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An Aurora police officer was fired after he allegedly drove his car into a tree while intoxicated and driving 55 mph in a residential neighborhood in Colorado Springs. Interim police Chief Vanessa Wilson announced Monday that she fired Officer Jaired Dozier, who graduated from the police academy in August. As a new employee, he was still on probation and therefore […]
Read moreLONDON (Reuters) – School closures do not tend to help contain the spread of infections during outbreaks of disease such as COVID-19, but will have a big impact on how societies restart after lockdown, scientists said on Monday. Data on the effects of school closures on COVID-19 are limited as the pandemic is still under way, but researchers at University […]
Read moreBRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has dismissed a senior analyst who opposed rescinding environmental authorizations for wood exports, according to a notice published in the official government gazette on Monday. Reuters reported last month that Brazil had exported thousands of shipments of wood from an Amazonian port over the past year without authorization from the federal environment […]
Read moreLISBON (Reuters) – A total of 15 elderly people died from coronavirus at a care home in the Portuguese city of Aveiro, the worst case in a single home since the outbreak hit the southern European nation, the city’s mayor Ribau Esteves said on Monday, Esteves told local news agency Lusa that 77 other residents and 22 staff members had […]
Read moreOTTAWA (Reuters) – Ontario, the most-populous province in Canada, complained on Monday the United States had blocked the export of more than 3 million face masks it bought to fight the coronavirus outbreak, while Ottawa said it was pressuring Washington to release the gear. The province bought two orders of almost 4 million medical masks from manufacturer 3M Co’s plant […]
Read morePrime minister taken into intensive care after condition worsens, as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asked to deputise. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, according to government officials. Johnson, 55, asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday. More: Coronavirus: British PM Boris Johnson […]
Read moreDairy farmers in one of Canada’s largest milk-producing province are poised to dump millions of litres of milk due to coronavirus. Dairy Farmers of Ontario has told farmers to get rid of raw milk to keep prices stable and prevent oversupply. The industry group says demand has crashed as restaurants and other bulk buyers shutter due to Covid-19. Some 500 […]
Read moreGRAND JUNCTION — The temporary head of the federal Bureau of Land Management is expected to continue overseeing the agency for another month. William Perry Pendley will continue as acting director through May 5, The Daily Sentinel reported. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order delegating the responsibilities of the office to Pendley, the deputy director of policy and programs. […]
Read moreJERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday a national lockdown would begin on Tuesday and end on Friday to try to stem the spread of the new coronavirus during the Jewish holiday of Passover. In a televised address, he said travel restrictions would be tightened on Tuesday and that Israelis will be banned from leaving their […]
Read moreWARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s ruling nationalists edged closer on Monday to a green light for holding a May presidential election as a postal ballot due to the coronavirus pandemic after overcoming initial resistance in parliament. The Law and Justice Party (PiS) has said the election should go ahead despite the rising death toll from the highly contagious COVID-19 respiratory disease […]
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