Major Indian states seek delay in restarting flights as coronavirus cases rise Rajendra Jadhav, Aditi Shah MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Three large Indian states have sought to delay the planned opening of their airports on Monday as new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped by a record, complicating the federal government’s plan to resume flights after […]
Hyundai India, Maruti workers get coronavirus, showing restart risks Sudarshan Varadhan, Aditi Shah CHENNAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Workers at two of India’s biggest carmakers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus days after restarting operations, exposing the risks companies and the government face in kickstarting the economy. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Three employees at Hyundai Motor Co’s Indian […]
Cyclone Amphan loss estimated at $13 billion in India, may rise in Bangladesh Subrata Nagchoudhary, Ruma Paul KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone that tore through India’s eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a damage of 1 trillion rupees ($13 billion) to infrastructure and crops, state officials said. Residents carry tin sheets salvaged […]
Ivanka Trump draws derision in India for praising migrant’s hard journey home Sanjeev Miglani, Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump’s praise of an Indian teenager’s bicycle ride home hundreds of kilometres away is drawing criticism in India for being insensitive to the plight of impoverished migrant workers struggling in a lockdown. […]
Billionaires’ Net Worth Rises During Pandemic As Millions Go Unemployed: Report U.S. billionaires’ wealth grew 15% while over 38 million Americans filed for unemployment amid the coronavirus crisis. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, HuffPost US U.S. billionaires’ wealth grew substantially over the last two months even as tens of millions of Americans lost their jobs, providing stark […]
Man Serving 18 Years On Marijuana Charges Just Died In Federal Prison COVID-19 Outbreak Fidel Torres, 62, qualified for a sentencing reduction, but the same judge who sentenced him denied it based on infractions while in custody. By Ryan J. Reilly, HuffPost US The most recent inmate to die as the COVID-19 crisis rips through the federal prison system […]
Europe Braces For Second Wave of Coronavirus Infections As lockdowns ease, scientists and government officials now fear a new surge is not a matter of if, but when, and how big. By Sasha Belenky, HuffPost US After months under strict lockdowns, Europeans have finally begun to enjoy a sense of newfound freedom in recent days […]
Trump’s Push To Open Churches Contradicts Jesus’ Teaching To Love Neighbors, Clergy Say Loving your neighbor means keeping them out of harm’s way, Rev. William Barber said — joining other faith leaders criticizing Trump’s push to reopen churches. By Carol Kuruvilla, HuffPost US Several faith leaders are speaking out against President Donald Trump’s demand that […]
Coronavirus Live Updates: Read The Latest About The COVID-19 Outbreak HuffPost Staff HuffPost COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11. More than 5.1 million cases of the virus have been confirmed worldwide, and more than 333,000 people have died from it, according to data […]
US man accused of ‘faking virus sick note’ Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Federal prosecutors have charged a man with faking a coronavirus diagnosis to skip work. Santwon Antonio Davis, 34, is accused of giving a forged doctor’s note to his employer in the US city of Atlanta. As a result the company halted business, sanitised […]