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AUSTRALIA has warned China it will not stop its calls for a public inquiry into the coronavirus crisis despite a furious reaction from Beijing and a threat of a billion dollar trade war. China has slapped suspensions and threatened tariffs on Australia’s key agriculture exports but Canberra has warned it will not back down on …

According to Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles will not fully reopen until there is a cure for COVID-19. During an interview Wednesday morning, Garcetti said city residents need to understand that “we aren’t moving beyond COVID-19, we’re learning to live with it.” City officials are reportedly weighing a decision to extended the lockdown order for …

Boris Johnson says the government has been working on ‘new guidance for employers to make workplaces Covid-secure’. On Sunday 10 May, Boris Johnson unveiled plans detailing how the lockdown measures that have been in place across England since Monday 23 March will start to ease. The prime minister stated that he wished to provide “the shape …

Disney has called on one of its coolest characters to warm the hearts of lonely kids forced to stay home during coronavirus lockdowns. In an effort to raise morale, Disney Animation released a clip Wednesday of Frozen’s Olaf, voiced by Josh Gad, singing “I am with you” to characters in the quarantined city of Arendelle, …

MLB’s medical/safety protocols to return to play will include trying to discourage players from spitting, high-fiving and taking ride services such as Uber to the ballpark. MLB has discussed a variety of these issues with the Players Association, but as of Wednesday night had not officially presented the full medical/safety document to the union. Even …

Speak-easies are back in New York. And not the tourist traps that have been filling perfectly good storage space in the backs of bodegas, pizzerias and pet stores across Williamsburg for a decade — but actual illicit drinking dens. Page Six is told that a famous Upper East Side bar and lounge as well as …

For the past month and a half, sports fans have been starved for the live action the coronavirus pandemic has stolen from us. Every day, it seems, a new report emerges outlining how and when the NBA and NHL might restart their respective seasons, or what the latest proposed plans are for MLB and MLS …

Patriots owner Robert Kraft — who won over NYC fans when he donated 300,000 masks to city frontline workers — has put up one of his Super Bowl rings for a charity auction. The jewelry from Super Bowl LI in 2017 has already hit more than $1 million in bidding, and the auction for the …

A star on VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” allegedly scammed the federal government’s coronavirus loan program out of more than $2 million — and blew much of the cash on jewelry and child support payments, authorities said Wednesday. Maurice “Mo” Fayne — who appeared in the reality-TV show’s eighth season — made his first …

It’s truly a seller’s market. The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics recently confirmed that grocery prices across the nation increased by 2.6 percent in April, accounting for the largest one-month increase in this particular index since Feb. 1974. The bureau’s Consumer Price Index Summary, released Tuesday, said the price increases were “broad-based” across all six …