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Coronavirus: furloughed CERN physicists release design for Covid-19 patient ventilator

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A group of physicists and engineers affiliated with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) have developed a prototype ventilator designed for Covid-19 patients as health authorities in the US and Europe scramble to treat those stricken by the respiratory ailment.The high energy ventilator (HEV) designed by 31 now-furloughed CERN associates is meant to address the particular needs of Covid-19 patients under long-term care and those in their recovery phase, according to a…



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Two dead in France stabbing rampage, police suspect terrorist motive

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A man went on a knife rampage in a town in southeastern France on Saturday, killing two people in what is being treated as a terrorist attack.The attack in broad daylight, which President Emmanuel Macron called “an odious act”, took place with the country on lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus.The reasons behind the stabbing spree remain unclear although Interior Minister Christophe Castaner spoke of the suspect’s “terrorist journey” and counterterrorism prosecutors…



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Pakistan to challenge acquittal in 2002 killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl

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The Pakistani foreign minister said on Saturday that the government will file an appeal against a court decision acquitting the man accused of the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.“It has been decided to file an appeal against the decision in the Supreme Court,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a statement.The US had expressed concerns over the decision, which Qureshi said were “natural”.“It is now up to the court either to dismiss or (uphold) the appeal,”…



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Former employee of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Office dies after falling from residential building

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A former press officer at the Chief Executive Office plunged from a residential building to his death on Saturday afternoon, the Hong Kong government has confirmed.The suicide came five days after the 32-year-old, surnamed Tam, resigned from his job. In a statement, the Information Services Department said it felt deep regret over the death, adding it would offer all possible support to his family.The Chief Executive Office also expressed shock and sorrow at the incident.According to police, a…



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Coronavirus latest: China sends over 1,000 ventilators to crisis-hit New York

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New York is poised to get over 1,100 ventilators from China and Oregon as it scrambles to line up more breathing machines for the sickest coronavirus patients, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday.The Chinese government and billionaires Jack Ma and Joseph Tsai, the co-founders of the online marketplace Alibaba, facilitated a gift of 1,000 ventilators that were due to arrive Saturday, Cuomo said. He said the state of Oregon had volunteered to send 140 more breathing machines.“It’s going to…



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Coronavirus: about 130 riot police in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon region ordered into quarantine

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About 130 Hong Kong riot police have been ordered into quarantine after two officers from the same unit were infected with the coronavirus, the Post has learned.Nearly all of the elite team tackling disorder in the West Kowloon region will be out of action and their jobs covered by officers from other districts.The force has also recommended that all police officers get tested.It came as a 46-year-old sergeant from the Police Tactical Unit (PTU) of West Kowloon region was confirmed as infected…



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Coronavirus: Spain records 124,700 infections to become Europe’s virus epicentre, even as cases stabilise

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Spain on Saturday became the epicentre of the coronavirus crisis in Europe, but there was cause for hope in the country’s pandemic situation, with the daily rise in cases declining further to less than 6 per cent.Around 7,000 new cases of infection were confirmed, bringing the total cases to more than 124,700, the Health Ministry said.Over 34,000 patients have recovered from Covid-19, the pneumonia-like disease caused by the novel coronavirus, since the start of the outbreak, a daily rise of…



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Mass lockdowns in Europe may have helped save 59,000 lives, says study

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Mass lockdowns and widespread social distancing may have prevented 59,000 Covid-19 deaths, according to a new model from Imperial College in London.A team of researchers – including Neil Ferguson, whose projections helped inform the British government’s response to the outbreak and Samir Bhatt – estimated that tens of thousands of lives had been saved in 11 countries as a result of measures such as case isolation, school closures, bans on mass gatherings as well as local and national lockdowns…



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Greedy landlords must be forced to cut rent in coronavirus crisis

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“You guys are fat. We have fed you for years. I hope you don’t only talk about the spirit of the contracts. I hope you can talk about the conscience of corporate social responsibility.”The quote of the week comes from Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, the lawmaker representing the catering sector, in calling out Hong Kong’s money-grubbing landlords for not chipping in to ease the burden on commercial tenants whose businesses have been devastated by the coronavirus crisis.I’m not sure if Cheung was…



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Coronavirus: US and China reignite their war of words, this time in Europe

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China and the United States have reignited their war of words over the Covid-19 pandemic, with their respective ambassadors to the Netherlands engaging in a public dispute that began with an allegation that Beijing had not been transparent in its coverage of the health crisis.In an interview with Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad published on Friday, US ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra said Beijing’s lack of accuracy in its reporting of fatality rates had caused Washington to misjudge…



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