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CCUSA has sound Covid 19 protocols

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) is confident they will pull off a safe and successful 2020 US Open T20 come December. This according to the chairman of the tournament committee Shah Zafar. Speaking on Maqtv on Monday he said: “We have followed all the guidelines set out and we will be ready in terms of the Covid 19 protocols when the tournament comes around. The 12th edition of the popular tournament will bowl off on December 15 at the Central Broward Regional Park and will involve eight teams.…

Justin Trudeau turns down White House invitation amid pandemic

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned down a White House invitation to celebrate the new regional free trade agreement in Washington with U.S President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Trump and López Obrador are due to meet Wednesday Washington, but Trudeau spokesperson Chantal Gagnon said Monday that while Canada wishes the U.S. and Mexico well, Trudeau won’t be there. “While there were recent discussions about the possible participation of Canada, the prime minister will be in Ottawa this week for scheduled Cabinet meetings…

Africa starts opening airspace even as Covid-19 cases surge

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ As Covid-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived. Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200 passengers also brought the coronavirus. A few tested positive. Then, between June 24 and 30, the country’s confirmed cases shot from 11 to 81. Now the Indian Ocean nation has delayed reopening for commercial flights for its lucrative tourism industry until August 1, if all goes well. African nations face…

‘Must be held accountable’: Trump blames China for Covid-19 in July 4 speech

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ As the United States celebrated its 244th birthday in an unusually somber manner reflecting the mood of a country in the throes of deadly coronavirus disease outbreak, President Donald Trump once again blamed China for it and held out hopes of a vaccine by the end of the year. The president, who held the July 4 celebrations against the advice of public health officials and experts warning that the virus is also spreading through these large gatherings, did not mention the fatalities in his speech. Currently the…

Pakistan has lowest Covid-19 mortality rate, says minister as country records highest single-day fatalities

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People wait to receive free food for Ramzan during Covid-19 lockdown, in Lahore on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ With 26 fresh fatalities, Pakistan on Wednesday recorded the highest single-day jump in the number of deaths due to coronavirus disease Covid-19, health authorities said. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Security Moeed Yusuf told the media that besides the new 26 deaths, there were 44 infected people in critical condition, Pakistani media reported. However, he said the mortality rate was only 2.1 per cent in Pakistan as compared to around seven per cent in other countries. Meanwhile, the government has decided to bring back 7,500…

Spain reports 325 new Covid-19 deaths, total deaths cross 24,000

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Infections stand over 212,000, although the Health Ministry’s figure only includes the cases confirmed by the most reliable laboratory tests that are not being conducted massively.(AP file photo) COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ With 325 new confirmed deaths from coronavirus, Spain on Wednesday witnessed a slight rebound in fatalities for a total of 24,275 since the beginning of the pandemic. Infections stand over 212,000, although the Health Ministry’s figure only includes the cases confirmed by the most reliable laboratory tests that are not being conducted massively. Authorities want to come out from…

India green-lights UAE, Kuwait request for ex-military doctors, nurses

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi(AFP photo)

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The government has given an in-principle approval to requests from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to send Indian doctors and paramedics to help the two Gulf countries fight the Covid-19 pandemic, a top government official told Hindustan Times on Wednesday. Kuwait was the first one to seek Indian medical assistance earlier this month when Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah called Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian Air Force had then flown a 15-member military rapid response team. As this team was wrapping up – it…

Trump faces the risk of a coronavirus cliff

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Unemployed Americans will lose a federal safety net long before the economy fully recovers — potentially creating a messy Election Day for the GOP. COURTESY BY: https://www.politico.com/ Republicans are trying to pull off a high-wire act over the next three months: Reopen the economy enough to get most jobless Americans back to work and off the public dole, while resisting another giant stimulus package. If they fail, they’ll face a coronavirus cliff — an even deeper collapse in spending and sky-high unemployment in the months before Election Day. That could…

Trump and Florida’s DeSantis talk reopening plans and share mutual congratulations

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COURTESY BY: https://edition.cnn.com/ Last week, when a Republican governor set plans to begin reopening his state, President Donald Trump signed off before reversing himself and declaring the strategy a mistake. This week, as another GOP governor contemplates his own reopening scheme, he’s talking to the President in person. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to Washington on Tuesday to meet with Trump in the Oval Office as the expiration of his state lockdown order nears on May 1. He said during the meeting he would unveil his reopening plans on Wednesday. And he made…

County cricketers play waiting game during virus lockdown

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“Hampshire’s Tom Alsop celebrates reaching a century in Southampton. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – County cricketer Tom Alsop is kicking his heels because intial financial fallout from a prolonged shutdown. Hampshire player Alsop has been placed on the furlough scheme — which sees 80 percent of wages up to a certain level covered by the British government.The players are in talks with the club about the remaining 20 percent. The 24-year-old, who says county cricketers’ wages are “very good for what we do”, said the issue pales into insignificance compared…