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Biden visits site of racist mass shooting
AFP, Published on 17/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden flew Tuesday to mourn at the site of America's latest deadly mass shooting, warning that the white supremacist ideology motivating the alleged gunman is tearing the country's "soul" apart.
Indonesia to drop outdoor mask mandate
Reuters, Published on 17/05/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia will no longer require people to mask up outdoors, its president said on Tuesday, as Covid-19 infections decline in the Southeast Asian country.
Daily Covid cases plummet
R May, Published on 17/05/2022
» The number of cases and deaths fell sharply, the government said on Tuesday.
Shanghai says 'zero-Covid' achieved but millions still in lockdown
AFP, Published on 17/05/2022
» SHANGHAI: Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved "zero-Covid" across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China's biggest city remained under lockdown.
North Korean military ramps up Covid response as outbreak grows
AFP, Published on 17/05/2022
» SEOUL: North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak, state media said on Tuesday, with the number of reported cases of "fever" nearing 1.5 million.
Daily Covid cases, deaths plummet, govt says Tuesday
Online Reporters, Published on 17/05/2022
» New Covid-19 cases declined for the fifth consecutive day, the government announced on Tuesday morning. The daily caseload of 3,893 - down 1,345 from the day before - was the lowest since Jan 4th, before the Omicron wave of the coronavirus pandemic began.
US shaken by racist mass shooting, weekend of gun violence
AFP, Published on 17/05/2022
» NEW YORK - The racist mass shooting at a supermarket in New York state dominated a bloody weekend of gun violence across the United States, a scourge that has increased since the pandemic began.
Biden's visit to racist massacre site will highlight US divisions
AFP, Published on 17/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - When President Joe Biden visits the site of a racist massacre in upstate New York on Tuesday, he'll confront not only the shocking deaths of 10 Black people but a growing sense that extremism is pulling at the fabric of US society.
In Cannes, it's cinema as usual
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/05/2022
» After the cancellation in 2020 and a bump to the month of July in 2021 -- with smaller attendance as international travel was still interrupted -- the Cannes Film Festival returns to its usual mid-May slot, keyed up and fully prepped to show the world that it's cinema, and the cinema business, as usual.
Schools are finally back
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/05/2022
» Today schools reopen nationwide. After two tumultuous years of living with the pandemic, students in all of the country's 35,000 schools will return to physical classes -- learning directly from teachers and playing with friends.