Winds are from the Northwest at 16.1 gusting to 21.9 MPH (14 gusting to 19 KT). The pressure is 1012.7 mb and the humidity is 59%.
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[News24Wire] Minister of Police Bheki Cele has revealed that a police officer accused of making blasphemous comments while arresting a group of Muslim men at a mosque last month, has been cleared of wrongdoing.
Russia on the offensive, Brexit Britain stands alone, and US disdain for European allies recalls its naivety with Stalin
Victory in Europe was made possible by a remarkable military collaboration between the main anti-Axis powers – the US, Russia and Britain. But the three-way relationship, between Franklin D Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, was never easy, and it set a pattern of national rivalry, suspicion, fear and distrust that persists to this day.
A row over a top-secret message, known as SCAF-252, sent to Stalin in late March 1945 by Gen Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme allied commander, shows how fraught the relationship could be. In it, Eisenhower detailed his plans for the final defeat of Nazi Germany – but omitted to first consult or inform his British allies.
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Continue reading...A House report found that Americans fleeing Asia and Europe to beat the president’s travel bans faced few temperature checks or other rigorous screenings to see if they were bringing the virus home.
The president’s comments, coming just hours after advisers said the agreement was on track, indicate an increasingly unstable relationship.
Winds are from the West at 16.1 gusting to 28.8 MPH (14 gusting to 25 KT). The humidity is 42%.
The wind chill is 35.
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The W Series has launched an all-female online racing championship aimed at diversifying "what has previously been seen as a predominantly male-dominated activity."
Formula One could race at circuits not on the current calendar as it seeks to rev up a 2020 season stalled by the coronavirus pandemic and against a backdrop of plunging revenues.
Women's Basketball proved to be up to the task this past weekend in Dubuque, IA at the Clarke Classic Basketball Tournament.
Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper didn't hold back in his desire to see major league players taking part in the Olympics when baseball returns to the Summer Games in 2021.
‘Special corona fee’ levied to deter gatherings after police called in to break up crowds
Officials in India’s capital have imposed a special tax of 70% on retail alcohol purchases to deter large gatherings at stores as authorities ease a six-week lockdown imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Taxes on alcohol are a key contributor to the revenue of many of India’s 36 states and federal territories, most of which are running short of funds because of the lengthy disruption in economic activity caused by the virus.
Continue reading...A radical new form of universal basic income could revitalise damaged economies
While countries in east Asia and Europe are gradually taking steps towards reopening their economies, many in the global south are wondering whether the worst of the pandemic is yet to come. As economists who work on poverty alleviation in developing countries, we are often asked what the effects of coronavirus will be in south Asia and Africa. The truth is, we don’t know. Without extensive testing to map the number of cases, it’s impossible to tell how far the virus has already spread. We don’t yet have enough information about how Covid-19 behaves under different conditions such as sunlight, heat and humidity. Developing countries’ more youthful populations may spare them the worst of the pandemic, but health systems in the global south are poorly equipped to deal with an outbreak, and poverty is linked to co-morbidities that put people at a higher risk of serious illness.
Without the information widespread testing provides, many poorer countries have taken an extremely cautious approach. India imposed a total lockdown on 24 March, by which time the country had about 500 confirmed cases. Countries such as Rwanda, South Africa and Nigeria enforced lockdowns in late March, long before the virus was expected to peak. But these lockdown measures can’t last forever. Poorer countries could have used the quarantine to buy time, gather information about how the disease behaves and develop a testing and tracing strategy. Unfortunately, not much of this has happened. And, far from coming to their aid, rich countries have outrun poorer nations in the race for PPE, oxygen and ventilators.
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Fayetteville, Arkansas - The Haskel men's cross country team compete in the 28th Annual Chile Pepper Festival.
Bettendorf, Iowa – The Haskell men's cross country team finished in 4th place with 102 points at the Association of Independent Institutions Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
The Bruins' Rachel Garcia and Bubba Nickles and the Wildcats' Dejah Mulipola will play for their college teams and Team USA in the rescheduled Olympics in 2021.
Which NHL team has the deepest farm system? How about the weakest? Which are trending up or down? We reset the pipelines with prospect system superlatives.
The Kontinental Hockey League says it will not name a champion after it stopped the season part-way through the playoffs because of the coronavirus pandemic.