President Donald Trump got Appalachian omelette on his face late Tuesday as the 50th state in the nation finally notched its very first case of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Mere hours before, during a press conference, Trump praised Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice for keeping the infection from entering the Mountain State. During that early afternoon presser, Trump said: We have all of this equipment […]
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India has stepped up its efforts to tackle the coronavirus spreading throughout the country, labeling the virus a “Notified Disaster.” The designation allows local governments to tap into a special disaster-relief fund. Covid-19 virus, which has already infected over 80 people across India, was formally branded a “notified disaster” by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday. Such a designation has effectively put the outbreak on […]
As concerns about coronavirus grow around the globe, the World Health Organization officially designated it Wednesday as a pandemic. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement this morning and emphasized they don’t take this decision lightly: 🚨 BREAKING 🚨 “We have therefore made the assessment that #COVID19 can be characterized as a pandemic”-@DrTedros #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/JqdsM2051A — World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 11, 2020 “Describing […]
Mayor Pete Buttigieg has officially endorsed Joe Biden for president. “I am delighted to endorse and support Joe Biden,” Buttigieg announced in Dallas, Texas, flanked by the former vice president. “We need a politics that’s about decency… that’s what Joe Biden has been practicing his entire life.” Buttigieg dropped out last night, followed by Amy Klobuchar’s announcement today. The Minnesota senator is expected to endorse Biden […]
Just when it looked as though the state of New York couldn’t get any worse of a return on its investment in Tesla, it was announced overnight that Tesla had ended its partnership with Panasonic to produce solar panels at its taxpayer-funded factory in Buffalo. Panasonic says it’s going to stop production in May and be out of the factory by September, according to the WSJ. Tesla, meanwhile, […]
In these times of political division, Americans on the far ends of the political spectrum often accuse each other of misinformation — but one GOP lawmaker wants CNN and the Washington Post to be officially declared “fake news.” Micah Van Huss, a Republican state lawmaker from Tennessee, has introduced a strongly worded amendment to a resolution in a bid to formally recognize the two left-leaning news […]
Incensed by Turkey’s incursion into Idlib which has hindered the Syrian Army’s attempt to liberate the militant-held province, the Syrian parliament officially recognized the mass murder of Armenians a century ago as genocide. The People’s Council (Majlis al-Sha’ab) adopted a resolution Thursday that “condemns and recognizes the genocide committed against the Armenians by the Ottoman state at the start of the twentieth century.” The deaths of […]