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Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a new feature that will allow users to tweet using their voice, capturing up to 140 seconds of audio in a single tweet. As a result, the feature will be available to a limited number of users on Apple’s iOS platform for now and be rolled out for more iOS users in the coming weeks, Twitter said in a blog post. The micro-blogging platform said users will be able to create a voice tweet using a new “wavelengths” icon on the Tweet composer screen. https://twitter.com/AJMartinSky/status/1273540988305367040 Social media companies including Twitter have long…

INDIA has rebutted Chinese claims of ownership of the Galwan river valley, the site of a bloody brawl between the neighbours. Monday night’s fight left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead and sparked fresh tensions between the two countries. India’s foreign ministry said the Chinese claims on the valley were “exaggerated and untenable”. Meanwhile, an image of a weapon used to attack soldiers during the clash has caused outrage in India. Both sides have exchanged protests over the clashes in the disputed Himalayan border area. CHINA has not released casualty figures. Unconfirmed reports in Indian media say at least 40…

Bollywood’s Gulabo Sitabo released online Bollywood’s star-studded new film Gulabo Sitabo has been released online due to lockdown. Gulabo Sitabo is a light-hearted comedy starring Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and rising star Ayushmann Khurrana. The film is based in modern-day Lucknow, the north Indian city once known for its aristocrats and massive mansions. Bachchan plays bad-tempered Mirza looking after his wife’s crumbling mansion. Khurrana plays cantankerous tenant Bankey.  ‘A gentle satire on greed’ Gulabo Sitabo is a gentle satire on greed and longing for a better life. The quarrels between the landlord and tenant resemble a local folk art form…

President Donald Trump has said the country will not close again as several US states reported new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. “We won’t be closing the country again. We won’t have to do that,” TRUMP  said in an interview. Trump’s comments come after White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin both said the United States could not shut down the economy again. In a call with governors, Vice President Mike Pence encouraged them to repeat the administration’s claim that increased testing accounts for the spike in numbers. The paper’s analysis found that positive cases outstripped the…

Thursday 18 June coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING Thursday 18 June 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers. Global COVID-19 UPDATE Coronavirus Cases: 8,406,660 Deaths: 451,429 Recovered: 4,417,386 NBA coaches union expresses concerns over Orlando plan That 70s show actor charged with raping three women Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Will Florida be the next epicentre on the coronavirus? A life-saving drug used across the NHS from today. UK public health bodies reviewing vitamin D’s effect…

HSBC is resuming a massive redundancy plan that had been put on pause after the outbreak of CORONAVIRUS, with 35,000 jobs set to be cut. The job cuts will be made over the medium term, while the lender will also freeze almost all external recruitment, said chief executive Noel Quinn in a memo sent to the bank’s 235,000 staff worldwide. “We could not pause the job losses indefinitely — it was always a question of ‘not if, but when’,” Quinn said. https://twitter.com/AlinSneha/status/1273173084401537024 HSBC had postponed the job cuts, part of a wider restructuring programme to cut $4.5bn (£3.6bn) in costs,…

Nationwide demonstrations in France demanding better pay and resources for health workers have been marred by violence in the capital, Paris. Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of masked protesters who threw stones and other projectiles and overturned a car. Officials said they have 19 officers injured, furthermore, they made more than 30 arrests. Across France, hospital staff have been demanding government action on pay, recruitment and more beds in hospitals. https://twitter.com/EuropeanUnionC/status/1273203149046759424 President Emmanuel Macron’s government has announced bonuses for healthcare staff who have worked through the coronavirus crisis. But unions say the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in…

Oman reported Wednesday 810 new cases of the novel CORONAVIRUS, bringing to 26,079 the country’s overall infections. The newly diagnosed cases include 468 Omanis and 342 foreign residents, the Health Ministry said. The ministry announced two more deaths from COVID-19 over the previous day, making Oman’s total of such fatalities to 116. https://twitter.com/OmanVSCovid19/status/1273175032064335875 The country’s overall recoveries from the disease have reached 11,797, the ministry said. There are 102 patients receiving intensive care treatment. https://twitter.com/Shamalsharji14/status/1272053952801050624 Oman has conducted 2,797 coronavirus tests over the past 24 hours, the ministry added. Earlier this week, Omani authorities have enforced a lockdown on the Governorate…

INDIA impatiently awaited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response on Wednesday to the death of at least 20 soldiers in a border clash with Chinese troops as the country’s media vented its fury and political rivals goaded Modi over his silence. Modi, in a Twitter message, called for an all-party meeting on Friday to discuss the situation but did not make any other comment on the confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbours. CHINA said it does not want to see any more clashes on the border with India following Monday’s violence. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian repeated that China was not to…

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