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Green News

What polar bears and monkeys can teach us about social distancing

The animal kingdom has been helping scientists understand how diseases are transmitted between groups.

13/05/2020

Green News

Revolutionary new robots run so fast they could overtake cheetahs

Robotics developed in North Carolina have been designed to run like cheetahs, but what will they be used for?

12/05/2020

No Comment

Costume-wearing walkers boost morale amid Michigan's COVID-19 lockdown

Members' costumes vary each time, from hippos to sharks and dinosaurs to bears.

12/05/2020

Living

Iconic Campbell’s Soup goes green, but what would Andy Warhol think?

Saving soup cans from going to landfill is surely something Warhol would have approved of.

12/05/2020

USA

'Don't ask me, ask China': Trump clashes with reporter on US tests

The US President clashed with two reporters before walking out of his own White House coronavirus briefing.

12/05/2020

USA

Rock'n'roll legend Little Richard has died aged 87

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably changed popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87.

09/05/2020

USA

Irish support hard-hit Native Americans to repay Potato Famine help

COVID-19 is hitting Native Americans in the US hard. But the Irish are donating to them in large numbers to repay for help during the Potato Famine of the 1840s.

08/05/2020

USA

How worried should we be about the ‘murder hornet’?

Its sting is very painful and potentially deadly. The Asian giant hornet has been spotted for the first time in the United States, where it threatens local bees and the farmers that depend on them.

06/05/2020

Green News

A robot takeover is possible - so what about the planet?

With automation on the rise, we consider the complicated potential impact on the environment.

06/05/2020

USA

Pompeo goes against US intelligence on virus being man-made

The US Secretary of State says he sees no reason why the intelligence services would get it wrong, yet maintained the 'man-made' assertion regarding COVID-19.

03/05/2020

USA

Trump points finger at China over coronavirus outbreak

Trump repeatedly blamed China for its handling of the outbreak, criticising the country for restricting domestic travel to slow the virus but not international travel to keep it from spreading abroad.

01/05/2020

USA

COVID-19 cases in the US have now passed the one million mark

COVID-19 cases in the US pass the one million mark and more Americans have lost their lives to the disease than died during the Vietnam War.

29/04/2020

USA

COVID-19 has killed more Americans than the Vietnam War

More than 59,000 people are now known to have died from the pandemic in the US. The 20-year Vietnam War killed 58,200 American soldiers.

29/04/2020

Green News

While you stay home, animals roam free in our towns and cities

Goats are out and about in Wales, while cayotes stalk around in San Francisco.

25/04/2020

USA

Watch: Donald Trump suggests injecting disinfectant to treat COVID-19

His comments, which came on the day the US death toll from COVID-19 passed 50,000 people, sparked a backlash online.

24/04/2020

USA

Cats with coronavirus: U.S. confirms two pets contracted COVID-19

The animals are the first pets to be diagnosed with the virus in the U.S.

23/04/2020

USA

Euroviews. Joining up the dots shows the true depths of Trump’s dangerous narcissistic pathology ǀ View

There has only been one headline worth printing since Donald Trump was elected president. That headline is "Donald Trump suffers from a dangerous incurable narcissistic disorder which makes him incapable of empathy and reason. He is a grave danger to the US and the world."

22/04/2020

USA

US President Donald Trump to sign a 60-day 'immigration ban'

He has vowed to put a 60-day stop on the issuing of green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in an economy wrecked by the coronavirus.

22/04/2020

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Pittsburgh protesters push for an end to coronavirus confinement

They argue the lockdowns - aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 - limit individual freedoms and harm the economy.

21/04/2020

USA

How can the price of oil be negative? Euronews answers

For the first time ever, US crude oil prices dropped below $0 on Monday. Euronews breaks it all down for you.

21/04/2020

USA

US oil prices plunge below zero amid coronavirus pandemic

Demand for oil has decreased significantly amid the coronavirus pandemic.

20/04/2020

USA

COVID-19: US state leaders lambast 'conflicting messages' from Trump

"``To have an American president to encourage people to violate the law, I can't remember any time during my time in America where we have seen such a thing,'' Washington state's Democratic governor, Jay Inslee, has said.

20/04/2020

USA

NY couples now able to wed on video conference amid COVID-19 lokdown

New York State is untangling some red tape around tying the knot: New Yorkers will be able to get marriage licenses online and wed via video during the lockdown.

19/04/2020

USA

Trump and protesters pressure US governors over coronavirus lockdowns

US governors eager feeling the heat from the US President and keen to rescue their economies are moving to ease coronavirus restrictions, even as new hot spots emerge.

19/04/2020

USA

'Liberate!': Trump accused of fomenting COVID-19 rebellion via tweets

The US President has defended rhetoric appearing to back protests against coronavirus lockdowns in Democrat-led states.

18/04/2020

USA

Donald Trump gives US state governors options on how to reopen economy

The new guidelines are aimed at easing restrictions in areas with low transmission of the coronavirus, while holding the line in harder-hit locations.

17/04/2020