Saturday, May 9, 2020

3 White House coronavirus task force members in quarantine

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Three members of the White House coronavirus task force placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the U.S.'s most secure buildings is immune from the virus.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-officials-self-quarantine-1.5563483?cmp=rss

Obama slams Trump over COVID-19 pandemic response, report says

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Former U.S. president Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an "absolute chaotic disaster" during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo News.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/obama-trump-pandemic-covid-19-coronavirus-michael-flynn-1.5563393?cmp=rss

Canadian crew stranded on 2 cruise ships finally allowed home

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Canadians working aboard two cruise ships, who have been prevented from coming ashore due to COVID-19 concerns, have finally been allowed to return home.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadians-cruise-ships-repatriation-1.5563366?cmp=rss

Elon Musk tweets threat to pull Tesla from California over COVID-19 restrictions

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened Saturday to pull the company's factory and headquarters out of California in an escalating spat with local officials who have stopped the company from reopening its electric vehicle factory.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-california-coroanvirus-covid-19-restrictions-leav-1.5563320?cmp=rss

Canada backs U.S.-led campaign for Taiwan to get observer status at WHO over China's objections

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Canada has backed an American-led effort to allow Taiwan to be granted observer status at the World Health Organization because of its early success in containing COVID-19.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-backs-us-led-effort-for-taiwan-at-who-1.5563088?cmp=rss

Protesters demand closure of LG Polymers plant in India after deadly gas leak

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Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in southern India at the gates of the site on Saturday and demanded the factory be shut down immediately and its top management arrested.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-gas-leak-protest-1.5563037?cmp=rss

Dual Canadian-U.S. citizens qualify for Trump's COVID-19 emergency payments

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Canadians with U.S. citizenship who may not have paid taxes in the U.S. for decades still qualify for America's one-time pandemic support payment.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dual-citizens-canada-us-eip-1.5562506?cmp=rss

Putin presides over slimmed down Victory Day as coronavirus cases rise

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Russia marked 75 years since the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War on Saturday, but the coronavirus outbreak forced it to scale back celebrations seen as boosting support for President Vladimir Putin.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ve-day-victory-europe-russia-putin-1.5563007?cmp=rss

Roy Horn of famed Vegas act Siegfried & Roy dies at age 75 of coronavirus complications

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Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act's famed white tigers, has died. He was 75.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/roy-horn-siegfried-roy-coronavirus-covid-19-death-1.5562908?cmp=rss