April2020
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World Athletics suspends Tokyo Olympics qualifying until December
Apr 8, 2020World Athletics announced on Tuesday track and field qualification for next year’s Tokyo Olympics has been suspended until December 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Games have already been pushed back from this summer to... -
Boris Johnson, battling coronavirus, set for second night in intensive care
Apr 8, 2020British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to spend a second night in intensive care on Tuesday to help his fight against a coronavirus infection, as his designated deputy said he would pull through because “he’s... -
‘Harry Potter’ author J.K Rowling says fully recovered from likely coronavirus
Apr 8, 2020“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling said on Monday she had recovered from a suspected case of COVID-19 after two weeks of illness. “For last 2 weeks I’ve had all symptoms of C19 (tho haven’t been tested),”... -
Honduras aims to ensure food supply with plantings on unoccupied land
Apr 8, 2020Honduras will spur planting of grains, vegetables, and fruit on unoccupied land as it intervenes in the agro-industrial sector to ensure the food supply amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic, President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Tuesday.... -
Trump says WHO is China-centric, ‘really blew it’ on coronavirus
Apr 8, 2020U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday, accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold... -
Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham steps down
Apr 8, 2020President Donald Trump’s chief spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham, who never held a single press briefing in a White House where Trump runs much of the communications himself, stepped down Tuesday. The White House said Grisham would now... -
UNDP provides US$ 1.5m food support for urban poor amid coronavirus crisis
Apr 8, 2020The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is rolling out US$ 1.5m emergency food support for 50,000 extremely urban poor families of Bangladesh to ameliorate some of their immediate hardships and counter potentially devastating socioeconomic impacts of...