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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
White House likely to advise people in virus hot spots to wear masks
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WASHINGTON: The White House is expected to issue guidance for people in areas hard hit by the coronavirus to wear face masks to help stop the spread of the virus, an administration official said on Thursday (Apr 2). The announcement was not planned for Thursday, the official said, and would be targeted at areas with high community
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
Sanders says still in White House fight despite Biden surge
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BURLINGTON: Bernie Sanders on Wednesday (Mar 11) dashed speculation over an immediate end to the Democratic primary contest, saying he remains in the fight against centrist frontrunner Joe Biden, despite pressure to withdraw for the sake of party unity. But in a brief, passionate speech carried on live television, Sanders also made clear that his
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya: Conservationists
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NAIROBI: Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said on Tuesday (Mar 11), in a major blow for the rare animals found nowhere else in the world. The bodies of the two giraffes were found “in a skeletal state after being killed by armed poachers” in Garissa in eastern
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Trump defiant as White House is rebuked for coronavirus response
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump defended the “perfectly coordinated” US response to the coronavirus epidemic on Sunday (Mar 8) amid heavy criticism over health cuts and strategic blunders that have failed to stem its rapid spread. The virus has reached 30 US states, with Oregon the latest to declare a state of emergency on Sunday, and 60
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Harris endorses one-time rival Biden’s White House bid
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JACKSON, Mississippi: US Senator Kamala Harris, a former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, on Sunday (Mar 8) said she would endorse her one-time rival Joe Biden’s bid for the White House. “I have decided that I am, with great enthusiasm, going to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States,” she said in a recorded message
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren to end 2020 Democratic White House bid
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WASHINGTON: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the liberal firebrand who emerged as a top Democratic contender for the White House on the strength of an anti-corruption platform backed by a dizzying array of policy proposals, will tell staff on Thursday (Mar 5) she is ending her campaign, according to a source familiar with the plan. A former
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Liberal firebrand Warren to end 2020 Democratic White House bid
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WASHINGTON: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the liberal firebrand who emerged as a top Democratic contender for the White House on the strength of an anti-corruption platform backed by a dizzying array of policy proposals, will tell staff on Thursday (Mar 5) she is ending her campaign, according to a source familiar with the plan. A former
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Commentary: COVID-19 just one of a few ‘white swans’ that could trigger next global economic crisis
NEW YORK: In my 2010 book, Crisis Economics, I defined financial crises not as the “black swan” events that Nassim Nicholas Taleb described in his eponymous bestseller, but as “white swans”. According to Taleb, black swans are events that emerge unpredictably, like a tornado, from a fat-tailed statistical distribution. Advertisement Advertisement But I argued that