Create your page here
photo: AP / John Bazemore
What the Polls Say About a Donald Trump vs Joe Biden Presidential Matchup
Newsweek 31 Mar 2020
Nearly all recent polls show Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden beating incumbent President Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election matchup, with several surveys even showing the former vice president in the lead by double digits ... Currently, national polling suggests that Biden is the frontrunner in the general election as well ... ....
photo: AP
The world's largest coronavirus lockdown is having a dramatic impact on pollution in India
CNN 01 Apr 2020
(CNN)When India imposed a nationwide lockdown a week ago, it was designed to stop the imminent spread of the novel coronavirus. But grinding this country of 1.3 billion people to a near halt has also provided a temporary remedy to another pressing health issue. suffocating pollution levels ... Read More ... Lowest traffic pollution ... Pollution protest ... ....
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore
US Planning To Impose Ban On Travel From Brazil, Says Donald Trump
NDTV 01 Apr 2020
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is strongly considering a ban on travel from Brazil, where his close ally Jair Bolsonaro dismisses the danger of the coronavirus ... ....
photo: White House / D. Myles Cullen
White House projects 100K to 240K U.S. deaths from virus
Asahi News 01 Apr 2020
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Americans to brace for a “rough two-week period” ahead as the White House released new projections that there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic even if current social distancing guidelines are maintained ... “We really believe we can do a lot better than that,” said Dr ... ....
photo: US Army file/Staff Sgt. Justin Holley
Taliban team arrives in Kabul to monitor prisoner release
Dawn 01 Apr 2020
KABUL. A three-member Taliban technical team arrived on Tuesday in the Afghan capital to monitor the release of their prisoners as part of a peace deal signed by the Taliban and the US, a spokesman for the insurgent group said. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the team’s arrival in a tweet ... “We have seen a team identified ... ....
photo: Creative Commons / Phil Roeder
“It Shattered My Life”: Former Joe Biden Staffer Tara Reade Says He Sexually Assaulted Her in 1993
Democracy Now 31 Mar 2020
In an exclusive Democracy Now! TV/radio broadcast, we speak with Tara Reade, the former staffer in Joe Biden’s Senate office who has come forward with allegations that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 ... This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Donate. Related Story. StoryMar 16, 2020“Something Is Wrong in America” ... ....
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan
Stock market down as it closes worst quarter since 2008
Las Vegas Review-Journal 01 Apr 2020
NEW YORK — Stocks fell Tuesday to close out Wall Street’s worst quarter since the most harrowing days of the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P 500 dropped a final 1.6%, bringing its loss for the first three months of the year to 20% as predictions for the looming recession caused by the coronavirus outbreak got even more dire ... ....
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh
US again accused of killing civilians in Somalia airstrikes
The Oklahoman 01 Apr 2020
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military is facing more allegations of killing civilians with airstrikes in Somalia, and now says it will address the issue more fully in upcoming public reports. Amnesty International said in a new report Wednesday that the U.S ... One airstrike on Feb ... Her sisters, aged 12 and 7, and their grandmother were wounded ... The U.S ... ....
photo: UN / Loey Felipe
UN chief says COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II
The Malta Independent 01 Apr 2020photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis
Italian cities urge Germany to 'help us like you were helped after war'
Irish Independent 01 Apr 2020
Italian mayors and regional governors yesterday bought a page in 'Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung' newspaper to ask Germany for solidarity amid the coronavirus outbreak, saying that other states agreed to cut its debt after World War II ... Italy opposes this mechanism, which entails conditionality. ....
photo: AP / Frank Augstein
Boris Johnson tweets first cabinet Zoom meeting, accidentally shares meeting ID
The Daily Dot 31 Mar 2020
With England’s coronavirus lockdown entering its second week and members of the British government infected, it makes sense for them to have moved their meetings online. CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. The Daily Dot is committed to filtering the noise every day as COVID-19 seizes the internet’s attention worldwide ... READ MORE -> ... READ MORE. ... ....
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan
Jeffrey Epstein kicked Harvey Weinstein out of his house after mogul’s ‘aggressive treatment’ of his ‘favourite girl’
The Independent 31 Mar 2020
A lawyer for some of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers has claimed the disgraced financier fell out with Harvey Weinstein over “one of his favourite girls” ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... ....
photo: Creative Commons / Andreas Habich
How Air Pollution Makes The Coronavirus So Much More Dangerous
Yahoo Daily News 01 Apr 2020
As the SARS virus tore through China in 2003, Zuo-Feng Zhang wondered whether the country’s notoriously polluted air might be amplifying its dangers ... “We found a very strong correlation between air pollution and deaths” from the virus, said Zhang, an epidemiologist at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health ... Chan School of Public Health ... More ... ....
photo: US DoS / Ron Przysucha
US Outlines Plan for Venezuela Transition, Sanctions Relief
Voa News 31 Mar 2020
The Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government representing allies of both Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido, U.S. officials said ... attempts to pull the military apart from Maduro ... Neither Maduro nor Guaidó would be on the council ... For months, the U.S ... ....
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Saudi Arabia advises Muslims to defer Haj plans
Dawn 01 Apr 2020
RIYADH. Saudi Arabia’s Haj minister asked Muslims on Tuesday to temporarily defer preparations for Haj amid uncertainty over the pandemic. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia suspended Umrah over fears of the new coronavirus ... ....
