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US - Coronavirus Cases Reach 200,000, With 869 New Deaths

US: Coronavirus Cases Reach 200,000, With 869 New Deaths

April 2, 2020 7:09 am

Coronavirus continues to ravaged the United States, with cases now surpassing 200,000, and a record of 869 death in one day.

As at Wednesday, the US has recorded 210,694 cases of Coronavirus and 4,703 death.

There have been at least 869 coronavirus deaths reported in the US on Wednesday, according to a count by CNN Health.

This is the most reported deaths in the United States in a single day since the novel coronavirus outbreak.

New York has become the epicenter of the country’s outbreak with 83,712 confirmed cases and 1,941 deaths so far. When adjusted for population, that translates …

6 Interesting Medical Records In Guinness World Records

6 Interesting Medical Records In Guinness World Records

April 1, 2020 1:35 pm

Guinness world records known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

There are so many records that have been broken from different countries and the book has sold 100 million copies in 100 different countries and 37 languages.

There are some interesting Health World Records and below are some:

Worst Pandemic
The pneumonic form of plague (bacterial infection), also known as …

General Charged With Drug Trafficking Surrenders To U.S.

General Charged With Drug Trafficking Surrenders To U.S.

March 29, 2020 6:20 pm

A retired Venezuelan general has turned himself over to Colombian authorities after the United States charged him with drug-trafficking and offered a reward for his capture, local media said on Saturday.

Cliver Alcala turned himself in on Friday to the Colombians, who in turn handed him over to US authorities, the El Tiempo de Bogota newspaper said.

Washington on Thursday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several current and former top government officials for “narco-terrorism” and offered a $15 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s capture.

As part of the US Justice Department indictment, up to $10 million

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U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 100,000

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 100,000

March 28, 2020 7:29 am

Coronavirus cases in the United States topped 100,000 on Friday, the highest number in the world.

While Reuters put its tally at 100,040, worldometers.info estimated the U.S. cases at 100,514.

Italy is second with 86,498 and China is third with 81,340.

According to worldometers.info, U.S. death toll also jumped to 1,546.

Read Also: America Lures Medics To U.S. Fight Coronavirus

On Friday 251 deaths were reported.

The record coronavirus figures being logged in the hospitals across the U.S. made Wall Street stocks tumble on Friday.

This ended a massive three-day surge as doubts emerged about the fate of the U.S. …

America Lures Medics To U.S. Fight Coronavirus

America Lures Medics To U.S. Fight Coronavirus

March 27, 2020 1:35 pm

The United States of America is luring medical professionals all over the world to come to help fight COVID-19 pandemic.

A country that had hitherto shut its doors against migrants has now rolled out the red carpet to welcome them.

In a Twitter post on Thursday night, the United States of America State Department put out an invitation to medical professionals all over the world, and that will include, we guess, professionals from countries the Trump administration has banned.

“We encourage medical professionals seeking work in the U.S. on a work or exchange visitor visa (H or J), particularly those …

Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder Rematch Postponed

Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder Rematch Postponed

March 25, 2020 6:38 am

The third fight in Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder’s heavyweight rivalry has been postponed as the coronavirus pandemic grips the United States and Britain, ESPN reported on Tuesday.

Britain’s Tyson Fury, who dethroned unbeaten WBC champion Wilder with a dominant victory in seven rounds last month, had been due to defend his crown in Las Vegas on July 18.

But promoter Bob Arum told ESPN on Tuesday the rematch had now been rescheduled until October at the earliest because of the COVID-19 outbreak which has brought the sporting world to a standstill.

With travel restrictions affecting both the US …

U.S., Italy Smash Coronavirus Charts For The Second Day

U.S., Italy Smash Coronavirus Charts For The Second Day

March 24, 2020 5:50 am

For the second day, United States and Italy broke the tragic coronavirus records, by registering more infections and deaths than on Sunday.

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. jumped 9,456, higher than the 8,149 recorded on Sunday, according to figures provided by worldometers.info, which has been tracking the pandemic worldwide.

Infections in the US rose above 43,000 people, making it the third worst-hit country in the world. Only China and Italy are ahead.

U.S. death toll also shot to 530, with 117 new deaths.

Italy did not have a clue yet to tame the pandemic, as it logged 4,789 new …

Afghan Government Delays Taliban Prisoner Release

Afghan Government Delays Taliban Prisoner Release

March 14, 2020 2:18 pm
The Afghan government has postponed its plan to release Taliban prisoners, a senior official said, a decision that could sabotage a peace deal signed last month between the armed group and the United States.

Javid Faisal, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said on Saturday the releases were being delayed because more time was needed to review the list of Taliban prisoners.

Read Also: Trump, Taliban Chief Hold Talks As Afghan Violence Rises

“We are ready to start the process the way it is described in the presidential decree but we won’t release anyone if there is no guarantee

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Iraq Summons US, UK Ambassadors Over Air Raids

Iraq Summons US, UK Ambassadors Over Air Raids

March 13, 2020 10:53 am

“The foreign minister held an emergency meeting in which the ministry’s undersecretaries, advisors and official spokesman discussed the measures regarding the recent American aggression. He has ordered the summoning of the United States and British ambassadors to Baghdad,” a spokesman said in a statement.

It came after Iraq’s military said at least one civilian and five security personnel were killed in the US raids, which it denounced as a violation of sovereignty and a

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Kenya Bans Public Events After First Case Of Coronavirus

Kenya Bans Public Events After First Case Of Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 10:53 am
Kenya has banned all major public events after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus in a woman who had returned to the country from the United States, the health minister said on Friday.

Kenya, the richest economy in sub-Saharan Africa and a major hub for global firms and the United Nations, is the 11th country in the region to confirm a case of COVID-19, bringing its total reported cases to 39.

Mutahi Kagwe, Kenya’s health minister, told a news conference the government had suspended all public gatherings, sporting events, open-air religious meetings and “all events that are of

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Trump Sues New York Times For “Defamatory Statements”

February 27, 2020 9:05 am

The 2020 campaign team of the United States President Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit against ‘The New York Times’ alleging that the newspaper “knowingly published false and defamatory statements” connecting Trump to Russia.

According to the suit, the newspaper cited Trump in a March 2019 opinion piece about Russia, taking his war with the media to different heights.

Opinion pieces by The New York Times are published in The Times’ opinion section, which is separate from the organization’s newsroom and has a different leadership and control. The March 2019 piece at the center of the defamation lawsuit was …

Trump’s War On Journalists Behind Assange Extradition Bid

February 24, 2020 4:55 pm

A lawyer for Julian Assange on Monday claimed the United States’ bid to extradite him is part of President Donald Trump’s “war on leakers and journalists”, as the WikiLeaks founder’s full extradition hearing opened in Britain.

Assange faces charges under the US Espionage Act for the 2010 release by his anti-secrecy website of a trove of files detailing the realities of US military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He spent much of the past decade holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy to avoid separate legal proceedings in Sweden, but Washington is now seeking his transfer to stand trial.

His lawyer …

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