Image copyright Getty Images Sainsbury’s has announced measures to help older and vulnerable shoppers during the coronavirus pandemic. Shoppers in some supermarket stores have stripped shelves, leaving it difficult for elderly people to get hold of a number of items. Sainsbury’s measures include giving vulnerable and elderly people priority for online deliveries. The chain will […]
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The Great Depression and World War I and World War II didn’t stop the Kentucky Derby By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer March 18, 2020, 6:07 AM 4 min read The Great Depression and World War I and World War II didn’t stop the Kentucky Derby, a race that has been run without interruption since
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It was only after Mr. Trump himself on Monday appeared to acknowledge the significance of the crisis and recommended that Americans avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people that the campaign told staff members to work from home. “While Americans can see that President Trump has been leading the whole-of-America coronavirus response, his
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Major Asian stock markets have fallen back after Wall Street rallied on President Donald Trump’s promise to prop up the economy through the coronavirus outbreak By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer March 18, 2020, 6:09 AM 3 min read BEIJING — Major Asian stock markets fell back after early gains on Wednesday after Wall Street
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Netflix added two movies this week that earned Academy Award nominations in the last decade. “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” both joined the streaming service on March 16. The former earned eight Oscar nominations in 2013, including for Best Picture, and Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress award for her performance. And
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Cast members of the acclaimed 2000s series “The Wire” sent well wishes to Idris Elba on Twitter this week after the actor announced on Monday that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Wendell Pierce, who portrayed detective William “Bunk” Moreland in the HBO Baltimore crime drama, tweeted to Elba, who famously portrayed drug
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Shona McCallin playing for the GB hockey team When Olympic gold medallist Shona McCallin was hit on the side of her head by a seemingly innocuous shoulder challenge, she suffered what was originally thought to be a concussion. However, headaches and other symptoms would not go away and brain
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Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and pop star wife Ciara are donating a million meals through Seattle’s Food Lifeline to help provide meals for those in need during the coronavirus outbreak in the region March 18, 2020, 5:34 AM 1 min read The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on sports around the world (all times
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. swept the three states that voted Tuesday: Florida, Illinois and Arizona. Bernie Sanders lost ground badly in the delegate count. And the coronavirus pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the most basic facets of American life, threatening to disrupt if not derail the remaining primary calendar. With nearly 60 percent of
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators on Tuesday that the country’s unemployment rate could hit 20% if they failed to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package and there was lasting economic damage, a person familiar with the closed-door meeting said. Mnuchin met with senators to persuade them to pass
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