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Kim Clijsters started in tennis as a rival to an early-career Serena Williams u2014 now the former world number one and mother of three is back on the WTA Tour for the first time since 2012.

As many lose their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the actors are helping those living in the Los Angeles buildings they own.

India’s decision to impose a 21-day lockdown, which was announced on Tuesday, comes after a call from the UN health agency, WHO, for the country to take “aggressive action”.

How has your life changed during Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order?

Voting advocacy groups and the mayor of Wisconsin's largest city on Tuesday urged Gov. Tony Evers to close polling sites and conduct the state's spring election entirely by mail to protect voters and a dwindling pool of election workers from the coronavirus.

With his knowledgeable understanding of coronavirus as seen during his daily press briefing, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has become The Nation's Governor, easily surpassing Rudolph Giuliani’s 9/11 title of The Nation's Mayor. Much to Giuliani’s...

1. Playwright Terrence McNally Dies Of Complications Due To Coronavirus  Deadline
2. 'Ragtime' playwright Terrence McNally dies from coronavirus complications  USA TODAY
3. Terrence McNally, celebrated playwright who chronicled gay lives, dies at 81 from coronavirus  The Washington Post
4. Playwright Terrence McNally dead of coronavirus complications at 81  New York Post
5. Terrence McNally, Tony-Winning Playwright, Dies at 81 of Coronavirus Complications  msnNOW
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OSLO — Norway’s central bank said on Tuesday it would offer an F-loan in U.S. dollars with a maturity of three months, in a move coordinated with Danish and Swedish central banks. The auction will will open at 1400 CET (1300 GMT) on Thursday and will have a maximum allotment volume of $5 billion. Last […]

100% Warrior wrote:

We’ll have a clearer picture in 3 weeks IMO. It all depends on the infection and death rate then, if it’s still climbing I wouldn’t expect any sport to resume until August/September at the earliest. If it’s fallen we’re looking at June/July.

As long as people aren’t idiots and follow the guidance we’ll be alright.

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Unlike Monday, there was no shortage of buses to ferry passengers

LinkedIn senior vice president of product and CEO in waiting Ryan Roslansky shared an update on steps that the professional network's editorial team is taking to help members deal with the coronavirus pandemic. An official Covid-19 storyline was added to LinkedIn's Daily Rundown, which is distributed in nine languages and in 96 countries. It includes...

The Jammu and Kashmir Administration on Tuesday announced the release of wages for daily workers, ration packets for slum-dwellers and destitute and set up health camps in vulnerable areas in the Union Territory. The decision was taken by the Administrative Council at an emergency meeting chaired by Lt Governor G C Murmu here, an official spokesman said. He said the meeting decided on a number of welfare measures, particularly for the most vulnerable sections and the unorganised sector in the context... Читать дальше...

Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden talks to CNN's Jake Tapper about how he believes President Donald Trump should let the experts and scientists do the talking about coronavirus.

Italy on Tuesday received more reassuring evidence that its coronavirus infection rate was slowing thanks to a painful lockdown that other nations are starting to apply at great economic cost. Health officials across the ravaged Mediterranean country are poring over every new piece of data to see whether two weeks of bans and closures have made a dent in the crisis. The harshest restrictions are theoretically due to expire on Wednesday evening -- although the government is all but certain to extend them in some form for weeks or even months. Читать дальше...

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Technology, Americas

The latest laptop puts up a good fight against Apple's competition.

For a while there, it really seemed like we saw the last of the MacBook Air. But as we collectively wrote off this once-groundbreaking product, the updated 2020 MacBook Air has pulled apart the curtains and entered the laptop wars, much to the delight of all die-hard Apple fans out there. 

Design-wise, the 2020 version isn’t much different from previous years... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that coronavirus restrictions, which have shut down businesses in many places across the country, could themselves lead to fatalities.

Cannabis sales are touching new highs as customers across the US and Canada stockpile weed to prepare for long spells of isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic. Between March 16 and March 22, sales of recreational cannabis across key US markets, including California, Colorado, Oregon and Alaska, were up 50 percent and medical marijuana sales...

The Carolina Panthers made it official and released quarterback Cam Newton. The Panthers choosing to go this route shouldn’t come as a surprise. This scenario has been hinted at for a few weeks now. It was only a matter of time before Carolina came to this ultimatum with Cam. Cam is.. healthy? A lot of […]

South Africans panic buying reflect on the news of the three-week shutdown.

Ryan Reynolds has proven himself to be a true national treasure throughout the pandemic.

1. Sports Direct hikes home gym prices by 50% after boss Mike Ashley claims stores must stay open  The Sun
2. Coronavirus: Sports Direct U-turns on opening after backlash  BBC South East Wales
3. Sports Direct agrees to shut up shop after furore  The Times
4. Sports Direct misjudges what’s essential to the nation  Financial Times
5. Sod off, Sports Direct – you are not an essential service  The Independent
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These inmates are all either being held in jail pending their trials or they are behind bars because after violating parole conditions, the suit says.

Several factors unique to the continent will complicate the efforts to reduce coronavirus infections

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois

What’s next?

March 22, 2020

The (Champaign) News-Gazette

Pritzker really ups the ante

Now the people of Illinois - not to mention those in other areas of the country - are really in uncharted territory.

“Shelter in place” sounds so much nicer ...