BRAZIL (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a ‘lie’, despite data produced by his own government showing thousands of fires in run the whole region. A Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) member …
Read More »American couple, stranded by coronavirus in Gaza, return to ‘narrow’ Florida
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Adria and Ayman Arafat are finally on their way to Florida after spending months in the Gaza Strip due to coronavirus-related restrictions, but fear they will now face a much greater health risk. Palestinians sit in a taxi before crossing the Rafah border with Egypt, …
Read More »US health chief, on visit to Taiwan, responds to China’s pandemic response
TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Health Alex Azar on Tuesday responded to China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying that if such an outbreak had occurred in Taiwan like the United States, it could ‘be easily sniffed out’. The Trump administration has repeatedly criticized Beijing for trying to crack …
Read More »Michel Gondry directs the new ‘Model Village’ of IDLES Video: Watch
Bristol’s IDLES have shared an animated music video for a new song called “Model Village.” It was co-directed by Michel Gondry, the French director behind Ivich Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, as well as music videos for Radiohead, the Chemical Brothers, Björk, Daft Punk, and others. Gondry directed the “Model …
Read More »Australia says COVID-19 outbreak shows signs of peaking
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia recorded its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 deaths on Monday although a drop in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have caught on. PHILO PHOTO: Medical staff administers coronavirus (COVID-19) tests at a pop-up test …
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