May 2020

Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

May 15, 2020 6:12 am

U.S President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart, while hinting on ending the world’s largest trading relationship, amid rising tensions about the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking in an interview with Fox Business Network, the US President said he has a “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but “right now, he doesn’t want to speak to him.”

“There are many things we could do, we could cut off the whole relationship.

”I am very disappointed in Beijing for its failure

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Salaries - Submit Your BVN Or Risk Sack - Imo State Govt

Salaries: Submit Your BVN Or Risk Sack – Imo State Govt

May 15, 2020 6:12 am
The Imo State Government has given until Monday 18, 2020 for workers in the state to submit their Bank Verification Number as a requirement for salary payment.

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba stated this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in the government house Owerri.

He warned that any Head of ministries, agencies or parastatals who fails to comply with the government directives on or before Monday 18, 2020 will have themselves to blame.

This, according to him, was part of the decisions taken at

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Vaccine - WHO, FG Told Not To Bring Trial Drugs Into Kano

Vaccine: WHO, FG Told Not To Bring Trial Drugs Into Kano

May 15, 2020 6:11 am

A Kano-based group, Kungiyar Matasan Kano Advocacy Organisation, has kicked against the proposal to try the COVID-19 vaccine in the State.

The Federal Government had on Monday announced that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano States, have enrolled on the World Health Organisation (WHO) treatment regimen on solidarity drug trials.

But in a statement signed by Comrade Alhassan Haruna Dambatta Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Kungiyar Matasan Kano, the group wondered why the people of the State should be used as Guinea pigs.

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Namibian Govt Bans Purchase Of New Cars For Officials

Namibian Govt Bans Purchase Of New Cars For Officials

May 15, 2020 6:10 am

The Namibian government has banned government officials from buying new cars till 2025, a decision taken to curtail the effect of the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country.

Namibian President, Hage G .Geingob, who made the announcement on Twitter on Thursday also directed a curb on monthly fuel consumption by public office holders.

He said the decision would save the country 200 million Namibian dollars (US$10.7 million), which will be directed “to urgent priorities, specifically at a time when the country is dealing with the health and economic implications of COVID-19″.

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Vitamin D Key To Surviving Coronavirus - Researchers

Vitamin D Key To Surviving Coronavirus: Researchers

May 15, 2020 6:10 am

A new study from researchers at Trinity College Dublin said that vitamin D deficiency may be linked to higher death rates from COVID-19.

And that boosting the body with the common vitamin may be a game changer in the fight against the virus.

Published in the Irish Medical Journal, the report analyzed vitamin D levels of older people in countries heavily affected by the coronavirus.

The researchers found that places with high death rates from COVID-19, including Italy and Spain, also had rates of vit D deficiency.

Read Also: Coronavirus Weakening, May Disappear Before Vaccine

Countries such as Norway, Finland …

Youths Hoist Biafra Flags In Cross River Border Town

Youths Hoist Biafra Flags In Cross River Border Town

May 15, 2020 6:09 am

The Biafra Nations Youth League, (BNYL) have hoisted Biafra flags around the border town in Cross River State.

Speaking shortly after hoisting the flag in Ikom on Thursday, the National Deputy Leader of BNYL worldwide, Ebuta Takon Akor regretted that the current government cannot guarantee their safety.

Read Also: Biafra Youth Group Warns Govt Against Lockdown Extension

“It is disturbing because it seems the government under their control cannot guarantee our people their safety, but the governors who are there to serve the people, due to selfish and economic interests chose to ignore this urgent need of the people.”

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World Trade Organisation Boss Resigns Amid US Dispute

World Trade Organisation Boss Resigns Amid U.S. Dispute

May 15, 2020 6:08 am
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Roberto Azevedo, has announced that he would step down from his position.

He would leave on August 31 after seven years at the helm.

Azevedo’s decision came more than a year before his second term as WTO head was due to end.

The United States, in December, blocked WTO’s ability to settle disputes by blocking the appointment of judges to its appellate body.

Read Also: U.S.-China Trade Tension Drags Down Oil Prices

Reuters quoted Simon Evenett, professor of international trade and economic development as saying the next WTO head must command respect in the

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Volkswagen To Resume Production In US

Volkswagen To Resume Production In U.S

May 14, 2020 1:24 pm
German automaker, Volkswagen has revealed plans to resume production at its plant in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

The company, in a statement Wednesday, said it has implemented more than 90 new health and safety measures ahead of a gradual ramp-up of operations starting on May 17.

Some 3,800 Volkswagen employees at the plant have not worked since it suspended operations on March 21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read Also: Volkswagen Introduces New Anti-Accident Car Software

Safety precautions include mandatory temperature checks on everyone who enters the factory. Anyone with a temperature above 38.1 degrees will not be allowed …

French Pharmaceutical Giant To Create Vaccine For All

French Pharmaceutical Giant To Create Vaccine For All

May 14, 2020 1:24 pm
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi plans to make any vaccine it develops against the novel coronavirus available to all.

“The vaccine against COVID-19 will be made available to the public at large, regardless of nationality,” the company’s director general Paul Hudson said, according to a tweet from Sanofi France on Wednesday evening.

The message came after Hudson, in an interview with Bloomberg, said the U.S. would have priority because they were the first in line to fund the company’s research.

“The US government has the right to the largest pre-order because it’s invested in taking the risk,” Hudson told Bloomberg.

Read

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102 Kids In New York Down With Kawasaki Disease

102 Kids In New York Down With Kawasaki Disease

May 14, 2020 1:23 pm

New York state is probing around 102 cases of children diagnosed with a rare inflammatory syndrome, known as Kawasaki disease and possibly related to COVID-19.

A 5-year-old in New York City, a 7-year-old in Westchester County and a teenager in Suffolk County have died of the syndrome, which displays various symptoms including persistent fever, severe abdominal pain, bloodshot eyes and skin rash.

Governor Andrew Cuomo disclosed this at his daily briefing on Wednesday.

Seventy-one percent of the cases have resulted in ICU admission, 19 percent have resulted in intubation and 43 percent remain hospitalized, according to Cuomo.

The governor said …

‘Trump Govt Is Cranky’ - China Blasts Back Over Accusation

‘Trump Govt Is Cranky’: China Blasts Back Over Accusation

May 14, 2020 1:22 pm

Global Times, the megaphone of the Chinese ruling party has lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump administration, suggesting it has gone cranky.

The stinging rebuke followed new accusation by FBI and CISA that China is attempting to steal COVID-19 vaccine research data.

It came by way of an opinion piece by the journalist Li Qingqing.

On Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned company executives that Beijing was using “cyber actors and non-traditional collectors” to access intellectual property and health data related to coronavirus vaccines and treatments.

The security agencies …

Turkish player Strangles 5-Yr-Old Son With Pillow

Turkish Player Strangles 5-Yr-Old Son With Pillow

May 14, 2020 1:21 pm
Turkey has been rocked after the confessions of Bursa Yildirim Spor player Cevher Toktas came to light. The 32-year-old footballer admitted to killing his own son on 23 April with the boy apparently suffering from coronavirus.

 

Toktas’ son was taken to a hospital in Bursa being admitted with a high fever and symptoms relating to the Covid-19 virus. The player informed staff at the clinic that his son was having trouble breathing and a certificate confirming his death was issued hours later after medics failed to save the child’s life.

Confession

Some days later, Toktas turned himself into

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