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Miley Cyrus has 'no idea' what real life during the coronavirus pandemic is like

The 'Wrecking Ball' hitmaker is aware many people are struggling with social distancing measures because they may have lost their job






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Beach Beat: FDA posts less than half the number of food recalls during pandemic

Opinion A few weeks ago many government agencies announced they would be following public health recommendations and have non-essential employees stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the staff activities and services suspended by the FDA were certain random tests of food and inspections of domestic and foreign food facilities, which includes the entire... Continue Reading




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EU countries take up interim rules on official controls during pandemic

More than a dozen countries have taken advantage of temporary rules to tackle disruption in official control systems in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic. As of May 6, 15 nations had informed the European Commission that they are applying the measures in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466. Countries wishing to use them have to tell... Continue Reading




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Harvesters struggle to recruit foreign crews during pandemic

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) - Kansas harvester Mike Keimig is growing increasingly anxious about whether the foreign seasonal workers he needs to run his nine combines and drive his grain trucks will arrive in time for the start of the winter wheat harvest, which is just weeks away.

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Welcoming a newborn in a pandemic proves bittersweet for new parents

“It’s like life is on hold — everything is on hold,” one new mother said.




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Brookfield launches $5 billion ‘retail revitalization’ program to prop up retailers hit hard by pandemic

Brookfield, known for its contrarian bets on malls, will take minority stakes in struggling retailers



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‘It’s all a mess’: Pandemic driving businesses to bankruptcy brink, and complicating restructuring efforts

'You can’t have a going out of business sale when you can’t get your business open'




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Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline | Bill McKibben

The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment

I’m going to tell you the single worst story I’ve heard in these past few horrid months, a story that combines naked greed, political influence peddling, a willingness to endanger innocent human beings, utter blindness to one of the greatest calamities in human history and a complete disregard for the next crisis aiming for our planet. I’m going to try to stay calm enough to tell it properly, but I confess it’s hard.

The background: a decade ago, beginning with indigenous activists in Canada and farmers and ranchers in the American west and midwest, opposition began to something called the Keystone XL pipeline, designed to carry filthy tar sands oil from the Canadian province of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. It quickly became a flashpoint for the fast-growing climate movement, especially after Nasa scientist James Hansen explained that draining those tar sands deposits would be “game over” for the climate system. And so thousands went to jail and millions rallied and eventually Barack Obama bent to that pressure and blocked the pipeline. Donald Trump, days after taking office, reversed that decision, but the pipeline has never been built, both because its builder, TC Energy, has had trouble arranging the financing and permits, and because 30,000 people have trained to do nonviolent civil disobedience to block construction. It’s been widely assumed that, should a Democrat win the White House in November, the project would finally be gone for good.

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Pandemic shines harsh light on Trump's failure to protect pangolins

Wildlife conservation efforts are essential to preventing outbreaks, scientists and advocates say

For more than five years, wildlife conservationists in the US have been clamoring for the government to provide Endangered Species Act protections to pangolins, a group of imperiled ant-eating mammals that are widely, and often illicitly, trafficked for their scales and meat. The Trump administration, however, has refused to act and that refusal has suddenly taken on grave new implications.

Earlier this year, scientists in China identified pangolins, along with bats, as one of the possible animal hosts involved in the transmission of the deadly coronavirus from wildlife to humans.

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Pandemic fears in border towns as workers flock in to build Trump's wall

Hundreds of workers pass through Ajo, Arizona, daily. Residents say they have been partying and visiting stores in large groups

Unlike the rest of the US, the sleepy border community of Ajo, Arizona, is busier than ever these days, as hundreds of border wall construction workers pass through each day.

“The rest of us are staying at home just the way the governor has ordered,” said Susan Guinn-Lahm, an Ajo resident in her 60s. “We’re taking this seriously. They are not.”

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Trump seizes on pandemic to speed up opening of public lands to industry

Planned sale of land to fossil fuel, mining and and timber concerns mirrors rollback of Obama-era pollution regulations

The Trump administration has ratcheted up its efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic to overhaul and overturn Obama-era environmental regulations and increase industry access to public lands.

The secretary of the interior, David Bernhardt, has sped efforts to drill, mine and cut timber on fragile western landscapes. Meanwhile, the EPA, headed by the former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, has weakened critical environmental laws and announced in March that it would cease oversight of the nation’s polluters during the Covid-19 crisis.

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How Scientists Are Keeping Irreplaceable Research Going During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The outbreak, and the travel bans and fears that come with it, have endangered long-running research projects




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Breaking Down the Two Tests That Could Help Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic

One detects an active infection; another signals that the virus has already left the body. Both are critical for tracking the spread of disease




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'Full-flower supermoon' rises on world starting to emerge from pandemic lockdowns

The last "supermoon" of 2020 rose in the night sky on Thursday over a world beginning to re-emerge after weeks of coronavirus-related lockdowns.




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Green hydrogen's time has come, say advocates eying post-pandemic world

Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare green investments to kickstart growth, advocates spy a golden chance to drag the niche energy into the mainstream of a post-pandemic world.




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As pandemic rages, anything goes for bitcoin's third 'halving'

Bitcoin is about to undergo a scheduled technical adjustment as the number of new coins awarded the computer wizards who "mine" the cryptocurrency will be cut in half, but forecasting which way its price will move afterward is more complicated now.




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Mazda Motor seeks $2.8 billion in loans to ride out pandemic: source

Mazda Motor Corp has sought loans totalling about 300 billion yen ($2.8 billion) from Japan's three megabanks and other lenders to ride out the coronavirus epidemic, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Saturday.




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Man arrested for coughing on police officer in Bulwell amid coronavirus pandemic

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Prince William praises Church of Scotland for 'reinventing itself' amid coronavirus pandemic

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The NHS workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic

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Prince William says Britain is 'at its best' when faced with crisis as he praises UK for 'pulling together' during coronavirus pandemic

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Man jailed after attacking doctor outside A&E during coronavirus pandemic

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Huawei defends role in UK's 5G network and warns against U-turn after pandemic

Chinese telecoms company Huawei has defended its role in the development of 5G in the UK and said disrupting its involvement would "do Britain a disservice".




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Brits back coronavirus lockdown but fear years of hardship after pandemic, poll finds

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Arrest after nurse's car targeted by thief outside hospital during coronavirus pandemic

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Stray dogs eating bats may have started Covid-19 pandemic, study suggests

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Donald Trump to halt World Health Organisation funding over handling of coronavirus pandemic

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Piers Morgan donates £10,000 to war veteran, 99, walking to fundraise for NHS during coronavirus pandemic

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South Koreans go to the polls wearing masks and plastic gloves in election held amid coronavirus pandemic

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Covid-19 pandemic delays plastic straw and cotton bud ban by six months

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Dominic Raab warns it can't be 'business as usual' with China after coronavirus pandemic

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China suffers worst economic downturn since 1970s amid coronavirus pandemic

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British heritage could be 'lost forever' after coronavirus pandemic, Historic England warns

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe set for update on prison return in Iran after short-term release amid coronavirus pandemic




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Councils to get £1.6billion boost as Government vows to support communities through Covid-19 pandemic

The Government has pledged an extra £1.6 billion in funding to councils to help them tackle the coronavirus pandemic.




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Food For London Now: UK food waste czar Ben Elliot warns pandemic could leave millions hungry

Ben Elliot, the government's food waste Czar, has warned that the coronavirus pandemic could leave millions of Britons hungry.




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Coronavirus UK LIVE: Covid-19 hospital deaths pass 16,000 as Downing Street hits back at criticism of pandemic response

The Government is facing a mounting backlash over its response to the coronavirus pandemic while the death toll of Covid-19 in UK hospitals has passed 16,000.




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Top doctor: Care home shielding 'completely failed' during coronavirus pandemic

Shielding of care and nursing homes has "completely failed", a GP and academic said today amid fears that the number of elderly people who have died is far higher than official statistics show.




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California city slams brake on skate park amid Covid-19 pandemic by filling it with 37 tons of sand

Officials in San Clemente draw line in the sand at local park after weeks of rule-breaking by unruly skateboarders




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Transport for London to place staff on furlough scheme during coronavirus pandemic

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Oil prices in US drop below zero for first time in history as demand plunges amid coronavirus pandemic

Oil prices in the US have dropped into negative territory due to collapse in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Donald Trump unveils plan to suspend all immigration to US amid coronavirus pandemic

The move, which the US leader announced in a tweet in the early hours of Tuesday, effectively achieves a long-term policy goal of the president to curb immigration, making use of the crisis to do so.




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World Health Organisation chief warns 'worst yet ahead of us' in coronavirus pandemic

The World Health Organisation's chief has warned that "the worst is yet ahead of us" in the coronavirus pandemic.




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Questions raised over coronavirus pandemic response with Boris Johnson's initial actions criticised

Questions have been raised over the Government's response to the coronavirus pandemic with Boris Johnson's early actions amid the crisis criticised.




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Unemployment increased by 22,000 to 1.36m before coronavirus pandemic gripped UK

Unemployment increased by 22,000 to 1.36 million in the three months to February, before the coronavirus pandemic gripped the UK, official figures showed.




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Oktoberfest cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

Oktoberfest has been cancelled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Virgin Australia slumps into voluntary administration amid coronavirus pandemic

Virgin Australia has gone into voluntary administration after failing to secure a government bailout due to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Boris Johnson's fiancee Carrie Symonds calls for live animal meat markets to be banned to prevent another Covid-19-like pandemic

Carrie Symonds has signed a petition calling for a worldwide ban on live animal meat markets after coronavirus is thought to have emerged at a "wet market" in Wuhan, China.