Current Affairs / News Thread

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Uber cuts 3,700 jobs, CEO forgoes salary as coronavirus keeps riders home

 

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Meet the robot dog promoting safe distancing in Singapore's parks

I really dun think the dumb dog will run forever on battery.

A grasshopper which lost its head perhaps?

 

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SAF rolls out new mobile swab station to test migrant workers

 

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Widespread Telstra outage causes chaos in Melbourne
7:26pm May 15, 2020
https://www.9news.com.au/national/w...elbourne/9b591a40-4268-40ac-a10e-32e18b92fedf

A mass Telstra internet outage spanning Melbourne's eastern suburbs has caused uproar from frustrated residents as thousands of Victorians attempt to work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The widespread outages have impacted suburbs near Box Hill after cables were damaged by workers at a construction site.

 

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YouTube Went Down for a Few Minutes and the Internet Freaked Out
May 14, 2020 07:54 pm EDT

https://comicbook.com/irl/news/is-youtube-down-outage-twitter-funny-memes-internet/

Some things are constant within the world of the Internet -- confusing controversies, stranger-than-fiction moments, and frustration over occasional outages. On Thursday, YouTube was the latest to briefly suffer this kind of setback, with the famous video streaming service going down for around 5-10 minutes.

 

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TDS Telecom Internet Outage
https://androidgram.com/tds-telecom-internet-outage-internet-down/

TDS Telecom offers, phone, high speed internet and Television service to business and individuals in 32 states in US. TDS..........

Well, currently the TDS Telecom is having internet outage at many locations.....

Click to learn more.

 

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Severe Vitamin D deficiency may be connected to COVID-19 complications
May 7, 2020

I reposting this up after posted in Emergency Thread for awareness.

Vitamin D helps fight COVID-19
May 12, 2020

This is a follow up video after that group (NorthernWestern University) announced since May 7.

 

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《焦点访谈》公立医院 战疫主力军 20200514 | CCTV
From China

 

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"歐美解封"將釀台灣第三波疫情? 陳時中:嚴陣以待│中視新聞 20200502
From Taiwan

 

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Does Europe fear coronavirus a second Coronavirus wave?
May 14, 2020
WHO

 

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Next wave of U.S. states prepares to reopen
Reuters Apr 27, 2020

The straits times (same video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI8bJips8RA

 

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The latest COVID-19 news for Saturday May 16 | ABC News
May 16 2020
Australia.

0:00 - Queensland tests almost 200 staff and patients at an aged care facility after a nurse tests positive for COVID-19. (KD: Nurse showing mild symptoms)

 

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美国专家公布重大疫情发现，突然把账算到了欧洲头上！
Apr14 2020

 

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Shut doors, verbal abuse among challenges faced by safe distancing ambassadors in S'pore May 16, 2020

 

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Meantime, malaysia side have seen some difficulties as Pudu Plaza, military has been deployed seen to be laying concertina wires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvMKAGG661s

Vloggers reported transport in KL is better than london.

Bukit Bintang is on conditional lockdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRntuwRJkg

 

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Fed's Powell Says U.S. Economy Faces Unprecedented Risks
May 14, 2020
Bloomberg Markets and Finance

 

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UK coronavirus deaths rise by 428 to 33,614
May 14, 2020

 

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Healthcare workers in Singapore share what they look forward to after Covid-19
MothershipSG

 

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COVID-19 update, May 27: 533 new cases, including two Singaporeans linked to dormitory cluster
Posted May 28, 2020 For May 27

 

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Options for foreigners in Malaysia
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/05/595983/options-foreigners-malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreigners who are currently in Malaysia and are looking into making arrangements on their current situation have three options, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

According to the senior minister, this would involve foreigners who are either staying in the country on a visa or social visit pass. The matter also includes those whose documents have expired.

"Firstly, even if their visas have expired but they wish to return to their home countries, they can do so by going to the airport with a flight ticket.

Refer to link for full details.