March 25, 2020

Facebook Revenue Slips As Usage Leaps During Pandemic

Facebook Revenue Slips As Usage Leaps During Pandemic

March 25, 2020 5:51 pm

Facebook on Tuesday said the coronavirus pandemic has users flocking to its services while it undermines ad revenue on which the world’s biggest social network depends.

Online voice and video calls at Facebook-owned Messenger and WhatsApp have more than doubled in places hit hard by the new coronavirus, according to a post by vice president of analytics Alex Schultz and Jay Parikh, vice president of engineering.

“As the pandemic expands and more people practice physically distancing themselves from one another, this has also meant that many more people are using our apps,” Parikh and Schultz said.

Much of the increased …

Joshua In Self-Isolation After Meeting Prince Charles

Joshua In Self-Isolation After Meeting Prince Charles

March 25, 2020 5:51 pm

World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has placed himself in self-isolation following a meeting with coronavirus victim Prince Charles.

Chales, the eldest son and heir to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of coronavirus and is self-isolating in Scotland, officials said on Wednesday.

It remains unclear when Charles caught the illness but on March 9, he spent the day with the Queen, prime minister Boris Johnson and stars of sport and entertainment — including Joshua — at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey.

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Coronavirus prompts a run on guns in US

Coronavirus Prompts A Run On Guns In US

March 25, 2020 5:50 pm

Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people stocking up on weapons and ammunition out of fear the pandemic might lead to social unrest.

“We have had about an 800 percent increase in sales,” said David Stone, owner of Dong’s Guns, Ammo and Reloading in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I’m still not out of any caliber but I’m getting close to running out.”

Stone told AFP that the overall majority of customers rushing to stock up on firearms and ammunition are first-time buyers grabbing anything available.

“It’s fear over coronavirus,” …

White House, Senate Agree On $2tn Coronavirus Rescue Plan

White House, Senate Agree On $2tn Coronavirus Rescue Plan

March 25, 2020 5:49 pm

The White House and Senate have reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy and millions of Americans ravaged by the coronavirus crisis, top lawmakers said early Wednesday.

“At last, we have a deal,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, hailing the massive “wartime level of investment into our nation” reached after five days of arduous and tense negotiations.

“We have a bipartisan agreement on the largest rescue package in American history,” top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said shortly after McConnell spoke.

“So many people are being put out of work through no fault of their …

Turkey Charges 20 Saudis Over Khashoggi Murder

Turkey Charges 20 Saudis Over Khashoggi Murder

March 25, 2020 5:49 pm

Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday charged 20 suspects including two former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal 2018 murder of Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi.

Prosecutors accuse Saudi Arabia’s deputy intelligence chief Ahmed al-Assiri and the royal court’s media tsar Saud al-Qahtani of leading the operation against Khashoggi and giving orders to a Saudi hit team.

Khashoggi, 59, a commentator who wrote for The Washington Post, was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate on October 2, 2018, to obtain paperwork for his wedding to Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz.

The Saudi insider-turned-critic was strangled and his …

DR Congo Declares End To Deadly Measles Epidemic

3Bn Under Lockdown As UN Warns Virus Threatens Humanity

March 25, 2020 5:49 pm

More than three billion people are living under lockdown measures to stem the spread of the killer coronavirus that the United Nations warned Wednesday is threatening all of humanity.

As the global death toll soared past 20,000 Spain joined Italy in seeing its number of fatalities overtake China, where the virus first emerged just three months ago.

“COVID-19 is threatening the whole of humanity -– and the whole of humanity must fight back,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, launching an appeal for $2 billion to help the world’s poor.

“Global action and solidarity are crucial. Individual country responses are …

Coronavirus - Wike Shuts Land Borders Against All States

Coronavirus: Wike Shuts Land Borders Against All States

March 25, 2020 1:16 pm
In a move to check the spread of coronavirus to Rivers State, the State Government on Wednesday announced that air, sea and land routes into the state will be closed to traffic, beginning from 6am, Thursday, March 26, 2020.

In a broadcast on Wednesday, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike said that the measure became necessary in view of recent developments.

He said: “It is with gratitude to God that I announce to you that our State would have been infected with Coronavirus yesterday, but for the vigilance of security agents who, acting on a tip- off prevented an infected person

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ISIL Massacares Dozens In Kabul Sikh Temple Siege

ISIL Massacares Dozens In Kabul Sikh Temple Siege

March 25, 2020 1:15 pm

The attack on Wednesday was claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) armed group. Earlier, the Taliban armed group denied it was behind the siege that left at least eight others wounded.

Witness Raju Singh Sonny told AFP that a man dressed in a police uniform burst into the temple in central Kabul, shot a guard and started attacking worshippers in the main hall.

“Several other attackers also entered the building and they

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Tourists Stranded At Kuala Lumpur Airport

Tourists Stranded At Kuala Lumpur Airport

March 25, 2020 1:15 pm

The 16 passengers boarded flights from Kuala Lumpur since the start of last week to regional destinations but were refused entry and sent back to Malaysia.

Russian national Val Azure, who worked as a volunteer at an Afghan community centre on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, decided to go back to her home in Thailand – where she lived with her son for seven years

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Italy Shuts Down More Industries In Coronavirus Lockdown

Italy Shuts Down More Industries In Coronavirus Lockdown

March 25, 2020 1:14 pm

The businesses that are the latest to be affected include car and clothing manufacturers, rental services, real estate construction and tourism companies.

“We are slowing down the country’s engine,” President Giuseppe Conte said in a Facebook message on Saturday night.

“It’s a hard decision, but it prepares us to face the most acute phase of the infection.”

Italy, the European epicentre of the pandemic, is the world’s most affected country at the moment, in terms of deaths and a rising

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Spain Surpasses China In Coronavirus Deaths

Spain Surpasses China In Coronavirus Deaths

March 25, 2020 1:13 pm

Spain has recorded more than 700 deaths over the past 24 hours, surpassing China in the total death toll, making the country now second to only Italy.

Meanwhile, India’s 1.3 billion people have joined the global lockdown triggered by the outbreak as the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern at the acceleration of the pandemic in the United States. On Wednesday, Russia also ordered non-essential workers to stay home next week.

The White House and Senate leaders of both parties have struck an agreement on a sweeping $2 trillion measure to aid workers, businesses and a healthcare system strained by …

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