lives and caused “irreparable damage” to countries globally. Filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the lawsuit was filed by Missouri Attorney…

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REPORTS SAY NORTH KOREA’S DICTATOR KIM JONG UN IS SERIOUS: HIS SISTER KIM YO-JONG COULD TAKE OVER IF HE DIES !

As reports of Kim Jong Un’s poor health swirl, foreign intelligence services and North Korea watchers are closely monitoring the secretive dictatorship for signs that something is amiss. Kim is reported to have undergone cardiovascular surgery this week, which would explain his absence from a key ceremony last week celebrating the “Day of the Sun”—a celebration of Kim’s grandfather and…

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EUROPE CROSSES 10,00,000 CORONAVIRUS POSITIVE CASES -TOTAL DEATHS CROSS 100,000

Europe reaches grim milestone, surpasses 100,000 coronavirus deathsThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has counted a total 1,018,221 cases of coronavirus, more than any other continent, and a total of 98,582 deaths. The top five countries with the most cases are Spain, with 191,726, Italy, Germany, the U.K. and France. Italy leads Europe in deaths with 23,227, followed…

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EU COMMISSIONER SLAMS EUROPE’S ‘MORBID DEPENDENCY’ ON CHINA

PRAGUE (AFP) – European Commission vice-president Vera Jourova on Sunday (April 19) chided the EU for what she said was its “morbid dependency” on China and India for medical supplies, a situation highlighted by the coronavirus crisis. “This crisis has revealed our morbid dependency on China and India as regards pharmaceuticals,” Ms Jourova said in a debate on Czech state…

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TRUMP ANNOUNCES ‘HALT’ IN US FUNDING TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration will “halt” U.S. funding to the World Health Organization as it conducts a review of the global organization’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.  “We have deep concerns about whether America’s generosity has been put to the best use possible,” the president said in a Rose Garden press conference. “The reality is that the WHO failed to adequately…

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OBAMA ENDORSES JOE BIDEN’S 2020 PRESIDENTIAL BID

Obama says coronavirus crisis reminds US of need for leaders who ‘bring people together rather than drive them apart’. Former President Barack Obama stepped from the political sidelines on Tuesday and formally endorsed his former Vice President, Joe Biden, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures. In…

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CHINA PLAYS “MASK DIPLOMACY” AND WINS SUPPORT IN EASTERN EUROPE

Some Eastern European countries like Serbia, Hungary and the Czech Republic are praising China for its shipments of medical aid amid the coronavirus pandemic, while also playing down assistance they have received from the European Union BELGRADE, Serbia — When China’s first shipment of coronavirus medical aid landed in Belgrade, the president of Serbia was there to kiss the Chinese flag. In…

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