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Irrfan Khan's biographer, Aseem Chhabra, writes about the life of one of Bollywood's biggest stars. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3eWGqQS

Families want to know why so many of their elderly relatives have died. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2yZZBZt

Japan's relatively low rate of virus testing raises questions about how it has tackled the pandemic. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KKoxXB

How African researchers are using the continent's languages to help spur innovation in Artificial Intelligence. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2xkftpr

Inside the Nicaraguan boxing event that caught the world's attention during the pandemic. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3d3ojqW

"No-one wants to buy clothes to sit at home in," as Next's chief executive Simon Wolfson puts it. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Wc9YBC

At a time when many healthcare workers are risking their lives, some face pay cuts and job loss. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2VMxYMs

When passenger planes start flying again, the world of air travel will be very different. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3cXyT2s

Dr. Anthony Fauci has emerged as the latest target in the vast web of COVID-19-related conspiracy theories that have been circulating on social media. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YfzUP9

"He's devoted his life to supporting women, and he has vehemently denied this allegation," Gillibrand, a MeToo champion, said Tuesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3f41vJ9

The US secretary of state's comments come after speculation the North Korean leader might be ill. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Yg8clo

Though some members of the Hasidic community have disregarded lockdown rules, New York's large Jewish population has followed coronavirus measures. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KGpnVm

Dr. Tom Inglesby said some states are experiencing a decline in cases, while half of the country is still seeing a rise in daily numbers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VM78nO

A sexual assault allegation is raising Joe Biden's first big challenge as the Democrats' presidential nominee, fueling Republican attacks and leaving many in his own party in an uncomfortable bind. Biden's campaign has denied the allegation from his former Senate staffer Tara Reade, who has said Biden assaulted her in the basement of a Capitol Hill office building in the 1990s. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aLF3RL

What African countries are doing to help people to eat amid the lockdowns. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WhJmPN

India was nearing 30,000 coronavirus infections on Tuesday, second only to China in Asia, a steady rise that would make it difficult to lift a nearly six-week lockdown that ends this weekend, health officials and some government leaders said. Neighbouring Pakistan also recorded a jump in cases and deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, and there were concerns that many people were gathering in mosques for Ramadan prayers despite strict rules on distancing. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has allowed some farm and industrial activity to resume in less-affected rural areas after the shutdown of the economy left millions without work and short of food and shelter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aKbSP7

Positive data from the NIAID trial would be a landmark in the race to find a coronavirus treatment. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35gtJfi

"This will continue to fuel our epidemic." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35eM904

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul said Kim's absence was not "particularly unusual" in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bNOiSP

Israelis celebrated their Independence Day at home Wednesday amid a nationwide lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The national holiday, which honors the creation of Israel after the end of the British Mandate in 1948, is usually a festive occasion, with people heading to the beach, hosting barbecues and watching fireworks. The Israeli air force devoted its annual fly-by to health workers, with four planes crisscrossing the nation and performing aerial acrobatics over hospitals and medical centers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aOO8Ju

A former aide to the presidential candidate finds support for her sexual assault claim against him. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3f1sVj2

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A team from the University of Oxford is leading the way in the search for an effective vaccine for the coronavirus. Human trials started last week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bMvUtF

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Comedian Noam Shuster documented her experience recovering from Covid-19 while living in a hotel full of strangers in Israel. See how they became her live audience. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3eYczaF

The Serum Institute of India produces 1.5 billion vaccine units a year, and it wants to get ahead of demand for a COVID-19 vaccine. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eWCrUo

When the U.S. Senate returns from a lengthy absence next week, one of its first orders of business will be advancing the nomination of a 38-year-old ally of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to the second highest court in the land. According to two Democratic aides, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is expected to schedule a committee hearing for May 6 for Justin Walker, a federal judge in Kentucky whom President Trump has nominated to the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. McConnell announced on Monday that the Senate would return to session on May 4 for its first full week of legislative business after the CARES Act passed in late March. And he has not been shy about his desire to start confirming judges as soon as his chamber is back in session. “I haven’t seen anything that would discourage me from doing that. And as soon as we get back in session, we’ll start confirming judges again,” he told Hugh Hewitt in a recent interview. McCon...

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has cautioned China against attempts at "economic coercion" as Australia pushes for an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic that China opposes. Chinese ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, said in a newspaper interview on Monday the "Chinese public" could avoid Australian products and universities. Australia last week called for all members of the World Health Organization (WHO) to support an independent review into the origins and spread of the coronavirus, and is lobbying world leaders. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eOOLWV

El Salvador, already criticised by rights groups, cracks down further on imprisoned gang members. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SafzqT

Fear of the coronavirus could have been keeping North Korean leader Kim Jong Un out of public sight, a South Korean minister and U.S. sources said on Tuesday, following intense speculation and concern as to his whereabouts and health. Under Kim's rule since 2011, North Korea has expanded its arsenal of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, and with no obvious successor, any change in leadership in the secretive, authoritarian state would raise concerns about instability that could impact other North Asian countries and the United States. Speculation about Kim's health erupted after his unprecedented absence from April 15 celebrations to mark the birthday of his late grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/358V3w4

As the number of US coronavirus cases climbs above 1 million and the nation's death toll surpasses deaths from the Vietnam War, Donald Trump claims the country is "very close" to testing 5 million people daily, as he continues to pressure states and local governments to begin "reopening" as the economy flounders.The president also suggested during a briefing on Tuesday that states with financial deficits could be forced to give undocumented people in custody over to federal immigration authorities if they want financial relief in the wake of the public health crisis. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bLRv5g

The Senate majority leader said in an interview that he was open to a deal with Democrats on the next relief package. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cKHoxQ

References to a Chinese campaign of "global disinformation" about the coronavirus were removed before publication. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KA2z9T

Defectors from North Korea say many of their relatives and contacts were unaware of the international speculation over leader Kim Jong Un's health or were unwilling to discuss the issue in clandestine calls made from the South. Two defectors told Reuters their relatives in North Korea did not know that Kim has been missing from public view for almost two weeks, said they didn't want to discuss the issue, or abruptly hung up when the supreme leader was mentioned. Kim's health is a state secret in insular North Korea and speculation about him or his family can invite swift retribution. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VHGPiE

President Trump on Monday said he "can't imagine why" there have been more reports of people misusing disinfectants after his comments on the subject last week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cQN9tQ

Italians are in revolt over the government's cautious lockdown exit strategy, with the mayor of Venice saying the World Heritage city is a "social bomb" ready to explode with anger and frustration. Italy has been under draconian restrictions since March 9 in Europe's longest coronavirus lockdown, and the strain is beginning to tell for millions of people as the nation's death tolls climbs above 27,000. The collapse of tourism has brought the lagoon city to its knees, said Luigi Brugnaro, a businessman who has been Venice's mayor for the last five years. "We're unfortunately facing a social bomb which is already primed. People are tired and angry and we are struggling to hold it together," he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35icPgj

The justices ruled that New York City's repeal of gun restrictions rendered the case moot. But other Second Amendment cases are in the pipeline. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bHqfFf

An anti-vaccine activist who was arrested in Idaho after she repeatedly refused orders by police to leave a playground that had been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic has apologized to the police officer. Sara Brady said she was on edge with the “constant stress" of being stuck at home and trying to take care of her cooped-up children. “However, this is not an excuse for my behavior and my part in what happened," she said Friday, reading from a prepared statement , according to Boise television station KBOI. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cO0jrn

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine outlined "first steps" toward reopening the state's economy on Monday, diverging from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer who said she would not be held to "artificial timelines" while fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/3aKohm5

A state lawmaker in Illinois won a restraining order on Monday against Governor J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home orders in a case that could lead to more legal challenges against decrees by the first-term governor intended to stem the spread of COVID-19. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2SelKdn

President Donald Trump added to the sense of confusion surrounding the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Monday, appearing to contradict himself during public remarks in the Rose Garden by first telling reporters he had "a very good idea" about Kim's condition, then stating moments later that "nobody knows where he is." from CNN.com - RSS Channel https://ift.tt/3cSt46j