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The US has given no concrete plans regarding the easing of sanctions, image via Getty Images
Politics
Iran claims the US missed a chance to remove sanctions during coronavirus crisis

Iran's president has recently said that the US missed a historic opportunity to remove sanctions on Iran while it was struggling with the coronavirus. He urged the Americans to apologize and remove the 'unjust sanctions' on Iran, although the US has indicated that it may ease sanctions on countries that are fighting the coronavirus.

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Wed Apr 01 - Reuters
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Entertainment
Star Wars actor dies from coronavirus

Star Wars actor and famous dialect coach Andrew Jack has passed away at the age of 76. He died just two days after showing symptoms of the virus and was not able to see his wife as she was in quarantine in Australia. He was working as the dialect coach on 'The Batman' before he died.

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Wed Apr 01 - FoxNews
India reports 240 new cases in just 12 hours, Image via Al Jazeera
International
India reports 240 new cases in just 12 hours

A country of more than 1.3 billion people has entered the second week of lockdown, but the numbers keep rising as India reported the highest jump in COVID19 cases to date, a massive number of 240 new cases in less than 12 hours to push the overall cases to 1,637. The total number of deaths in India reached 38. Indian PM Modi faced criticism for his unprepared lockdown approach

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Wed Apr 01 - TheEconomicTimes
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello's Painfully Slow Stroll Is Too Relatable, Image via Vogue
Entertainment
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello's social distancing

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are soaking in the sunshine on their daily walks. Paparazzi captured some interesting clips and photos of Shawn and Camila walking hand in hand in the Miami neighborhood where the pair is social distancing. Since they began their social distancing period a few weeks ago, the duo has been spotted on bike rides and walks in the area, where they are staying with Camila's parents.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Coronavirus: US Navy captain pleads for help over outbreak
International
US Navy captain pleads for help over the outbreak

In the letter, a US Navy Captain Crozier said that with large numbers of sailors living in confined spaces on the carrier isolating sick individuals was impossible. Speaking to Reuters news agency, a US Navy spokesman said the service was "moving quickly to take all necessary measures to ensure the health and safety of the crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt".

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Louisiana pastor charged for violating ban on gatherings: 'We will continue to have church'
International
Louisiana pastor charged for violating Coronavirus ban

A Louisiana pastor who repeatedly defied state orders prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people by holding church services was charged with six misdemeanor counts of violating a state ban on non-essential gatherings.
Rev. Tony Spell of the Life Tabernacle Church in the city of Central, around 15 miles northeast of Baton Rouge, has held services twice a week despite the state orders.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Cruise operator says lives are at risk on Zaandam as nations 'turn their backs' on ship
International
Lives are at risk on Zaandam cruise ship

Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line Corporation, called for a port to show “compassion and grace” by allowing passengers on the Zaandam cruise liner and its sister ship, the Rotterdam, back on land. As of March 30, 76 guests and 117 crew on Zaandam have an influenza-like illness, including eight people who have tested positive for COVID-19,” it continued.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Cuomo says coronavirus is 'more dangerous' than expected as New York cases jump 14% overnight to 75,795
International
New York cases jump 14% overnight to 75,795

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke at a press conference in New York, United States, on March 30, 2020. At the news conference, the governor also said his brother, Chris Cuomo, a CNN anchorman, has COVID-19 and is isolating himself. Cuomo also said he wants to move health workers from unfilled hospitals in the state into beleaguered hospitals in New York City as cases jump 14% overnight

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Boy, 13, becomes UK's youngest coronavirus victim
International
13-year-old becomes UK's youngest coronavirus victim

King's College Hospital in Camberwell, south London, said in a statement Tuesday, "Sadly, a 13-year old boy who tested positive for COVID-19 has passed away, and our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this time," the statement read. "It is with great sadness to announce that the younger brother of one of our teachers at Madinah College has sadly passed away, the boy had no pre-symptoms"

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Japan's coronavirus containment strategy faces breaking point
International
Japan's coronavirus containment strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told cabinet members on Tuesday that his second-in-command, Taro Aso, would no longer be present at any meeting the prime minister attends, a government spokesman said, in a move to guard the leadership against infection that could hamper Japan's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Japan recently reported a surge in COVID19 cases

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
France Announces Plan To Aid Domestic Abuse Victims During Coronavirus Crisis
International
France Announces Plan To Aid Domestic Abuse Victims

A French official announced on Saturday a plan to assist domestic abuse victims during the coronavirus crisis. During an interview that the French television news channel BFM TV conducted with Schiappa Tuesday, the channel said that France's anonymous hotline number for domestic abuse, 3919, has seen a 30% rise in calls since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Gun Ownership Soars in Brazil Under Bolsonaro
International
Gun Ownership Soars in Brazil Under Bolsonaro

President Jair Bolsonaro has galvanized gun culture in Brazil. With their actions, Mr. Bolsonaro and his sons have done more than make it easier for Brazilians to legally get a gun. They have fueled a political and cultural debate over guns that was new to Brazil, but that in many ways mirrors the discussion in the United States, where critics say more guns means more deaths

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
US offers Venezuela sanctions relief for power-sharing agreement
International
US offers Venezuela sanctions relief for power-sharing agreement

Under the US plan, Venezuela's left-wing President Nicolás Maduro would "step aside" and a transitional council would govern until fresh elections. The US imposed its latest round of sweeping sanctions against Venezuela last year in an attempt to force Mr. Maduro to step down. Mr. Pompeo said a "Democratic Transition Framework" for Venezuela would for the first time offer a "sequenced exit path" from US sanctions

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Pelosi, Khanna express concerns over startups potentially excluded from SBA loans
Business
Pelosi, Khanna express concerns over startups potentially excluded from SBA loans

"For these small businesses, as for many others across America, access to forgivable PPP loans will be critical to preserving jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and to securing American's leadership in science, technology and innovation," Pelosi and Khanna wrote in a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and the SBA.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
iMovie is now ready for Apple’s new Magic Keyboard and trackpad for iPad Pro
Technology
iMovie is now ready for Apple’s new Magic Keyboard

Apple has updated iMovie for iPadOS with new features including mouse and trackpad support, new keyboard shortcuts, more image format, and more. The new version also prepares Apple’s video editing app for the upcoming Magic Keyboard accessory for iPad Pro. Starting with iOS 13.4 released in March 2020, all iPads now support mouse and trackpad cursors throughout the system by default.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Facebook’s smart glasses just found their AR lenses
Technology
Facebook’s smart glasses just found their AR lenses

Facebook has locked up an exclusive supply of smart glasses displays, inking a deal with a microLED specialist that could one day put digital lenses in wearable computers. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has previously said that smart glasses are a focus for the company and predicted that they’ll arrive sometime this decade, but so far the limitations around power, connectivity, and display technology have meant it’s not quite practical yet.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Technology
Apple buys Dark Sky weather app
Wed Apr 01
Apple buys Dark Sky weather app and shuts down the Android version
Technology
Apple buys Dark Sky weather app

Apple bought the Dark Sky app and has shut donw its Android verison, Along with the death of the Android app, Dark Sky’s API (application programming interface) will no longer be available for others to use, meaning that other popular apps like Carrot Weather that rely on the API will have to find an alternative solution, although they’ll be given until the end of 2021 to do so.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Spotify is bringing its kids app to the US, Canada, and France
Technology
Spotify bringing back the Kid's App

Spotify announced that it's bringing back the kid's app in the US, Canada, and France. The ad-free iOS / Android app is only available to Spotify Premium Family subscribers and features content appropriate for kids ages three and older. In the five months since launching, Spotify says the app now has more than 8,000 songs in its catalog, an increase of 30%, and 50% of that content is localized.

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Wed Apr 01 - Google
Making Businesses easy with the support of technology
Technology
Online conferencing during COVID19

As we all know that we are in the state of Quarantine and everything is closed, but thanks to the technology that it has provided us different platforms to interact, to communicate and to run our businesses to some extent. "I have recently worked on an online conference app which provided my whole team to come on one platform and discuss new strategies" Moshin Ali, Digital Marketer

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Wed Apr 01 - MohsinAliMarketingSolutions
The world's largest tree, General Sherman, is also one of the world's oldest. Image via Encyclopedia Brittanica.
International
The largest living tree in the world is 2,000 years old

The largest living tree in the world is in the US and is named General Sherman. It is a giant redwood sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. General Sherman stands at a whopping 275 feet above the ground and has a massive volume of 52,500 cubic feet, and at 2,300 years old, it is also one of the world's oldest trees

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Tue Mar 31 - DelhiPlanet
UK NGO Tearfund exposes massive plastic pollution in developing countries by global beverage companies. Image via Tearfund.
International
Report exposes massive pollution from beverage firms

A recently published report from UK NGO Tearfund has exposed four global beverage companies, namely Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, and Unilever, as being responsible for massive pollution in a sample of six developing countries including China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Phillippines. The plastic pollution these companies cause in developing nations each year can fill 83 football pitches every day

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Tue Mar 31 - TheGuardian
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pressured to lock down country amid coronavirus crisis. Image via Al Jazeera.
Politics
Erdogan pressured to lock down Turkey amid coronavirus pandemic

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is being asked by national unions and the opposition to impose a lockdown in the country amid an alarming increase in the number of new infections, with 10,827 cases in Turkey less than three weeks after it registered its first case. Erdogan has so far resisted these demands, stating that the wheels of the economy must keep turning, and has called for voluntary self-isolation.

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Tue Mar 31 - Reuters
Retail giant Amazon and Whole Foods face massive worker strikes. Image via France24.
Business
Amazon workers strike for better conditions amid coronavirus crisis

Warehouse workers and tech workers at Amazon and Whole Foods, which is also owned by Amazon, are staging strikes and walk-outs demanding the retail giant, which has benefitted financially from the coronavirus crisis, provide them with better protection at work, fully paid leave for those who miss work, unlimited time to recover from the illness and to instantly shut down contaminated facilities.

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Tue Mar 31 - TechCrunch
D-Wave provides COVID-19 researchers free access to quantum computing service. Image via Venture Beat.
Technology
D-Wave provides COVID-19 researchers with free access

The Canadian quantum computing startup D-Wave has announced that they will provide free cloud access to their quantum processors for any researchers that are working to develop solutions to the COVID-19 crisis. This includes not just pharmaceutical research but also research that seeks to solve logistical problems, diagnostics or contagion modeling.

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Tue Mar 31 - TechCrunch
Industry body warns UK may soon face cardboard shortage amid coronavirus crisis. Image via Pop Sugar.
Business
The UK hit by cardboard shortage amid coronavirus crisis

The Recycling Association has issued a warning that the UK may soon face a severe cardboard shortage as more and more recycling collections are delayed by local councils due to the coronavirus outbreak. Cardboard is an essential item used in the packaging of food and medical supplies, with the coronavirus crisis threatening a Europe-wide or even a worldwide shortage of used paper and cardboard.

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Tue Mar 31 - TheGuardian