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In the fight against Coronavirus, every day counts — and everyone is being called on to do their part. Reigning Premier League champions Manchester City came forward to offer the Etihad Stadium to be used by the National Health Service (NHS). The Manchester City is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. This stadium will be used to train the doctors and nurses during the pandemic. A temporary hospital is being a the Manchester Central Convention Complex to combat the worst case scenarios in the future. At present, 10,000 people are being tested for the symptoms of the virus while the Government expecting to raise it by 25,000. Around 20,000 people have been tested positive for the virus and over 1200 people have died due to it. Healthcare and social care workers are treated with higher priority for these tests. With English football not set to resume until April 30 many of the clubs are allowing to use of their facilities to suppress the outbreak. According to a sour...

The Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) announced a humanitarian truce to deal with the Coronavirus last Saturday, The two sides have blamed each other since Sunday for violating the truce. LNA representative Ahmed Al-Mismari on Monday blamed GNA for disrupting the declared truce in Al-Hirah, South of Tripoli and used artillery for the bombing. In Ain Zara, there are two peoples had been killed by the bullet landed in their home said the GNA operation room "Vulcan of Anger". A large number of reinforcements were received from Turkey for the Tripoli forces, it includes thousands of Syrian fighters transferred by Turkey President Erdogan. The Libyan National Army(LNA) led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar arrested the militias of the tripoli-based Government at the Ain Zara battle axis in South Tripoli yesterday. LNA fought off on Wednesday an enormous assault on its powers, by civilian armies aligned with GNA, at al-Wit...

The United Arab Emirates has emerged as a saviour for many for sending medical supplies, humanitarian aid, and other support to the nations breaking under the burden of coronavirus. Last week, The gulf nation shipped a second supply of medical equipment to Iran, one of the worst hit nation by the pandemic outbreak where over 800 Iranians succumbed to the deadly contagion.  “Providing life-saving assistance to those experiencing distress is essential to serving the common good,” the UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy said in a statement. “The leadership and people stand shoulder to shoulder with nations in their time of need.” On Thursday, Greece received eleven tons of medical supplies donated by the UAE to via a special Etihad Airways flight. The supplies included special coveralls for medical protection, medical gloves and sanitizer among other things, which were to be distributed across the nation.  Greece gove...

As people move towards the unemployment benefit safety net, the US has a very tough economic balancing act on its hands. Second week of March saw a surge in the number of unionized workers from the service and hospitality industry filling in paperwork for unemployment benefits. According to formal estimates, a record 3.28 million workers are said to have applied for unemployment benefits by the end of last week. The decade long run and claim on job growth, seems to now not hold good for the US economy.  There is a literally five time increase in the number of people running for claiming unemployment benefits, due to the sudden hit to the world economy as nations are forced to come under a physical lock-down to contain Covid-19 disease to spread any further. Covid-19 is a disease resulting from exposure to the Corona Virus and is highly contagious. Amongst the American states, Pennsylvania, Ohio and California are said to have reported more than 100,000 claims, leaving...

The challenging situation of global warming has been attributed to the increase in concrete jungles and the depletion in green covers across the globe. But this might just become a problem of the past, as fungi could be the solution to all the concretization issues of the world. According to Ian Fletcher, senior professor of Architecture, Leeds Beckett University, fungi can actually be used to create a green construction industry. The actual construction material is derived from fungi. They are called mycelium composites. This material is created by growing mycelium – the thread-like main body of a fungus – of certain mushroom-producing fungi on agricultural wastes. Current updates confirm that together, buildings and construction  contribute s to 39% of the world’s carbon footprint. Energy used to heat, cool and light buildings accounts for 28% of these emissions too. Amongst these, households are the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases since 2015, accounting for ...

The Covid-19 disease from the corona virus has definitely led to discover a new way of life and work, but researchers believe, the emergence of this pandemic, could actually solve the global warming problem.  According to Glen Peters, Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo, there is a strong connection between world economic activities and carbon dioxide emissions. Fossil fuel continues to rule the roost, and therefore resultant emissions have lead to a hole in the ozone layer and disruption in many natural cycles of the Earth.  Researchers are now sharing how the pandemic could actually be resulting in the reduction in the CO2 emission levels worldwide. As social distancing becomes the norm to contain the spread of the virus, people are inbound and forced to keep off modes of transport.  “But prudent spending of economic stimulus measures, and a permanent adoption of new work behaviors, could influence how emissi...

The United States regrets France’s release of Iranian citizen Jalal Ruhollanejad, whom Washington accuses of violating US sanctions.  This is stated in a statement issued on Sunday by the head of the State Department’s press service, Morgan Ortegus.  “The United States deeply regrets the unilateral decision of France to release Iranian citizen Jalal Rohollahnejad , whose extradition the US requested,” the Department of State said. “This person is accused of illegally exporting military equipment in violation of US sanctions. In the common interests of the United States and France  bring to justice those accused of serious crimes, especially in the area of national security. "  According to Washington, the French side has not fulfilled its obligations in ensuring justice.  On March 20, the Iranian Broadcasting Corporation IRIB reported that French authorities had released an Iranian prisoner, Jalal Rohollahnejad , who was serving a sentence for tryi...

The UAE has taken several steps to achieve national and international commitments, it has also reached the most powerful levels of examination and prevention forces worldwide. Leaders of the UAE didn't cut nationals and residents security and well-being, they held negativity and spread positivity with all the communities. The administrators and officials guaranteed unlimited food and medical supplies, and supermarkets, stores and hospitals managed the same level of assistance without confusion and fear. With the complete administration and assistance from the leaders, actions have been taken sincerely also the mosques and other worshipping places in the nation are now ended till the pandemic is ended. The nation has also quickly begun Distance Learning Programmes for the public and private institution, along with higher learning, in works of practicing social distancing, fortunately, additionally, they have reached all UAE citizens reading abroad to guarantee their securi...

Netflix has consented to limit the speed at which it transmits shows to subscribers to decrease its traffic across Europe by 25% – a measure that may influence picture quality for viewers – in a contract with the EU to guarantee that broadband systems perform well as a large number of people are quarantined to their homes. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings consented to regulate the bit rate across Europe and the UK for 30 days. Netflix has 51 million subscribers across Europe, and 11 million in the UK. The deal comes after discussions with Thierry Breton, the industry commissioner of the EU's executive branch, the EC. "We assess that this will lessen Netflix traffic on European networks by around 25% while additionally guaranteeing proper quality service for our viewers." Netflix representative expressed. Social separating measures and lock-down to battle the coronavirus have increased the demand for internet capacity because of which a few clients will see a dr...

To combat the ongoing global health crisis, human and artificial intelligence came together to work towards creating a vaccine to cure coronavirus. The world’s most powerful supercomputer, Summit, aided researchers in identifying chemical compounds which could be used to build a vaccine.  Summit, IBM’s fastest supercomputer built with ‘Brain of AI’ observed about 8000 simulations out of which it identified 77 drug compounds which could be used to build an effective chemical combination to stop the infected cells from spreading. This research was undertaken by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who published their study in the journal ChemRxiv. These findings would form base for the future studies and would prove to be a crucial step in developing a vaccine. However the journey of reaching the final vaccine is still not that close.  “Our results don’t mean that we have found a cure or treatment for the coronavirus,” Jeremy Smith, director of the Univers...

US authorities are considering introducing new sanctions against Russia in order to stabilize the situation in the oil market.   The US Presidential Administration, Donald Trump, intends to intervene in the oil dispute in Russia and Saudi Arabia and wants to urge the authorities to reduce the production of raw materials to the previous volumes.  The United States plans to use diplomatic measures in relation to Riyadh through the Department of State or the National Security Council. The publication notes that it is still unclear what kind of restrictions are being discussed against Russia and what actions of Moscow could provoke their introduction.  Sources say the U.S. oil companies asked for White House intervention. Trump administration is also considering strengthening cooperation with Saudi Arabia to prevent it from returning to the alliance with Russia. Recall that on March 6, OPEC + countries were unable to agree on an additional reduction in oil ...

 They have learned from their mistakes, and would like to make amends with the world as Beijing sends off its intensive care personnel to Europe. New virus cases emerging from the consisting population have not been reported. Reported fresh cases come from foreigners who have now traveled to China.  A delegation of Chinese personnel recently arrived at Milan’s Malpensa airport to help manage Italy’s coronavirus emergency. A contingent of 300 doctors arrived in Italy, one of the many offers made by a guilty Chinese regime to iron out its difference and the severe damage it has caused to the world, due to its negligence and lack of empathy in handling the crises at hand.  Along with personnel, China is also trying to cushion the injury by sending related medical aid in the form of kits, equipment, clothing and padding it up with a lot of positive publicity, that it is seriously apologetic and would like to mend the ties worldwide.  It has extended support to ...

While the whole world is trying different ways of containing the pandemic Covid19 virus, it seems Bangladesh has thrown caution to wind. Repeating a religious mistake that was made in Iran, Bangladesh is preparing for a mass prayer at Raipur where thousands of devotees are meeting to sound on holy hymns or what is better known as ‘healing verses’. Many countries have issued a public warning against mass gatherings and meetings, and this is now being considered a criminal offense.  A similar incident happened in Malaysia where more than 15000 people had gathered and later became the main reason for the Covid-19 virus spreading to neighboring countries like Cambodia, Brunei and Singapore, apart from infecting people locally to the tune of 500.  As the virus is highly contagious in nature, medical advisory across the globe is requesting quarantine and any kind of group gatherings across the world.  According to the local police chief Tota Miah, organisers did not...

A team of researchers in Australia have actually discovered how the human body can fight off the coronavirus through its own immune system, the same way you would fight flu. A pandemic that has gripped the whole world as of now has no apparent vaccine or cure except provision of symptomatic relief.  But the good news that was published in the Nature Medicine Journal this week, claims that people are definitely recovering from the virus as they would recover from a common flu. The research by Melbourne's Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has been praised by other experts, with one calling it "a breakthrough". The group of experts has discovered that there are actually four types of immune cells that can wade off the novel virus. Their findings were based on observing a lady in her late 40's who was admitted to Australian medical services and had arrived from China after being infected. She recovered in 14 days.   According to Professor Kedz...

By Victoria Hudson. An archipelago of 100 million souls and 7000 islands is witnessing the rapid diffusion of Coronavirus cases. The Philippines are preparing to isolate the entire huge metropolitan area of Manila with its 12 million inhabitants for 30 days. The Philippine Department of Health has announced that there are 34 new cases confirmed, bringing the total number to 111 with an escalation since last Thursday, and at least 8 victims. These figures are still far from creating alarm, but the case of Italy, where many Filipino migrants live, has alarmed the authorities and from Sunday to midnight the great metropolis cannot be reached, nor can we leave except in emergencies such as the workers and the "essential" movements of supplies and medical teams. The mayors of the various cities that make up the area of the capital also voted on the decision to impose a curfew from 8 in the evening to 5 in the morning. The area is completely surrounded by army checkpoints.  ...

A court in Virginia ordered the release of WikiLeaks Chelsea Manning from custody due to the fact that there was no need for her testimony in the case concerning this organization and its founder Julian Assange.   Manning, whose name was Bradley before the sex change, has been detained since last May due to her refusal to answer questions from the jury in this case.  Judge Anthony Trang explained his decision by the fact that the jury had completed its work and its testimony was no longer needed.  The trend also ordered the WikiLeaks informant to pay a fine of $ 256 thousand for failure to comply with a court order.  On Wednesday, American media reported that Manning tried to commit suicide while in a penitentiary in Alexandria (Virginia), after which she was hospitalized. She had previously stated that she refused to provide the jury with information for ethical reasons.  Manning emphasized that she does not intend to cooperate with investigato...

The House of Representatives of the US Congress, controlled by Democrats, approved on Wednesday a resolution limiting the powers of President Donald Trump in the use of armed forces against Iran.  In mid-February, the Senate of the American legislature approved the initiative. The initiative was approved by 227 congressmen, 186 legislators spoke out against. Now the resolution is being sent to the head of state’s table, which, as the White House said earlier, intends to veto it.  Democrats currently do not have enough votes in the Republican-controlled upper house of Congress to overcome the presidential veto. The resolution obliges the president not to start military operations against Iran and on its territory until the US administration receives the appropriate permission from Congress, or an “imminent attack on the United States” occurs.  If military operations against Iran have already been launched, the resolution orders the US administration to stop t...

America might have to follow suite with Italy and close down some cities and towns in order to run the whole quarantine.  Apparently, Scott Gottlieb, who was Trump’s first commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration has argued for similar measures in the U.S. “No state and no city wants to be the first to basically shut down their economy. But that’s what’s going to need to happen. States and cities are going to have to act in the…national interest right now to prevent a broader epidemic. Close businesses, close large gatherings, close theaters, cancel events,” said Gottlieb. Speaking over the necessity to a close down, Jay Shambaugh, director of the liberal Hamilton Project think tank has also substantiated that the federal government should immediately increase its share of Medicaid spending by 10 percentage points, relieving states that face rising costs and falling revenue from the virus. “That would be around $60 billion going out to the states. That would be a ...

The Greeks and Turks are waging a proxy war on social media with photos, clips, and comments intended to show that the other side is behaving poorly in a migrant crisis that has severely deteriorated the already strained relations between Athens and Ankara. Migrants from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other regions, estimated to number 35,000, are trying to enter Greece, a member of the European Union in Ankara said on February 28th, that it would not keep migrants on its territory anymore as required under the 2016's agreement with the European Union In exchange for aid. (Greece under attack) and (Greece defending Europe) became popularly used on Greek accounts on Twitter. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşo uglu used (Greece attacking refugees). A video circulated on Monday showed a tractor apparently spraying liquid towards the border fence, to flood the hundreds of migrants gathered on the Turkish side. Some Greek social media users speculated t...

By Victoria Hudson. According to ‘Reuters’ the Russian President Vladimir Putin told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a phone call on Friday that agreements reached between Russia and Turkey at recent talks would stabilize the situation in Syria’s Idlib province. A statement released yesterday by the Kremlin reaffirms that “Bashar al-Assad rated the outcome of the talks between the leaders of Russia and Turkey highly and expressed his gratitude to Russia’s president for supporting the fight against terrorist groups”. During a visit of Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow, Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal in Idlib, aiming to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in the last three months. Erdogan and Putin said they reached agreements on a cease-fire to take effect at midnight Thursday in north-western Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to put forces from the two countries into a direct military conflict. The two le...

The Brazilian Foreign Ministry has notified Venezuelan diplomats that they must leave the country.  The Foreign Ministry note says that if diplomats do not leave Brazil on their own, they will be sent. According to the newspaper, there are currently 17 Venezuelan diplomats in Brazil.  In addition to the embassy in Brasilia, Venezuela has consulates in Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Belen, São Paulo, Recife and Boa Vista. Earlier, the Antagonista portal published an order from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, which states that the country is recalling diplomats and the technical composition of its missions in Venezuela.  In the Bolivarian Republic, there will remain one Brazilian diplomat and employee of the diplomatic immunity department, the publication said. The situation in Venezuela escalated after January 23, 2019, opposition leader Juan Guaidó, whose appointment to the post of speaker of the parliament two days earlier, was canceled by the Supreme Court, d...

The U.S. Armed Forces launched air strikes on militants of the radical Taliban movement in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Wednesday.   This was stated by a representative of the US Armed Forces. According to him, it was an air strike for defensive purposes against the Taliban who attacked the checkpoint of the Afghan armed forces. On February 29, a peace agreement was signed between United States and the Taliban in Doha.   In order to create a favorable environment at the time of signing the agreement, an agreement was reached to establish a seven-day period for reducing violence in Afghanistan, which began on February 22.   On March 2, the Taliban announced the resumption of hostilities against government forces in Afghanistan.

Scientists in Belgium are now coming up with the most environment friendly fat substitute to a dairy derivative. Scientists at Ghent University in Belgium have discovered that larvae fat can actually replace butter fat used extensively in products like muffins, cookies, waffles and cakes.  They are trying to determine if the grease from larvae can actually replace dairy fat, as a result reducing pressure on farm animals and the ecosystem too.  The first experiment happened with soaked Black soldier fly larvae that was blended in a bowl of water, to create a smooth grayish dollop from which insect butter was extracted through a kitchen centrifuge. According to the same research group, insect fats have far more nutritional benefits that we can imagine. For one, they are more sustainable because (insects) use less land (than cattle), they are more efficient at converting feed and they also use less water to produce butter. The substitute can actually have a...

After Erdogan threats again with millions of refugees with djihadistes among them ,who will go to the Turkish border in order to cross towards Europe, the European Union called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to respect the agreements he had previously signed in Brussels. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said through her spokesman on Monday that the European Union and Berlin expect Turkey to honor its agreement with Brussels on preventing migrants from reaching the bloc. "We are convinced of the value of the agreement and expect to honor it," Stephen Seibert told reporters from Berlin. He also considered that if Ankara is not satisfied with the agreement, this should be addressed through talks between the two parties. Moreover, he said, "We are undoubtedly facing a different situation from the spirit of the agreement. But we have not heard anything about its cancellation," considering that the European Union has "so far"...