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  • Coronavirus cases in US surpass one million; 57,266 Americans dead

    Coronavirus cases in US surpass one million; 57,266 Americans dead

    Coronavirus cases in the United States have surpassed one million, with 57,266 Americans dead.

    Currently, there are at least 1,002,498 cases of coronavirus in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases.

    The number of confirmed US coronavirus cases topped 500,000 on April 10, according to Johns Hopkins’ tally.

    New York, with 295,106 Coronavirus infections and 22,668 deaths is the epicentre of the pandemic in the United States.

    New Jersey, the second Coronavirus infected State in the US, has 112,956 infections and 6,442 deaths, while Massachusetts, with 56,462 cases and 3,003 deaths is the third most affected States in the US.

    .According to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, 402 additional fatalities were recorded, bringing the total to 6,442 deaths related to Covid-19 in the state.

    An additional 2,887 positive cases were reported in New Jersey, pushing the statewide total to 113,856.

  • Trump warns Americans: ‘There will be lots of deaths next week…’

    Trump warns Americans: ‘There will be lots of deaths next week…’

    United States President, Donald Trump has told Americans to prepare for a lot of death in the coming week as the dreadful Coronavirus surges.

    The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.1 million people and killed more than 60,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.

    The US has more than 300,000 cases and more than 8,100 deaths, according to revised figures.

    Trump on Saturday said ‘There’s going to be a lot of death, unfortunately.’

    He said federal assistance would now be focused on areas that need it most.

    “In some cases we are telling governors we cannot go there as we don’t think they need it, or someone else needs it,” he said.

    “There will be a lot of death, unfortunately. There will be death. We are looking for an obvious focus on the hardest-hit regions.

    “Some spring up, they hit you like you got hit by a club,” he said.

    Trump added: “we’re going to be adding a tremendous amount of military, thousands of soldiers, medical workers, professionals,” to help deal with the pandemic.

    The military personnel will “soon” be advised of their assignments, he said, adding that “1,000 military personnel” were being deployed to New York City, BBC reports.

    Trump also said that he was employing the Defence Production Act, a federal law instituted in response to the Korean War in 1950, which allows it to requisition materials and facilities – seemingly confirming mask manufacturer 3M’s claim that it had been told by the US government not to send masks to Canada or Latin America.

    “Fema [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] has ordered 180 million N95 masks and we’re working now with 3M to see if that works out,” he said.

    “But we want them to help our country. We need the masks, we don’t want other people getting it… you could call it retaliation.”

  • Three Americans fighting Australian fires die in plane crash

    Three Americans fighting Australian fires die in plane crash

    Three American crew helping to battle Australia’s devastating bushfires were killed Thursday when their water-bombing plane crashed in mountainous terrain during a sortie to tackle another outbreak of the deadly blazes.

    Officials said the Hercules C-130 plane erupted in a large fireball on impact in a national park the Snowy Mountains shortly before 1:30 pm (0230 GMT).

    The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but New South Wales Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons had said earlier in the day that high winds were making flying the water tankers “very difficult”.

    “We’ve got a number of firefighters and a number of crew that are in the area and working to contain and work around the fire,” Fitzimmons said.

    The incident brought the death toll in Australia’s bushfires to at least 32 since the crisis began in September.

    The highly experienced US firefighting trio was working for Canadian firm Coulson Aviation, which had been contracted to help fight the fires.

    State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the crash highlighted the danger faced by firefighters as they attempted to extinguish massive blazes across Australia’s southeast.

    “There are in excess of 70 aircraft that have been used today alone and today is a stark and horrible reminder of the dangerous conditions that our volunteers, (and) our emergency services personnel… (face) on a daily basis,” she said.

    The crash happened as at least seven fires, whipped up by scorching temperatures and strong winds, flared to emergency status following a brief lull brought by rain and cooler temperatures.

    Bushfires also forced the closure of Canberra Airport Thursday, with all flights in and out of the country’s capital suspended to allow the deployment of aerial firefighting crews to battle the approaching flames.

    Temperatures soared to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sydney, where a bushfire also broke out in a northwestern suburb of Australia’s biggest city.

    Wind gusts had been forecast to reach 90 kilometres per hour (55 miles per hour) in some areas, but Fitzsimmons said the winds were stronger than expected, especially in the fire-ravaged southeast.

  • Impeachment: Say a prayer for me, Trump begs Americans

    Impeachment: Say a prayer for me, Trump begs Americans

    United States of America President Donald Trump took to Twitter to ask his millions of followers to say a prayer, as the House of Representatives moves to impeach a president making it the third time in the country’s history.

    On his Twitter page, he wrote: “Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG! A terrible Thing. Read the Transcripts. This should never happen to another President again. Say a PRAYER!” Trump posted.

    If the articles of impeachment are approved, as expected, Trump would become the third U.S. president to be impeached.

    The president was also rapidly retweeting supporters in the conservative media and quoted a leading Republican in Congress who denounced the impeachment process and slammed Trump’s opponents as people who “all they had was never to let him have an easy breath.”

    Similarly, Trump is “frustrated” by the impeachment process against him, White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told Fox News.

    “He’s frustrated, as evidenced by the letter yesterday,” she said, referring to a seething six-page letter sent by Trump to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in which he accused his opponents of waging open war and seeking to overthrow democracy. At the end of the day he did nothing wrong,” she said.

    She insisted he remained “focused” on his job as president.

    The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to impeach Trump for obstruction of Congress and abuse of power related to his dealings with Ukraine.

  • BREAKING: North Korea releases three jailed Americans

    North Korea has released three Americans jailed in the country, President Donald Trump has indicated.

    The release comes ahead of the planned meeting between President Trump and the North Korean leader.

    The three were released to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

    “I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting. They seem to be in good health. Also, good meeting with Kim Jong Un. Date & Place set,” Mr Trump said on his official Twitter handle.

     

    Details later…

  • BREAKING: Police rescue four abducted Americans, Canadians in Kaduna

    The four Americans and Canadians that were abducted by on Tuesday by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have been released.

    Confirming the development to journalists on Saturday, State Commissioner of Police, Mr Agyole Abeh said the two foreigners were rescued by the police at Jere area in Kagarko Local Government Area the state.

    The police boss also added that one suspect has been arrested in connection with the abduction of the four expatriates.

    Giving a narrative on how the rescue mission was initiated, CP Abeh explained that the kidnapped foreign businessmen were freed inside a Bush at about 6 am on Saturday morning.

    The development followed a massive manhunt of their abductors by men of the command and the Inspector General of Police Special Anti-Kidnapping Squad.

    He also gave the assurance that the police were on the trail of the remaining suspects with a view to arresting them and bring them to justice

  • Just for laughs: Watch Americans kicking Trump’s butt like a football

  • ‘Forces of evil won’t defeat power of good again,’ Trump assures Americans

    ‘Forces of evil won’t defeat power of good again,’ Trump assures Americans

    United States President, Donald Trump has vowed that the forces of evil would never defeat the power of good, particularly throughout his presidency.

    Trump stated this in his message on the 2017 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust from the White House.

    “In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good.

    “Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world,” Trump said.

    He expressed regrets over the unfortunate incident, saying it was impossible to explain the sufferings and pains that the people went through.

    “It is with a heavy heart and sombre mind that we remember and honour the victims, survivors, heroes of the Holocaust.

    “It is impossible to fully fathom the depravity and horror inflicted on innocent people by Nazi terror.”

    He, however, expressed gratitude to those he said risked their lives to save the innocent.

    “Yet, we know that in the darkest hours of humanity, light shines the brightest.‎

    “As we remember those who died, we are deeply grateful to those who risked their lives to save the innocent,” Trump said.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the Holocaust was genocide in which Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews from 1941 to 1945.

    The victims included 1.5 million children and represented about two-thirds of the nine million Jews, who had resided in Europe.

    Some definitions of the Holocaust include the additional five million non-Jewish victims of Nazi mass murders, bringing the total to about 11 million.

    Killings took place throughout Nazi Germany, German-occupied territories, and territories held by allies of Nazi Germany.

  • Farewell speech: President Obama’s top 10 Quotes

    US President Barack Obama on Tuesday night gave an emotional farewell speech to Americans.

    His speech reviewed his legacy as he encouraged supporters demoralized by the election of Republican Donald Trump to be optimistic about the future of the country. Here are some top 10 quotes from his farewell speech:

    1. I will be there beside you as a citizen for all my remaining days.

    2. The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody. For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back. But the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all, and not just some.

    3. Russia or China cannot match our (American) influence around the world unless we give up what we stand for.

    4. I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans. America wasn’t weakened by the presence of newcomers; they embraced this nation’s creed and it was strengthened

    5. No foreign terrorist organisation has managed to carry out an attack on US soil in the last eight years.

    6. Change only happens when ordinary people become engaged and come together.

    7. Yes we can, Yes we did, Yes we can

    8. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring change, but in yours.

    9. You were the change. You answered people’s hopes, and because of you, by almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place than it was when we started.

    10. Democracy does not require uniformity. Our founders quarrelled and compromised, and expected us to do the same. But they knew that democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity – the idea that for all our outward differences, we are all in this together; that we rise or fall as one.

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  • Most Americans think Trump can’t handle presidency – Poll

    Americans have little confidence in President-elect Donald Trump’s abilities to handle his presidential duties, with less than half of them saying they trust him to prevent major scandals, handle an international crisis, or use military force responsibly.

    According to a Gallup poll released by TIME, Americans have significantly less faith in Trump than they had in his predecessors.

    Only 44 per cent said they were confident Trump would avoid major scandals in his administration, 46 per cent said they are confident in Trump’s ability to handle an international crisis, and 47 per cent said they trust him to use military force wisely.

    When the same questions were asked at the start of outgoing President Barack Obama’s and former Presidents George W. Bush’s and Bill Clinton’s terms, roughly three-quarters of Americans said they had confidence in the newly elected President in these areas.

    When compared with Gallup’s averages of confidence polling in his predecessors, Trump comes up short.

    The incoming president has a 32-point confidence deficit in his ability to avoid scandals in his administration, a 29-point deficit in his ability to use military force well and a 28-point deficit in his ability to manage the executive branch.

    Most Americans (60 per cent) believe Trump will be able to get things done with Congress, but even there he comes up far behind his predecessors — the average number of Americans with confidence in Obama, Bush and Clinton to work with Congress was 82 per cent.

    The data also reflects a more polarised America than Obama or Bush faced when they came into office.

    On average, only 21 per cent of Democrats have confidence in Trump’s ability to handle the various responsibilities of the presidency.

    By contrast, roughly two-thirds of Republicans had some confidence in Obama and the same was true for Bush and Democrats.

    But Trump even has a confidence deficit among members of his own party.

    Only 84 per cent of Republicans have confidence in his abilities as President, compared with 94 per cent of Democrats who trusted Obama and 95 per cent of Republicans who had faith in Bush.

    The poll’s sample included 1,028 adults and had a margin of error of +/- 4 per cent.