June 11, 2020

Shuttered Zoom accounts raise China free speech fears

Shuttered Zoom Accounts Raise China Free Speech Fears

June 11, 2020 4:52 pm

Several Zoom meetings involving Chinese users were “disrupted,” the video messaging app acknowledged Thursday, after activists in the United States and Hong Kong revealed discussions on the platform of Beijing’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown had been closed down.

The disclosure has sparked concerns that the American app, which has soared in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, is bowing to the demands of authoritarian China at the expense of users in places where free speech is protected.

Unlike competitors such as Google and Facebook, Zoom is not banned in communist China, which uses its “Great Firewall” to scrub its internet and censor …

Ancient eye-popping martial art gains popularity in modern Vietnam

Ancient Eye-Popping Martial Art Gains Popularity In Modern Vietnam

June 11, 2020 4:51 pm

In a sunny temple courtyard in Vietnam, Le Van Thang pushes an iron rod hard against his eye socket and tries to make it bend — his dizzying strength honed through years of practising centuries-old martial art Thien Mon Dao.

Thang, 28, is one of an increasing number of Vietnamese to find refuge in a sport that grew out of a need to protect the country from invaders, but now offers a route to mental wellbeing in the rapidly changing Communist nation.

Practitioners of Thien Mon Dao have long taken pride in the incredible shows of strength that form part …

Biden Unveils New Stimulus Plan Including $1,400 Checks

Joe Biden Talks Plans For U.S Policy Reform

June 11, 2020 4:40 pm
Former U.S Vice President Joe Biden talked about racism and his plans for America’s policy reform on Trevor Noah’s latest ”The Daily Social Distancing Show”.

At the beginning of his talk, Biden who is a candidate in the upcoming 2020 US election, stated that though President Trump didn’t start racism, he has promoted it.

According to him, if given the chance to rule the United States, he would fix policies and better handle exhilarating situations unlike Trump.

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He also plans to increase police accountability and also get unions on …

Belgium reopens case with possible link to McCann suspect

Belgium Reopens Case With Possible Link To McCann Suspect

June 11, 2020 3:49 pm

Belgium reopened an investigation on Thursday into the 1996 murder of a German teenager because of a possible link with the man suspected of murdering British girl Madeleine McCann.

Carola Titze, 16, was found dead and mutilated in July 1996 in the resort town of De Haan on the Belgian coast.

The public prosecutor’s office in Bruges “is indeed reopening the file relating to this murder”, a spokesman told AFP, without giving further details.

At the time, Titze was on holiday with her parents and the investigation turned to a German suspect in his early 20s.

The man had bragged …

Black Lives Matter Protester Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Rally

Black Lives Matter Protester Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Rally

June 11, 2020 3:04 pm

A Black Lives Matter demonstrator has tested positive for coronavirus after attending a rally in Melbourne with 10,000 other people.

He marched through the city on Saturday and developed Covid-19 symptoms 24 hours later, sparking fears of a second spike in infections.

Authorities fear the man in his 30s could have passed the disease onto others even if he did wear a mask to the rally.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the case could be the start of a mass outbreak:

This realises our worst fears. Now

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Nigerian Writer Chimamanda Adichie Loses Father

Nigerian Writer Chimamanda Adichie Loses Father

June 11, 2020 2:10 pm
Professor James Nwoye Adichie, father of the renowned novelist, Chimamanda is dead.

A family source revealed that he died on Wednesday night in Awka, Anambra State.

Before his death, the 88-year-old father was admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in Awkuzu, Oyi local government area of the State.

Read Also: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: In Her Own Words

The Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN)He hailed from Abba, Njikoka local government area of Anambra State.

Adichie is the first Nigerian Professor of Statistics and he was a member of International Statistical Institute (ISI) since …

EU Countries Move To Further Reopen Borders

EU Countries Move To Further Reopen Borders

June 11, 2020 1:02 pm

Some EU countries have announced new steps to reopen their borders with the improvement of the COVID-19 situation inside their countries.

German Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, announced on Wednesday that Germany would on Monday lift border controls, which have been implemented for three months since the coronavirus outbreak.

Controls along Germany’s land borders with Switzerland, France, Austria, and Denmark will be lifted on Monday and the government would reconsider its plans if the COVID-19 situation worsens, Seehofer said.

From Tuesday, European Union (EU) citizens and Swiss nationals can enter Germany again unhindered, without controls or quarantine regulations, according to the …

Zimbabwe Nixes Coup Rumours

Zimbabwe Nixes Coup Rumours

June 11, 2020 1:01 pm

National Security Council (NSC) of Zimbabwe has debunked rumours of an impending military coup, saying the country is stable.

The NSC at a maiden news conference accused allies of the late former leader Robert Mugabe and some opposition officials for peddling the rumour.

Zimbabwe’s worst economic crisis in more than a decade and rising public anger have stoked concern the military, which ended Mugabe’s more than three-decades rule in November 2017, might step in again.

Read Also: Coronavirus: Zimbabwe Extends Lockdown

Giving its first news conference since being formed in 2013, the NSC said speculation was intensifying that Mugabe allies …

Justify Rape, Get Arrested – NAPTIP Tells Nigerians

Justify Rape, Get Arrested – NAPTIP Tells Nigerians

June 11, 2020 12:09 pm

Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General (DG), National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has cautioned Nigerians to desist from justifying rape or get arrested as suspects.

Okah-Donli said this while answering questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.

She queried parents for not doing enough to take care of their wards and children, explaining that 90 per cent of rape cases were committed by uncles, fathers and relations.

According to her, many careless acts by parents are responsible for rape cases across the country.

She, therefore, said that the agency would approach the Ministry of Justice to push …

Breaking - Kaduna Assembly Impeaches Deputy Speaker

Breaking: Kaduna Assembly Impeaches Deputy Speaker

June 11, 2020 12:00 pm
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Thursday impeached its deputy speaker, Hon. Mukhtar Isa Hazo.

According to SaharaReporters, the lawmaker was impeached by the 24 members of the House for lack of competence to discharge his duties.

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A new Deputy Speaker emerged shortly after 24 members of the Assembly passed a vote of no confidence on him.

More details later.

 

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COVID-19 - Coachella 2020 Festival Officially Cancelled

COVID-19: Coachella 2020 Festival Officially Cancelled

June 11, 2020 12:00 pm

The Coachella music festival in the Southern California desert and Stagecoach, have both been canceled this year, the public health commissioner announced.

The Coachella was earlier postponed for six months until October because of concerns over the coronavirus.

The cancellation order was given on June 10 by the Public health officer of Riverside County, California.

However, the events’ promoter, Goldenvoice, has not yet made a public announcement.

Read Also: ‘Gone With The Wind’ Removed From HBO Max After Racism Protests

The festival, one of the biggest in the world, brings half a million fans to an open-air site in Indio, …

Obiano Shut Down Eke Awka Market Over Non-Usage Of Face Masks

Obiano Shut Down Eke Awka Market Over Non-Usage Of Face Masks

June 11, 2020 9:38 am

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has announced the shutting down of Eke Awka market, over non-compliance with the WHO and NCDC guidelines for preventing COVID-19, including the use of face masks.

Anambra has twice in the last one-week recorded 17 cases of COVID-19 each, and the number is said to be mostly from Awka capital city.

Read Also: Anambra Community Protests Against Gov Obiano’s Imposition

Also, to further control the spread, Obiano announced 8pm to 6am curfew.

In a public announcement made on his behalf by the secretary to the state government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu Obiano, the government said …

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