President Donald Trump has apparently had it up to here with Fox News’ occasional break from its steadfast loyalty to his agenda.
European Tourist Destinations Mull How To Attract Travelers Again
AYIA NAPA, Cyprus (AP) — The Mediterranean resort town of Ayia Napa is known for its boisterous parties. Each summer, thousands of young foreign tourists pack the dance floors of its nightlife district after a day at the beach.
But the pandemic silenced the exuberant Napa Strip district as the island nation of Cyprus went into a lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Now nightclub owners wonder when social distancing rules will be eased enough for the party to resume — and what those new parties will look like.
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WHO Takes Cautious Approach In Responding To Trump’s Threat
GENEVA — A spokeswoman for the World Health Organization says the U.N. health agency doesn’t have an immediate reaction to a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump that listed his complaints, including “an alarming lack of independence” from China in its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib says she’s seen the letter.
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UK Jobless Claims Jump By 70% As Coronavirus Batters Economy
LONDON (AP) — Unemployment claims in Britain jumped by a record amount in April to their highest level since the 1990s, underscoring the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the economy despite government programs to keep workers on payrolls.
Jobless claims surged by 856,000 in April, to 2.1 million, the highest since 1996 and an increase of 69% from the month before, the Office of National Statistics said Tuesday. The figures covered only the first weeks of the lockdown, said Jonathan Athow, a statistician at the ONS.
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EU Urges Countries To Back World Health Org After Trump’s Threat
BRUSSELS — The European Union is supporting the World Health Organization. The EU is urging all countries to back the U.N. agency after President Donald Trump threatened to permanently cut U.S. funding.
European Commission spokeswoman Virginie Battu-Henriksson says global cooperation is “the only effective and viable option to win this battle.”
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Report: Trump Won’t Hold Obama Portrait Ceremony In WH, Rejecting Tradition
In a snub to former President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump will reportedly flout the tradition of a sitting president unveiling an official portrait of his or her predecessor to hang in the White House.
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Pelosi Says ‘Morbidly Obese’ Trump Shouldn’t Take Anti-Malaria Drug For COVID-19
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY) brought up President Donald Trump’s weight on Monday night in response to his claim that he had been taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to protect himself from COVID-19 (the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has urged non-health professionals to abstain from using the drug, which has not been proven to treat the virus).
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Trump Threatens To Terminate US’ Membership To WHO To Push Anti-China Conspiracy Theory
President Donald Trump sent a letter to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday threatening to permanently yank the U.S.’ funding to the organization and terminate the country’s membership based on his conspiracy theory that the WHO allowed China to cover up the COVID-19 outbreak when it first began ramping up in the beginning of the year.
Trump Claims He Is Taking Anti-Malaria Drug To Prevent COVID-19 Infection
President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in an attempt to prevent against a novel coronavirus infection — despite the Food and Drug Administration warning against using the drug outside of a hospital or clinical setting.
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Pompeo Claims He Didn’t Know That Fired IG Was Investigating Him
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that he didn’t know the inspector general of the State Department was investigating him for mistreating a political appointee, but confirmed that he recommended his firing to President Donald Trump.
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