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  Cyclone Harold and coronavirus: Pacific Islands face battle on two fronts
  Image copyright Red Cross Image caption Many buildings in Vanuatu have been left destroyed After a deadly cyclone slammed through several countries in the Pacific, there is growing concern that the coronavirus pandemic could disrupt efforts to help the survivors undo early work to protect vulnerable communities from infection. Cyclone Harold, a category five storm, […]
  April 15, 2020 Comment(0)
  Accenture: 'Every business will be a health business'
  Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Taking the temperature of people visiting theme parks could become routine Consultancy firm Accenture says all firms will have to be focused on health even after the coronavirus outbreak ends. Theme parks taking guests' temperatures to factories using thermal scanners could become permanent fixtures. "We used to say every […]
  Image copyright Fortnite Epic Games has delayed the release of its new season of Fortnite until June. Chapter 2, Season 3 of Fortnite was scheduled to be released in just two weeks, but the company said it would extend the current season instead. Fortnite is one of the world's most popular video games, attracting millions […]
  The woman who discovered the first coronavirus
  Image copyright Getty Images Image caption June Almeida with her electron microscope at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto in 1963 The woman who discovered the first human coronavirus was the daughter of a Scottish bus driver who left school at 16. June Almeida went on to become a pioneer of virus imaging, whose work […]
  April 14, 2020 Comment(0)
  Chernobyl: Ukraine officials call for calm as fire rages
  Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFootage shows wildfires near the nuclear disaster site Ukrainian authorities have called for calm as firefighters battle a blaze near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. A senior emergency service official said there was "no threat" to the plant or its storage facilities, while deputy interior minister Anton […]
  Coronavirus: 'I lost my mum on Mother's Day'
  Image copyright Ismail Moneer In the weeks leading to Mother's Day, 33-year-old Aya (not her real name) was preoccupied with which gift to get her mum. Little did she know that she would be burying her instead. Aya's mother was among Egypt's first 10 coronavirus deaths. Although Egypt announced the presence of Covid-19 in mid-February, […]
  Coronavirus: Austria reopens some shops as lockdown eased
  Image copyright AFP Image caption In Austria it is compulsory to wear masks in supermarkets and other places selling food and medicine Austria is to reopen thousands of shops on Tuesday as it seeks to ease restrictions brought in to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Garden centres, DIY stores and small shops will open […]
  Coronavirus: Amazon plans hiring spree as orders surge
  Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A courier, wearing a respiratory mask, handles an Amazon parcel Online retailing giant Amazon has urged US workers who've lost jobs because of the coronavirus slowdown to apply for as many as 75,000 jobs it is offering. The company also said it would ease its temporary curbs on non-essential […]
  Coronavirus: Trump claims 'total' authority to lift lockdown
  Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: Reporter challenges President Trump at briefing President Donald Trump has claimed "total" power to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, contradicting governors and legal experts. "The president of the United States calls the shots," Mr Trump said during a combative press conference in which he feuded with […]
  Coronavirus: Reporter grills Trump on pandemic response
  The president and a journalist talk over one another in a fiery argument about coronavirus. Source link
  Coronavirus: Food delivery driver paying back doctors who saved him
  Image copyright Li Yan "Doctors and nurses are people who saved me from cancer and gave me strength in the darkest time. I need to return the favour," says Li Yan, a food delivery rider based in Beijing. Mr Li was diagnosed with lymph cancer in 2003, when he was just 17 years old. He […]
  April 13, 2020 Comment(0)
  Coronavirus: Six people shot at California house party during lockdown
  Image copyright AFP Image caption A young girl was among those treated for gunshot wounds (file image) Californian police say six people have been shot and injured at a "large" party despite the "stay at home" order in place in the US state. The shooting took place on Friday night at an apartment complex in […]