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The tally of confirmed coronavirus cases in India is approaching 40,000
International
Coronavirus cases in India near 40,000 as global infections reach 3.5 million

The tally of confirmed coronavirus cases in India is approaching 40,000, with a record of 2,644 new cases detected in the last 24 hours. The death toll from Covid-19 has gone up to 1,301 after 83 coronavirus-linked deaths were reported in 24 hours. Global coronavirus cases stand at 3.48 million as the death toll reached 244,791

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Sun May 03 - Livemint
China lied about origin of coronavirus, leaked intelligence report says
International
China lied about origin of coronavirus, leaked intelligence report says

A damning dossier leaked from the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance claims that China lied to the world about human-to-human transmission of the virus, disappeared whistleblowers and refused to hand over virus samples so the West could make a vaccine. Intelligence gathering showed that China had “evidence of human-human transmission from early December,” but continued to deny it could spread this way until January 20, according to the dossier.

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Sat May 02 - Nypost
It's an insane time for Trump to pick (another) fight with China
International
It's an insane time pick (another) fight with China

Multiple Trump administration sources told CNN this week that there is an appetite to use various tools against China, the most alarming of which is the idea of retaliating against China by canceling US debt owed to Beijing, as first reported in The Washington Post. Brusuelas, the RSM economist, warned that canceling US debt held by China would "cause global financial markets to come to a screeching halt"

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Sat May 02 - Cnn
Europe is starting to lift coronavirus restrictions. But might seniors be left out?
International
Europe is starting to lift coronavirus restrictions. But might seniors be left out?

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a recent interview that the elderly may have to remain largely isolated through the end of the year. Efforts to slow the spread of the virus have shuttered social clubs, forced people to stay home and put up walls within families.

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Sat May 02 - Washingtonpost
New Mexico closes roads in Gallup to curb 'uninhibited spread of COVID-19'
International
New Mexico closes roads in Gallup to curb 'uninhibited spread of COVID-19'

On Friday Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham invoked the state’s Riot Control Act to ban all traffic in Gallup for non-residents, ordered all businesses to close from 5pm to 8am, and mandated residents stay home except for essential trips from Friday through Monday. Members of the New Mexico National Guard as well as New Mexico State Police pictured blocking traffic from entering Gallup on Friday under the three-day emergency lockdown order.

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Sat May 02 - Dailymail
Boris Johnson names son after doctors who saved his life
International
Boris Johnson names son after doctors who saved his life

The baby was born on Wednesday and was given the middle name Nicholas in honor of two doctors who treated Boris Johnson while he suffered from coronavirus last month. "Wilfred after Boris' grandfather, Lawrie after my grandfather, Nicholas after Dr. Nick Price and Dr. Nick Hart - the two doctors that saved Boris' life last month," Carrie Symonds, fiancée of the UK PM said on her private Instagram account Saturday

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Sat May 02 - Cnn
Adults In Spain Get A Bit Of Sunshine As Coronavirus Lockdown Partially Lifts
International
Adults In Spain Get A Bit Of Sunshine As Coronavirus Lockdown Partially Lifts

Many across the country enjoyed a balmy spring day, slipping on running shoes, breaking out bicycles, or simply slipping on a mask and heading out for a walk after the national government in Madrid lifted its ban on non-essential outdoor activities.

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Sat May 02 - Npr
Inside Kim Jong Un’s childhood living under a fake name in Switzerland
International
Inside Kim Jong Un’s childhood living under a fake name in Switzerland

Kim was shipped to Switzerland — where an older brother had already gone to study — around age 12 in 1996 during the devastating North Korean famine that killed up to 3 million people. He often walked to school from the unassuming home he lived in with his aunt and other family members not far from the North Korean embassy.

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Sat May 02 - Nypost
SBA watchdog probes small business loans as scrutiny intensifies
Business
SBA watchdog probes small business loans as scrutiny intensifies

In his letter, Ware said the SBA inspector general's office started reviews of the PPP and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program on April 24. “The Criminal Division’s Fraud Section is working with our law enforcement partners, the Small Business Administration and banks processing loans under the Paycheck Protection Program to identify outliers in the data," DOJ spokesperson Peter Carr said.

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Sat May 02 - Politico
Bitcoin Supercycle Theory Ignites Crypto Twitter As BTC Halving Approaches
Business
Bitcoin Supercycle Theory Ignites Crypto Twitter As BTC Halving Approaches

According to PlanB, who recently told Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano that he’s a member of an institutional investment team that manages roughly $100 billion in assets, his latest stock-to-flow model shows BTC rising to $288,000 by the end of 2024. PlanB says the relationship between Bitcoin’s price and its scarcity, determined by dividing the overall supply by its yearly production, are co integrated.

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Sat May 02 - Dailyhodl
The Problem With OPEC's Production Cut
Business
The Problem With OPEC's Production Cut

While the market waits for the critical OPEC+ production cut deal to kick in, early data on OPEC’s April production suggests that it hit 13-month highs in April--30.25 million bpd. This is the second production cut the company announced in the last couple of weeks.

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Sat May 02 - Oilprice
Over 4,900 meat processing employees have tested positive for coronavirus: CDC
Business
Over 4,900 meat processing employees have tested positive for coronavirus: CDC

The CDC said it responded to state and local authorities’ requests for on-site or remote technical assistance after learning of outbreaks in several meat and poultry facilities in early April. By April 27, the CDC received data on coronavirus cases among meat processing employees from 19 of 23 states where at least one case in the industry was reported.

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Sat May 02 - Thehill
Boeing Goes From Bad to Worse as Coronavirus Crushes Air Travel
Business
Boeing Goes From Bad to Worse as Coronavirus Crushes Air Travel

Between compensation payments related to the 737 MAX grounding, delayed aircraft deliveries resulting from customers' distress, and Boeing's need to support its supply chain, cash burn will likely continue to exceed reported losses for most if not all of 2020. While Boeing is doing its best to cut costs, dramatically lower production rates will put pressure on profit margins

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Sat May 02 - Fool
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's coronavirus rant highlights just one of many hurdles automakers face in reopening plants
Business
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's coronavirus rant

Nissan Motor, which has delayed its restart plans at least twice, is expected to reopen in mid-May. The company stopped production on March 20. Tesla, which at one point planned to restart production next week, has not announced when production at its plant in Fremont, California will begin.

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Sat May 02 - Cnbc
What To Know About Remdesivir, The New Coronavirus Treatment Drug
Business
What To Know About Remdesivir, The New Coronavirus Treatment Drug

Health officials have had their eyes on the investigational anti-viral drug for the past few weeks, hoping it may prove to be an effective treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Given the dire need for a cure, the FDA pounced on the findings and authorized the emergency use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients who need it (specifically adults and children who need oxygen therapy ).

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Sat May 02 - Huffpost
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold more than $6 billion in stock in April, its first-quarter earnings show
Business
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold more than $6 billion in stock in April

The billionaire investor's company was widely expected to deploy a chunk of its $128 billion cash pile last quarter, but instead its reserves grew to $137 billion by the end of March. "The amount of investment gains/losses in any given quarter is usually meaningless and delivers figures for net earnings per share that can be extremely misleading to investors who have little or no knowledge of accounting rules,"

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Sat May 02 - Businessinsider
Meghan Markle played ‘leading role’ in move to Los Angeles with Harry: report
Entertainment
Meghan Markle played ‘leading role’ in move to Los Angeles with Harry: report

Stanley Johnson, father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, recently shared with Saga Magazine that he believes the former actress likely convinced her husband Harry to move, asking, “Whose decision was it, I wonder, to build a new life in North America? Johnson, 79, went on to say Markle’s desire to make her way back to North America may be a matter of, “basic cultural difference"

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Sat May 02 - Pagesix
Texas Movie Theaters Reopen With Health, Temperature Checks
Entertainment
Texas Movie Theaters Reopen With Health, Temperature Checks

A handful of movie theaters in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, are set to reopen in the coming days, providing an early test case for coronavirus protection measures. “I feel like it’s really important for our guests to come in and see what we’re doing to protect them,” Roberts says. At EVO, customers will be required to wear masks, while at the Santikos theaters, it’s only encouraged.

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Sat May 02 - Variety
Disney World Trespasser Arrested for Trespassing on Discovery Island
Entertainment
Disney World Trespasser Arrested for Trespassing on Discovery Island

The Alabama man, 42-year-old Richard McGuire, was arrested after Disney security eyed him camping out on the island. Disney has changed its use to a wildlife park, but the various buildings on the island have remained intact. McGuire was camping on the Island since Tuesday, but at some point, security realized something was up.

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Sat May 02 - Tmz
Slack thinks Microsoft Teams is not its competition, but wait...
Technology
Slack thinks Microsoft Teams is not its competition

In a recent 10-Q filing, Slack lists Microsoft Corporation as its "primary competitor." The company also took out a full-page "open-letter" ad in the New York Times three years ago pointed directly at the Redmond-based tech powerhouse.
Teams saw a surge of growth late last year as Microsoft pushed it on its customers, eventually surpassing Slack's count by 8 million with over 20 million active users.

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Sat May 02 - Techspot
With new coronavirus tracker, Apple and Google may finally get their big break in health care
Technology
With new coronavirus tracker, Apple and Google may finally get their big break in health care

A high-profile failure to gain the trust of users, public health agencies and industry partners could "come back to haunt Apple and Google" in future health initiatives, said Joy Pritts, a health privacy expert and a former top adviser for privacy and security at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Sat May 02 - Cnn
Coronavirus continues to change the Play Store charts
Technology
Coronavirus continues to change the Play Store charts

Last month we analyzed how the coronavirus pandemic changed the way we work, study, and communicate and the impact it had on apps people download. Zoom has been the most downloaded free app since March and naturally remains as popular in the charts, given it's widely used by organizations to run meetings, webinars, and classes.

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Sat May 02 - Androidpolice
Coronavirus contact-tracing apps under development, but Michigan isn't joining the effort
Technology
Coronavirus contact-tracing apps under development, but Michigan isn't joining the effort

The Michigan health department said its contact tracing plan, for now, will rely mostly on dogged investigations and phone calls to alert people that may have been infected by the coronavirus, not high-tech apps that are being developed.

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Sat May 02 - Freep
Struggling to use Face ID with your mask? Apple will soon solve that problem
Technology
Struggling to use Face ID with your mask? Apple will soon solve that problem

In the latest beta release of iOS 13.5 , multiple developers said a new Face ID feature makes it easier to unlock the iPhone without having to take off a mask. The upcoming iOS update is also loaded with new software that app developers can use to help iPhone users be notified if they've come in contact with a person having Covid-19.

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Sat May 02 - Cnn
How did a tweet cost Tesla $14 billion?
Business
How did a tweet cost Tesla $14 billion?

Tesla boss Elon Musk wiped $14bn off the carmaker's value after tweeting its share price was too high. It also knocked $3bn off Mr. Musk's own stake in Tesla as investors promptly bailed out of the company. "Tesla stock price too high imo," he said. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported it had asked the billionaire if he was joking about the share price tweet, receiving the reply "No"

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Sat May 02 - BBC