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Shanghai Disneyland Sells Out Of Tickets For Post-Shutdown Reopening
Business
Shanghai's Disneyland sold out

It took only minutes for Shanghai Disneyland to run out of tickets to Monday's reopening, as people jumped at a chance to visit the amusement park for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak forced it to close in late January.
Shanghai Disneyland says it's taking "a deliberate approach" as it reopens.

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Fri May 08 - Npr
Technology
Google Duo to add more features
Fri May 08
Google Duo adding group calls on the web, link invites, more
Technology
Google Duo to add more features

Work and personal video calling are surging in light of COVID-19, with Google announcing a handful of new Duo features last month to support that demand. Google Duo is soon adding group calling on the web and link sharing, as well as a family mode. This new feature requires that you’re signed into Duo with your Google Account.

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Fri May 08 - 9to5google
Brazil’s Education Minister will reward universities to restart teaching activities
International
Brazil’s Education Minister will reward universities to restart teaching activities

Education Minister of Brazil, Abraham Weintraub said that he will reward universities that restart education activities in Brazil, despite growing coronavirus infections in the country. Abraham Weintraub came under the spotlight recently for his highly racist tweet about China. He said, “those who are teaching classes will receive more resources and will be awarded.” Federal and State governments in Brazil are not on the same page regarding reopening of universities

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Fri May 08 - Insidehighered
Global coronavirus cases near 4 million
International
Global coronavirus cases near 4 million

According to the latest numbers released by health officials, global coronavirus infections currently stand at 3,950,321 with over 271,000 deaths. The total number of recoveries around the world are now at 1,359,000. The US tops the list with the most number of COVID-19 cases, the number which is currently near 1.3 million. The total number of deaths in the US crossed 77,000

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Fri May 08 - Worldometers
US economy lost around 10.5 million jobs in April
Business
The US lost 20.5 million jobs in April

Most parts of the US economy is in a self-imposed shutdown to curb the impact of coronavirus. According to the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, the US economy lost a record 20.5 million jobs in April. The unemployment rate jumped to 14.7% in the previous month, marking the record reading since the Bureau started recording the rate in 1948

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Fri May 08 - CNN
London becomes a new hub of Tik Tok
Technology
London becomes a new hub of Tik Tok

TikTok, the world's most popular social media app has quietly made London its new hub in Europe. TikTok has been downloaded over 2 billion times globally and has the largest office in Los Angeles but now London is inching closer to the top spot. Company is looking for a lead machine-learning engineer in London and is willing to pay an annual basic salary of £200,000

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Fri May 08 - CNBC
WeChat reportedly surveilling content posted by foreign users
Technology
WeChat reportedly surveilling content posted by foreign users

According to the research center Citizen Lab, Chinese Tech giant Tencent has been surveilling content posted by non-Chinese users to refine censorship on its platform. The company declined to comment on the matter. The US already raised concerns about the flow of data from apps and services owned by Chinese companies. WeChat has more than 1 billion users around the world

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Fri May 08 - CNBC
Best Buy to reopen 30 stores in Chicago
Business
Best Buy reopens 30 stores in Chicago for appointment shopping

Retailer Best Buy announced that they are opening 30 stores in the Chicago-area, but only for shoppers with prior appointment. Best Buy plans to reopen 200 stores across the US as the country is moving towards reopening its economy. “Since each customer’s appointment will have a dedicated sales associate, there will be a limited number of customers in the store at any one time,” company said in a website post

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Fri May 08 - Chicagosuntimes
X Æ A-12 Musk, newly born baby boy of Elon Musk
International
X Æ A-12 Musk taking the Internet by storm

Elon Musk and musician Grimes announced the birth of their baby boy on May 4, since then, the baby has been in the news because of his “Innovative” name, Musk named his newly born son X Æ A-12 Musk, sparking discussions about the pronunciation, legality, and meaning of the name. While both of them have different versions of this name, as per California’s Birth Registration handbook, this name is illegal

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Fri May 08 - Insider
Singapore officers tested positive for COVID-19
International
Two quarantine officers in Singapore tested positive for COVID-19

Singapore’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday that two quarantine officers who served orders at different dormitories of foreign workers tested positive for Coronavirus. The first officer is a 36-year-old Singaporean who experienced symptoms on Tuesday while the second officer, a 23-year-old Singaporean experienced mild symptoms on April 30. Both officers didn’t have any travel history

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Fri May 08 - CNA
China discovers a huge natural gas belt
International
China discovers a huge natural gas belt

PetroChina, the country’s largest gas and oil producer discovered a huge natural gas belt with an estimated reserve of over 1 trillion cubic meters in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The newly discovered gas belt is around 130 KM away from Sichuan’s capital Chengdu. PetroChina supplies natural gas to more than 1,000 large and medium-sized industrial companies and more than 20 million households in southwest China

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Fri May 08 - Xinhuanet
India's biggest evacuation mission since the Gulf War
International
India begins repatriation operation to bring back 200,000 citizens

India started a repatriation operation to ultimately bring back more than 200,000 Indians stranded in different parts of the world. More than 300 Indians arrived from Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Passengers arrived in Kerala and went into quarantine. Over the next week, more than 15,000 Indians are expected to return on different Air India flights. This would be India’s biggest evacuation mission since 1990 from Kuwait during the Gulf War

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Fri May 08 - BBC
Sidewalk labs scrapped plans for Toronto smart city
Business
Google has scrapped plans to build a smart city in Toronto

Dan Doctroff, CEO of Google’s sister company Sidewalk labs announced that the company has scrapped a plan to build a smart city in Canada due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a medium post, Doctroff said "As unprecedented economic uncertainty has set in around the world, and in the Toronto real estate market, it has become too difficult to make the 12-acre project financially viable”

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Thu May 07 - BBC
China takes another major step toward space station with new rocket launch
Science
China launches a new rocket, inching closer to the space station

According to the reports from stat-run news agency Xinhua, China's latest large carrier rocket made its first successful flight Tuesday, marks an important step in the nation's plan to build a space station. The new rocket model is a variant of the Long March-5 and can carry larger payloads -- up to 22 tonnes into low-Earth orbit.

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Thu May 07 - CNN
Ancient Earth-like rivers found on Mars are 3.7 billion years old
Science
3.7 billion years old rivers found on Mars

NASA says some of the satellite images show the existence of mysterious streaks on Mars, caused by flowing water. New research has shown that billions of years ago, there wasn't just water present on Mars, but entire rivers and lakes!. This latest research shows the first ever evidence that there were rivers and lakes on Mars' surface around 3.7 billion years ago.

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Thu May 07 - BBC
Science
Pentagon's new mission
Thu May 07
Pentagon announces new mission for secretive space drone
Science
Pentagon's new mission

The US Air Force said Wednesday that it would be sending its high-tech X-37B space drone back into orbit this month, makes it the sixth trip for the reusable vehicle that maneuvers around the Earth on secretive missions. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which looks like a small version of the manned space shuttles retired in 2011, will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on May 16, AirForce said.

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Thu May 07 - Yahoo
NBA teams can reopen practice facilities Friday; at the moment, only three teams are on board
Sports
NBA teams reopening practice facilities

Good news for the NBA fans as teams are ready to open their practice facilities to a limited number of players at a time, but just a few teams – the Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets and maybe another team or two plan to make their facility available on that day as per latest news.

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Thu May 07 - Usatoday
Trump says coronavirus crisis is ‘worse’ than Pearl Harbor, 9/11 attacks
International
Coronavirus is worse than 9/11, says Trump

US President Trump said Wednesday the coronavirus “attack” is “worse” than the Pearl Harbor and 9/11 attacks. The country has reported 71,064 coronavirus-related deaths, while 2,403 people died at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and 2,977 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. When asked if he was accepting the fact that more people would die under a quick reopening, Trump said “it could very well be the case"

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Thu May 07 - Foxnews
Pompeo says more trade talks with Chinese possible even as he accuses them of coronavirus coverup
International
Pompeo says US is still open for more trade talks with China

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said that the trade talks door is still open even as he tripled down on accusations that the country's leadership sought to conceal information about the origins of the coronavirus. Since the first deal was signed, the coronavirus has slowed the global economy, and President Donald Trump has said he may scrap the deal

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Thu May 07 - CNBC
GM hopes to raise billions in new bond offering amid coronavirus pandemic
Business
GM expecting billions in the new bond offering

US automaker General Motors said Monday that it is suspending its quarterly dividend and planning to raise billions through new bond offerings. General Motors is taking steps to shore up its balance sheet as the coronavirus keeps plants shuttered and auto sales depressed, the company said Thursday. The stock is down 39.3% in 2020 as the coronavirus has devastated vehicle sales and shuttered auto plants.

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Thu May 07 - Cnbc
Finger pointing amid coronavirus pandemic has widened a gulf in U.S.-China relations
Business
Tension in the US-China relations over Coronavirus issue

Tension between the US and China rising as US suffered the most from pandemic. Relations between the U.S. and China, strained for years, have deteriorated at a rapid clip in recent months, leaving the two nations with fewer shared interests and a growing list of conflicts. Nearly every cabinet and cabinet-level official either has adopted adversarial positions or jettisoned past cooperative programs with Beijing, an analysis of their policies showed.

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Thu May 07 - Marketwatch
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy as it struggles with debt and coronavirus fallout
Business
Another Luxury retailer files for bankruptcy over debt issues

US luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, saddled with debt and hit by the coronavirus pandemic, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday with a deal to hand its business over to its creditors. The bankruptcy filing will help it eliminate roughly $4 billion in debt that remains as a memento from its sale to private equity firms Ares Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in 2013.

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Thu May 07 - Cnbc
Second edition of 'The Disney Family Singalong' adds John Legend, Katy Perry
Entertainment
The Disney Family Singalong adds John Legend and Katy Perry

ABC announced Wednesday that John Legend , Katy Perry, Tituss Burgess, Sabrina Carpenter, Jennifer Hudson , Lang Lang and more stars have been added to the roster for the next edition of the TV event, which is set to air Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on ABC. The first "Disney Family Singalong," which aired last month, captured more than 10 million viewers and along with a surprise appearance by Beyoncé.

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Thu May 07 - Cnn
Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt Team Up for Superhero Film ‘Ball and Chain’
Entertainment
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt reuniting for a Superhero Film

Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are re-teaming on the superhero movie “Ball and Chain” following their collaboration on “Jungle Cruise.” In addition to starring, Johnson and Blunt are also producing. The two actors will appear in Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” which had been set to be released on July 24, but but was pushed to July 30, 2021 due to theater closures amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Thu May 07 - Variety
Entertainment
Author Emily Giffin offers apology
Thu May 07
Author Emily Giffin apologizes after blasting Meghan Markle as ‘phony’
Entertainment
Author Emily Giffin offers apology

Author Emily Giffin said that while her “feelings about BOTH Harry and Meghan changed” in recent months as they decided to leave their senior royal duties behind, her criticism of the former actress “has never had anything to do with her race.” Among her initial comments about Meghan, Giffin posted a still from Meghan and Archie’s video to her Instagram story with the caption: “Happy Birthday, Archie.

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Thu May 07 - Pagesix