March 16, 2020

Japan - Man Sentenced To Death For Killing 19 At Care Home

Japan: Man Sentenced To Death For Killing 19 At Care Home

March 16, 2020 4:49 pm

A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Monday for the stabbing murder of 19 disabled people at a care home, in one of the country’s worst mass killings.

Satoshi Uematsu never disputed his involvement in the grisly rampage but his lawyers entered a plea of not guilty, arguing the 30-year-old was suffering a “mental disorder” linked to his use of marijuana.

The court ruled that the former employee of the facility deserved no leniency over the 2016 attack, which shocked the country.

“The lives of 19 people were taken away. This is profoundly grave,” chief judge Kiyoshi Aonuma told

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Russian Court Backs Putin Presidential 'Reset' Plan

Russian Court Backs Putin Presidential ‘Reset’ Plan

March 16, 2020 4:48 pm

Russia’s Constitutional Court on Monday approved a package of amendments including a “reset” of President Vladimir Putin‘s previous terms, giving him the possibility to rule into 2036.

The approval came just two days after Putin signed the reform bill, which has faced fierce criticism from opposition figures who say it will allow the longtime Russian leader to become “president for life”.

The court published the ruling on its website, upholding a wide-ranging package of reforms first proposed by Putin in January and approved last week by Russia’s two houses of parliament.

A public vote on the reforms has been …

UEFA Gives Nod To Partial Fan Return For Super Cup

Fate Of Euro 2020 To Be Determined, UEFA Set For Meeting

March 16, 2020 4:48 pm

Euro 2020 could be postponed by up to a year, with all the sporting and financial consequences that would entail, when UEFA holds a crisis meeting on Tuesday as Europe battles the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

European football’s governing body will hold a videoconference with representatives from all 55 member associations as well as from clubs and players bodies. UEFA will then hold an executive committee meeting at 1400 (1300 GMT) at their Swiss headquarters.

The future of the European Championship, due to take place for the first time in a dozen different cities spread across the continent from June 12 …

US Begins First Human Trial Of Coronavirus Vaccine

US Begins First Human Trial Of Coronavirus Vaccine

March 16, 2020 4:48 pm

The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials said Monday, raising hopes in the global fight against the disease.

But it may be another year to 18 months before it becomes available, once it has passed more trial phases to prove it works and is safe.

The vaccine is called mRNA-1273 and was developed by US National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and collaborators at biotechnology company Moderna, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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“The open-label trial will …

IOC Set For Crisis Talks As Fears Grow For Tokyo Olympics

IOC Set For Crisis Talks As Fears Grow For Tokyo Olympics

March 16, 2020 4:47 pm

The International Olympic Committee will hold high-level talks on Tuesday, as doubts grow over the Tokyo Games and with some in Japan urging officials not to risk lives by pressing ahead during the coronavirus emergency.

While countries across Europe have gone into full lockdown after the continent was declared the new epicentre of the deadly virus by the World Health Organization, no decision is expected yet on a possible postponement, or indeed cancellation, of this summer’s Olympics.

The IOC’s executive board will meet via conference call to prepare an “information exchange” ahead of a series of talks with athletes’ representatives, …

Is America Overreacting To Coronavirus

Is America Overreacting To Coronavirus

March 16, 2020 11:48 am

As an America desperate to stem the coronavirus outbreak put in place sweeping restrictions last week on every facet of public life, the University of Wyoming economist Linda Thunstrom asked what felt like a taboo question: “Are we overreacting?’’

It helped that Dr. Thunstrom was in her kitchen, drinking coffee with her husband, Jason Shogren, a fellow economist who studies how much Americans are willing to pay to reduce risk of threats like terrorism, food-borne illness and climate change.

Calculating the economic costs of curtailing social interaction compared with the lives saved, he agreed, might yield a useful metric for …

Beijing Visitors To Pay For 2-Week Quarantine

Beijing Visitors To Pay For 2-Week Quarantine

March 16, 2020 11:48 am
Chinese authorities on Monday instructed that all passengers of international flights arriving in Beijing must isolate themselves in designated hotels at their own expense amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Russian Embassy in China disclosed the information, stating that Chinese authorities concluded the directive on Sunday as part of new preventive measures to curb the spread of the viral disease.

“According to the information of the Chinese authorities, from March 16, all passengers of international flights landing in Beijing are to undergo 14-day quarantine in special hotels at their own expense”.

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Francisco Garcia 21 Yr-Old Footballer Killed By Covid-19

Francisco Garcia 21 Yr-Old Footballer Killed By Covid-19

March 16, 2020 11:47 am
Francisco Garcia, a 21-year-old youth football coach in Malaga, Spain , has died few days after catching coronavirus.

News reports described him as the youngest victim to die in the entire world.

Francisco was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Friday, along with the devastating news that he had leukaemia.

“Mr Garcia had no idea he had an aggressive form of cancer, which made him extremely vulnerable to coronavirus, when he went to a hospital with breathing problems last Friday”, The Mirror reported.

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The president of the Atletico Portada Alta football …

Abule Ado Explosion - Death Toll Hits 20

Abule Ado Explosion: Death Toll Hits 20

March 16, 2020 11:47 am
Death toll in Sunday’s explosion at Abule Ado area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has reached 20, with three dead bodies evacuated on Monday.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, had said on Sunday that it had recovered 17 dead bodies from the Abule Ado explosion.

Three more corpses were recovered on Monday by emergency responders combing the buildings affected by the explosion that rocked Abule-Ado in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

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The corpses were recovered from the rubble of some of the collapsed buildings at the Bethlehem Girls …

Sanusi’s Dethronement - 5 Kano Assembly Members Suspended

Sanusi’s Dethronement: 5 Kano Assembly Members Suspended

March 16, 2020 11:46 am

The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday suspended five members following fracas that broke out last week when Muhammadu Sanusi II, was dethroned as Emir of Kano.

Speaker of the House, Abdulazeez Gafasa, said the members were suspended for six months for alleged misconduct and abuse of house rules.

Those suspended are: Garba Ya’u Gwarmai, representing Kunchi/Tsanyawa constituency; Labaran Abdul Madari, representing Warawa constituency, Isyaku Ali Danja, representing Gezawa constituency; Mohammed Bello, representing Rimingado/Tofa constituency and Salisu Ahmed Gwangwazo, representing Kano Municipal respectively.

According to GAFASA, the five members were suspended for violating the rules of the House, especially …

English Premier League Must Continue – Former FA Chairman

English Premier League Must Continue – Former FA Chairman

March 16, 2020 11:46 am

Former English Football Association (FA) chairman, Greg Dyke, said it would be nonsensical for the Premier League to abandon the current season and scratch the rankings.

According to him, such a move would lead to huge financial losses. This, he said after the season was suspended till April 4.

The Premier League was suspended following an emergency meeting sparked by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta testing positive for coronavirus.

Earlier, the current FA chairman, Greg Clarke had said at the weekend that he did not think the season would be completed.

However, Dyke said scrapping the season would prove costly …

Appeal Court Dribbles The Hell Out Of Adams Oshiomhole

Appeal Court Dribbles The Hell Out Of Adams Oshiomhole

March 16, 2020 11:17 am

The Court of Appeal played the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, like football today, 24 hours to the NEC meeting called by rebels bent on cementing his ouster as chairman.

Adams Oshiomhole, with his lawyers was disappointed when the appeal court failed to call the case.

Although he has a conflicting, concurrent court order from Kano High Court, Oshiomhole filed the appeal against the ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja, which asked him to step aside as chairman.

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The Appeal court …

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