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South Carolina: Latest updates on Coronavirus

Here's a look at the number of coronavirus cases in South Carolina and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak.




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'Spaceship Earth' is a radical ride through science, quarantine and so much more

The new documentary "Spaceship Earth" breaks the mystery of the Biosphere 2 experiment wide open, revealing the facts in a story that feels more like science fiction than reality.




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Canada's trade deficit widens to $1.4B in March as exports and imports fall to lowest levels in years

Canada's trade deficit widened to more than $1.4 billion in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged down both imports and exports to their lowest levels in years.




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Can the cruise industry stay afloat after COVID-19? Norwegian and Carnival plot uncertain course post-pandemic

The world's third-largest cruise ship operator cast doubt on its ability to stay afloat as a company for much longer, even as one of its biggest rivals said it is taking its first tentative steps toward reopening after COVID-19.




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Shopify surges past Royal Bank for title of most valuable company in Canada

Shares in Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. surged on Wednesday after the company said more and more businesses are signing up for the its online selling platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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General Motors to restart production in St. Catharines next week

General Motors says it plans to restart some production at its engine plant in St. Catharines, Ont. next week ahead of a wider restart of North American operations the week of May 18.



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Another 3 million Americans filed for jobless benefits last week

Some 3.1 million Americans filed for government jobless benefits in the week ended May 2, bringing the total number of newly unemployed people since the pandemic began to more than 33 million.




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Greyhound Canada shuts down all routes due to COVID-19

Greyhound Canada will halt all of its bus routes in Canada starting May 13 because of the coronavirus.




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Canadian shoe chain Aldo seeks creditor protection, citing pandemic pressure

Montreal-based shoe chain Aldo Group is seeking protection from its creditors in Canada, the United States and Europe because of disruptions caused by COVID-19.




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Housing starts up in some parts of Canada despite COVID-19

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says construction of multi-unit housing projects remained strong in some provinces last month despite the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Federal COVID-19 Indigenous business relief still leaves 'critical gaps,' says financial organization

A First Nations financial organization in the Atlantic region is voicing concern over the exclusion of band-owned, non-taxable businesses in federal financial relief programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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The next superhero films you can’t miss

SUPERHERO films are here to stay and there’s bound to be plenty more shocks and surprises with the very full slate of super-titles down for 2017.




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Waifs celebrate 25 years with Cairns concert

LONG-RUNNING Australian outfit The Waifs are coming to Cairns as part of celebrations marking 25 years as a band.




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Large scale survey telescope to be built in northwest China

Xining, China (XNA) Apr 24, 2020
Chinese experts will build a survey telescope with wide field and high resolution in Lenghu (Cold Lake) Town, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, sources here said. On April 16, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. They plan to build the telescope on top of Sai




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FN America, Colt's awarded $383.3M to make M16A4s for Iraq, others

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 29, 2020
FN America and Colt's Manufacturing received a $383.3 million, five-year contract to manufacture M16A4 rifles for Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal through the Pentagon's foreign military sales program. The M16A4 is the fourth generation of the M16 series of military rifles. The Marine Corps began phasing out the M16 in favor of the M4 carbine in 2015. In 2008 the Sta




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Indian officials capture rare snow leopard, send it to zoo

Shimla, India (AFP) May 3, 2020
A rare snow leopard captured as it savaged livestock in a remote village in the Indian Himalaya will be sent to a zoo instead of being released, officials said Sunday, triggering outrage from activists. The endangered creature was found on Saturday after it became trapped inside a pen containing sheep and goats in Giu village near the Tibetan border in India's Himachal Pradesh state. "T




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Gas leak at Indian chemical plant kills 11

Visakhapatnam, India (AFP) May 7, 2020
Eleven people were killed and hundreds hospitalised after a pre-dawn gas leak at a chemical plant in eastern India on Thursday that left unconscious victims lying in the streets, authorities said. Fears that the death toll from the incident on the outskirts of the Visakhapatnam, an industrial port city in Andhra Pradesh state, were not borne out however. The gas escaped out of tanks at a




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Macca’s gets stingy with sneaky change

MACCA’S may have pulled in $5 billion last year, but Aussie customers won’t be rewarded for their loyalty if this sneaky move is anything to go by.




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Alcoholics Anonymous wrestles with challenge of physical distancing


The international organization has been forced to cancel in-person meetings due to restrictions on group gatherings.




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Just stay calm: How to stop worrying about keeping busy and focus on your mental health


How do you avoid overload when you have time to do everything?




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How to protect yourself and others from infection as COVID-19 cases increase


Officials offer answers to numerous important questions about the coronavirus.




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Take a beginner’s dance class taught by National Ballet’s of Canada First Soloist Tina Pereira


Tina Pereira’s dance repertoire with the company includes The Sugar Plum Fairy in “The Nutcracker,” Katerina in “The Taming of the Shrew,” and the title role in “Carmen” to name a few.




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Body image activists caution about glorifying Adele’s new look


We just shouldn’t be commenting on Adele’s body at all, activists say.




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Eamonn Holmes' brother interrupts him with phone call at work as star makes surprise revelation

Eamonn Holmes has been a familiar face on the television for over a decade, but it sounds...




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Richard Madeley reveals the one thing wife Judy hates about being on camera

Fans are delighted to see Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan back on TV screens with their...




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Prince Charles and Camilla lead two-minute silence to mark VE Day

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have led a two-minute silence to begin...




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Prince William and Kate Middleton's sweet phone call with war veterans revealed

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined VE Day celebrations at an East Sussex care home by...




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Watch as the Queen marks VE Day with moving speech from Windsor Castle 

Exactly 75 years after her father King George VI's historic broadcast marking the end...




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Kate Middleton is patriotic in red dress she makes touching Zoom call to war veterans

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have marked VE Day in a very special way - by making a...




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Justice Department to drop Michael Flynn's Trump-Russia case

In an abrupt about-face, the Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry...




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Elon Musk bought properties around him because people climbed walls to break in - now he's selling them all

Billionaire and new dad Elon Musk has opened up about the alarming "privacy issues" that sparked his property-buying bonanza.The Tesla and SpaceX founder, who has just welcomed his sixth child, was interviewed by comedian Joe Rogan...




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Coronavirus Covid 19: World Health Organisation advocates reform of wet markets over shutting them down

The World Health Organisation said yesterday that although a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan selling live animals likely played a significant role in the emergence of the new coronavirus, it does not recommend that such markets...




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Coronavirus Covid 19: South African brewer says it may dump 400m bottles of beer

South African Breweries, one of the world's largest brewers, says it may have to destroy 400 million bottles of beer as a result of the country's ban on alcohol sales that is part of its lockdown measures to combat the spread of the...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Why are Australians not catching virus at hairdressers or supermarket?

It's one of the great mysteries of Australia's Covid-19 experiment: despite fears supermarkets and hairdressers could prove high risk for the spread of the virus, there have been no major outbreaks detected.When pubs, clubs, and...




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White father, son charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery case

The white father and son stood quietly on Friday (US time) as the judge read murder and aggravated assault charges against them in the fatal shooting of a black man who was running through their Georgia neighbourhood. In just a few...




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Steelworks ‘can be saved’

The administrators of failed steelmaker Arrium say they ‘firmly believe’ the Whyalla steelworks can be saved.




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Pascal Dupuis s'implique avec les Cataractes

L’ancien hockeyeur est de retour à Shawinigan, non seulement comme actionnaire, mais aussi dans l’état-major de l’équipe.




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Cas Brendan Leipsic: Cinq autres sportifs coulés par les réseaux sociaux

Certaines opinions exprimées sur les réseaux sociaux viennent parfois jouer de vilains tours.




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COVID-19: pas de vacances pour le virus

Le virus de la COVID-19 ne semble pas vouloir prendre de vacances, selon une étude qui vient atténuer l’espoir qu’il disparaisse avec le beau temps.




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Cadillac dévoile les prix de l’Escalade 2021

General Motors vient tout juste d’annoncer les prix et plusieurs détails sur l’équipement du Cadillac Escalade 2021 de nouvelle génération.




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Frustrated EI applicants find an end-run around overwhelmed call centres

Canadians forced to spend days trying to get through on Service Canada's designated phone line to sort out problems with their employment insurance applications are sharing tips through social media and web forums — including a link to an online form that can get an agent to call back within 48 hours.




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Armed Forces deploys almost all of its medical capacity against pandemic in Quebec nursing homes

The Canadian military has stripped bases across the country of their uniformed medical personnel to support long-term care homes in Quebec that have been overrun by COVID-19.




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Canada turning to foreign airlines to bring home citizens stranded by pandemic

Canada has enlisted the help of nearly a dozen foreign airlines to bring home thousands of Canadians stranded abroad in remote mountain regions, on secluded islands and in locked-down countries that Canadian carriers can't reach as the pandemic tightens its grip.




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Statistics Canada to investigate after official job numbers leaked early

Statistics Canada has launched an investigation after a media outlet reported its latest job-loss figures more than a half hour before the data was officially released.




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Canada lost nearly 2 million jobs in April amid COVID-19 crisis: Statistics Canada

Canada lost almost two million jobs during the month of April, a record high, as the impact of COVID-19 on the economy made itself known.




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Latest gun control effort isn't merely a failure. It corrodes trust among Canadians

Liberal government's gun ban is craven wedge politics that will do nothing to advance public safety, writes Jay Nathwani.




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Dual Canadian-U.S. citizens qualify for Trump's COVID-19 emergency payments

Canadians with U.S. citizenship who may not have paid taxes in the U.S. for decades still qualify for America's one-time pandemic support payment.




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Canada backs U.S.-led campaign for Taiwan to get observer status at WHO over China's objections

Canada has backed an American-led effort to allow Taiwan to be granted observer status at the World Health Organization because of its early success in containing COVID-19.




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A Chicago nurse vacationed with other nurses every year. She died from COVID-19 before they could plan their next trip

Maria Lopez was a nurse in robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. She was set to retire April 30.




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Local Muslim community to break fast during Ramadan with virtual iftar Saturday

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA invites Americans across the country to unite together in interfaith virtual iftar celebrations during the pandemic.