As the number of coronavirus cases in Kenya rise, citizens have been advised to stay at home in isolation. The country begins a 19:00 to 05:00 curfew on Friday. Informal employment contributes 83% of all jobs in Kenya, with those workers particularly vulnerable, living from pay cheque to pay cheque. BBC Africa spoke to Esther, […]
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Arizona guard Aari McDonald will return for her senior season, bypassing a chance to leave early for the WNBA By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer March 29, 2020, 7:49 PM 2 min read Arizona guard Aari McDonald will return for her senior season, bypassing a chance to leave early for the WNBA. “I am already
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From the White House to the county courthouse, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended the 2020 elections. Many Democratic leaders now doubt their national party convention will take place as planned in July, while President Trump’s determination to hold the Republican convention could collide with life-and-death realities. Both Mr. Trump and former Vice President Joseph
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NEW YORK — A possible strike by Instacart workers highlights the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the grocery delivery business, where workers are worried about their safety as they try to meet a surge in demand for online groceries. A group called the Gig Workers Collective is calling for a nationwide walk-out Monday. They’ve
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A photo of health care professionals from Georgia on a Southwest plane on their way to help with the coronavirus outbreak in New York is getting lots of love online By MICHELLE A. MONROE Associated Press March 29, 2020, 11:40 PM 2 min read A photo of health care professionals from Georgia on a Southwest
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital is being set up at the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands area Thousands of easyJet and Virgin airline staff are being offered work in the new NHS Nightingale Hospital. Those who sign up will support nurses and senior clinicians at the coronavirus field
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Georgetown sophomore guard Mac McClung says he is declaring for the NBA draft but will maintain his eligibility so he can return to college March 29, 2020, 7:57 PM 1 min read WASHINGTON — Georgetown sophomore guard Mac McClung announced Sunday that he is declaring for the NBA draft but will maintain his eligibility so
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Hospitals and health officials are scrambling to ready themselves for a week that could see the feared dramatic surge in coronavirus cases as Californians endure a weekend of stepped-up restrictions aimed at keeping them home as much as possible By DAISY NGUYEN and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press March 29, 2020, 10:21 PM 4 min read
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The final deadline to nominate horses for the Triple Crown series is being extended indefinitely because of the coronavirus March 29, 2020, 9:17 PM 1 min read LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The final deadline to nominate horses for the Triple Crown series is being extended indefinitely because of the coronavirus. It was scheduled to be Monday.
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Soon after President Trump first uttered the phrase “Chinese virus,” Representative Grace Meng got a call from her parents, who had read about it in the newspaper. Had Mr. Trump, they wondered, really given the coronavirus that corrosive moniker? Yes, she told them, indeed he had. And no, despite being a member of Congress and
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