German health care system could reach 'breaking point' in April says health minister
German Health Minister Jens Spahn warns that the German healthcare system could soon be overburdened if the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn warns that the German healthcare system could soon be overburdened if the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise.
A Navy officer who set fire to four hotel room towels after being informed that the room could only accommodate two people instead of him and his two companions was jailed three months on Wednesday (21 April).
China's President Xi Jinping will attend a U.S.-led climate change summit on Thursday.It will be the first meeting between Xi and Biden since the advent of the new U.S. administration.One of Biden's first moves since taking office was to re-enter the United States into the 2015 Paris Agreement.The need to tackle climate change has been one of the few issues Washington and Beijing have been able to agree on.They continue to be at loggerheads over alleged human rights abuses and China's economic clout over other nations.Last week, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry traveled to Shanghai to meet with his Chinese counterpart.It was the first high-level visit to China by a Biden administration official, and both agreed concrete actions to reduce emissions.China's foreign ministry says Xi will attend the summit via video and will deliver a speech.He's one of dozens of world leaders Biden has invited to the two-day virtual event.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Following the decision of its parent Citigroup Inc to leave retail banking in here, Citi Malaysia has promised to keep the best interests of its customers, employees and...
A highly persuasive film about how we should be wary of film’s power to persuade, Theo Anthony’s discursive and disturbing “All Light, Everywhere” is a superb if sinister example of how the outwardly modest essay format can deploy arguments that challenge us to unpick our most basic assumptions. Here, it’s the idea that a thing […]
PUTRAJAYA, April 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s purportedly genuine belief that Arab donations were the source of RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd funds credited into his personal accounts...
Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter on Tuesday. In a confrontation captured on video, Chauvin, a white veteran of the police force, pushed his knee into the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man in handcuffs, for more than nine minutes as Floyd repeatedly gasped: "I can't breathe." Davis later told the Review-Journal that he meant no disrespect and had taken his cue from Floyd's brother, Philonise, who said following the verdict, "Today, we are able to breathe again."
Doom At Your Service and Sell Your Haunted House are among the streaming service's line-up of new content for the second quarter of 2021.
Many a wise person has said “never tweet,” and it’s advice Mark Davis, owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, probably should have heeded before deciding to wade into the conversation about the Derek Chauvin verdict with an incredibly tone deaf tweet on the team’s official account. What was, we think, intended to be some kind of life affirming celebration of Chauvin’s conviction for murdering George Floyd did not land as intended, with pretty much everyone agreeing that the tweet was really, really, really bad. Tuesday afternoon, after 10 hours of deliberation a Minneapolis jury (correctly) found Chavin guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd. The verdict was announced just after 4 p.m. local time after which Chauvin was remanded into custody. His sentencing is expected to take place in eight weeks. Also Read: Nancy Pelosi Bizarrely Thanks George Floyd 'for Sacrificing Your Life for Justice' (Video) Two and a half hours later, the official Raiders Twitter account posted this: Via Twitter Which… yeah. There’s a lot wrong here, starting with the fact that the phrase inverts something George Floyd said to the officers who murdered him as he was pleading for his life. And well, as you can imagine it was very not well received. “Do you have black people on your comms, digital, pr, legal department? Did you run this by any of them before posting this tweet? Are they empowered to give an honest answer? Cause this ain’t it. Nope. No sir. No ma’am,” said ex-NBA star Jason Collins. “Ma’Khia Brooks. Age 15 was murdered by the police today. There is no breathing a sigh of relief. F*** y’all,” wrote author George M. Johnson. And that’s just a very, very tiny sample. As of this writing the tweet, which hasn’t been deleted, has over 26,000 replies and has been quote-tweeted more than 59,000 times. For his part, Davis is standing by the much-reviled tweet, telling the Las Vegas Review Journal, “I was driving home from a meeting when the verdict came in. Soon after, I was listening to George Floyd’s brother, Philonise, speak. And he said, ‘Today, we are able to breathe again.’ I took my lead from him. In my mind, that was all I needed to say — ‘I can breathe.'” Suffice to say, the general reaction to that has been less “thanks” and more “thanks but hell no thanks.” See a sampling of replies below: Ma’Khia Brooks. Age 15 was murdered by the police today. There is no breathing a sigh of relief. F*** y’all. https://t.co/XZQsAfAWLz — George M Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) April 21, 2021 This is the worst take I’ve seen in a very long time, and that’s saying something. Everyone involved in this has some serious reflection and learning to do. https://t.co/pOLsAwvLut — Alex Whitcomb (@AlexWhitcomb) April 21, 2021 the oakland raiders wouldn't have tweeted this — Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) April 20, 2021 Do you have black people on your comms, digital, pr, legal department? Did you run this by any of them before posting this tweet? Are they empowered to give an honest answer? Cause this ain’t it. Nope. No sir. No ma’am. https://t.co/gAmqG3Uf68 — Jason Collins (@jasoncollins98) April 21, 2021 Take this down — Non-Fungible Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) April 20, 2021 How many people participated in the approval process of this tweet — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 20, 2021 pic.twitter.com/6oDj4e7aOJ — Kenny ツ 🥅🏒 🎛🎧 (@kdriley05) April 21, 2021 There is no L the Raiders cannot take https://t.co/DrS6JwIrVw — Trae Crowder (@traecrowder) April 21, 2021 Read original story Pretty Much Everyone Hates the Las Vegas Raiders’ Tone Deaf Derek Chauvin Verdict Tweet At TheWrap
The German parliament will vote on Wednesday on a controversial law amendment that would give Angela Merkel's government power to impose tougher measures including school closures and disputed night-time curfews to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
To take one glance at Joaquim Calçada, you might expect him to have a story as tall as his hair. Pushing 70 years of age, zipped tightly into a leather bomber as glossy and black as his shellacked pompadour, he has the look of a grizzled Elvis impersonator, way adrift in small-town Portugal. Yet Joaquim’s […]
Nepal's former king and queen have tested positive for Covid-19 on their return from an Indian religious festival attended by millions of pilgrims.
Some applauded her friend for censoring bum and exposed skin. This article, Beauty influencer sorry for ‘dragging’ Islamic evangelist in sexy photo-op, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company.
Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China's cities.
Tokyo Olympics organisers may put off an announcement on how many fans can attend until June, media reported Wednesday, as surging coronavirus infections play havoc with preparations.
India's brutal new Covid outbreak set new records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously low on oxygen.
Peering through binoculars, a Yemeni commander scans a forbidding desert moonscape for lurking Huthi rebels, who are ramping up a bloody offensive to seize the strategic oil-rich region of Marib.
According to the newspaper, police involved in the shooting were answering an emergency-911 call reporting an attempted stabbing by a female suspect.Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther confirmed the fatal shooting, saying on Twitter that "a young woman tragically lost her life."The police officers involved had body worn cameras and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) had opened an inquiry into the case, he said."We will share information that we can as soon as it becomes available," the mayor said on Twitter. "I'm asking residents to remain calm and allow BCI to gather the facts."Family members have identified the girl killed in the shooting as Makiyah Bryant, aged 16.
Jordan Reed suffered seven documented concussions during his seven seasons in the NFL, including one that kept him out of the entire 2019 season.
UN climate envoy Mark Carney and U.S. peer John Kerry on Wednesday announced a new plan to boost efforts by the financial system to help move the global economy to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. While many large banks, insurers and asset managers have started to commit to some form of action, the frameworks used can differ and some are not rooted in climate science or backed up by interim targets between now and 2050. To help fix the problem, the new group - Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) - will bring existing net zero initiatives together under one umbrella to help ensure all sub-sector efforts are consistent and ambitious.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government is considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and Osaka as new COVID-19 case numbers surge, broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, a move that would enable prefectural authorities to impose curbs to try to stop infections spreading. With thousands of new cases resulting from highly infectious strains of the virus, the government is expected to declare the state of emergency this week for the capital and Osaka prefecture, as well as the latter's neighbouring Hyogo prefecture, a number of domestic media outlets reported. Japan has so far avoided the kind of explosive spread of the pandemic that has plagued many Western countries, with total cases so far at about 540,000 and a death toll of 9,707.