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Mr. Mnuchin and Mr. Ross, who are both playing a prominent role in reviewing ByteDance’s proposal, have come to favor a solution that would reduce national security and data risks by moving some of TikTok’s key operations out of China, rather than killing the company outright, those people said. On Sunday, ByteDance rejected a deal from Microsoft, in which Microsoft had proposed essentially taking over control of TikTok’s algorithm. In its statement on Monday, TikTok said the proposal that was in front of the Treasury Department would “enable us to continue supporting our community of 100 million people in the U.S. who love TikTok for connection and entertainment.” Oracle confirmed that it was “part of the proposal submitted by ByteDance to the Treasury Department,” but declined to elaborate. Walmart, which had been working on a TikTok bid with Microsoft, said on Sunday in a statement that it “continues to have an interest in a TikTok investment and continues discussions with ByteDance leadership and other interested parties.”

Federal authorities have so far stayed out of Tigray’s election. Starting at midnight on the eve of the election, long lines of people — from hardened war veterans to young student activists — began lining up in Tigray for their chance to vote, voters and observers said in telephone interviews. In many parts of the region, authorities said nearly 100 percent of registered voters had cast their ballot hours before polling stations closed. Some 2.7 million voters were expected to vote in 2,672 polling stations across the region, though the turnout numbers have not yet been announced.

We’ve also had to change how we plan for seasons, how we shop, and even how we travel. As the health crisis persists and it becomes clear that, at least in the United States, we will probably be dealing with the virus for quite some time, many families are hoping that there are still safe ways to travel. It turns out there are; you just have to be a little creative, and you have to be willing to work with the new constraints of the health crisis instead of against them. Here are seven tips for families who are looking for safe ways to travel right now.

Prime Day 2020 is almost upon us, and even if it’s coming a bit late, it’s still shaping up to bring shoppers the same great bargains as always — and if rumors are true, those Prime Day deals might even be running for several days, giving you even more chances to save. With few exceptions, Apple gadgets rank among the most expensive tech on the market, but these Prime Day Apple deals could be the best opportunity you’ll have all year to score MacBooks, iPads, iPhones, Apple Watches, and more at the lowest prices and deepest discounts you’ll see until the holiday season (and maybe even all year). These early deals are often every bit as good as the ones you’ll see in the sale, so don’t hesitate to jump on one that stands out to you — there’s no guarantee you’ll see it again for a lower price come Prime Day, or that it will even be on sale again at all. That said, Prime Day is a sale that is rivaled only by Black Friday, and there are certain to be some Prime Day Apple deals on newer tech that will be on offer for the lowest prices we’ve seen yet.

If you’re shopping for Amazon Echo deals and other Alexa-compatible smart home devices, give some thought to the waiting for this year’s Prime Day Amazon Echo Deals. Since Amazon controls both the sales event and the Amazon Echo smart home device brand, you can be sure Amazon will include many Echo devices in this year’s Prime Day deals. There are no active Prime Day deals now, but if you can’t wait for the event, Amazon does have a broad selection of good active deals an Amazon Echo devices. For example, for at least two years, Amazon has bundled an Amazon Echo Smart Plug, usually $25 each, for an extra $5 with many Echo Dot and Echo Show devices.

In fact, we were more impressed this year by the new Galaxy Note releases than the flagship Galaxy S20 devices, but that quality comes at a premium: The Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra are high-end smartphones with hefty price tags to be sure, but if you’re looking for smartphone deals and these caught your eye, you may yet be in luck. This time is no different, and phablet fans can pick between the standard Galaxy Note 20 and the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The Galaxy Note smartphones have always represented a high-end Android experience and the new Galaxy Note 20 doesn’t shirk that pedigree. In line with previous releases, Samsung dropped two Note devices this year but has replaced the Plus moniker with “Ultra.” That was an attention-grabbing choice when it was announced, as Galaxy fans know that the Ultra name was most recently reserved for the premium member of the S20 flagship family, the Galaxy S20 Ultra — a phone that happens to retail for $1,400.

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Friday (local time) said the highlight of the "historic" UN General Assembly session this year will be the participation of Prime Minister in two debates in the high-level segments beginning from September 21. He said the first event is a general debate where the Prime Minister will represent India at the UN and deliver the national statement while the other is the high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN. Furthermore, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be participating in some of the ministerial meetings which will be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, said Tirumurti. Tirumurti said the theme of the current UN General Assembly session is -- 'The Future We Want, The UN We Need', "reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism, confronting COVID-19 through effective multilateral actions".

India supports multilateralism in the Security Council and it is high time that the status quo should be changed and the reforms are introduced at the earliest, India's Permanent Representative to the TS Tirumurti said on Friday (local time). In an exclusive interview with ANI, Tirumurti said that the architecture of UNSC "remains frozen" in time and both the COVID-19 crisis and the 75th anniversary of the UN presents an opportunity to do things differently and that the challenges provided by the pandemic to bring in genuine reform and new changes. Reforms are being held hostage by those who would prefer this status quo and that is why we are calling for strengthening multilateralism by shaking up the status quo and undertaking reform," Tirumurti said. Stressing on multilateralism, Tirumurti said, "As a staunch supporter of multilateralism, India has been supportive of new ways of functioning and ensuring that work goes on in the UN.

Meanwhile, 39,797 new cases were registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 4,495,183, the Ministry said on Friday, Xinhua reported. has recently managed to reduce the average number of daily deaths, which stood at 779 in the past seven days, 9 per cent lower than the previous 14 days. The average number of new cases per day has also been declining, falling to 31,097 in the past seven days, 22 per cent lower than the previous two weeks. The state of Sao Paulo, the most populous state in Brazil, is the most affected by the virus, with 924,532 cases of infection and 33,678 deaths, followed by Rio de Janeiro with 249,798 cases and 17,575 deaths.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 6,722,699 and 198,509, respectively, according to the CSSE. India is currently in the second place in terms of cases at 5,214,677, while the country's death toll soared to 84,372. In terms of cases, Brazil ranks third (4,495,183), and is followed by Russia (1,086,955), Peru (750,098), Colombia (743,945), Mexico (688,954), South Africa (657,627), Spain (640,040), Argentina (613,658), France (467,421), Chile (442,827), Iran (416,198), the UK (388,412), Bangladesh (345,805), Saudi Arabia (328,720), Iraq (311,690), Pakistan (304,386), Turkey (299,810), Italy (294,932), Philippines (279,526), Germany (271,247), Indonesia (236,519), Israel (179,071), Ukraine (173,703), Canada (143,911), Bolivia (129,419), Ecuador (124,129), Qatar (122,917), Romania (110,217), Kazakhstan (107,134), Dominican Republic (106,732), Panama (104,879) and Egypt (101,772), the CSSE figures showed. The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the Brazil (135,793), Mexico (72,803), the UK (41,821), Italy (35,668), France (31,257), Peru (31,146), Spain (30,405), Iran (23,952), Colombia (23,665), Russia (19,128), South Africa (15,857), Argentina (12,656), Chile (12,199) and Ecuador (11,044).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will ban video-sharing app from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading or updating the Chinese-owned platform over concerns it poses a national security threat. But on Nov. 12, the app could become slower or harder to use because American companies will be barred from providing back-end hosting services that help the app function smoothly. Beginning Sunday, the app will no longer be available for download from app stores in the United States, greatly reducing the number of new U.S. users. Users of Apple's iPhone, for example, could reset the country settings on their phone to another country such as Canada to download TikTok, though they would need to leave their phone set to the Canadian App Store to keep the TikTok app current.

Rip down his statue. They look and they say I want to take on that statue. Ten years is a lot to rip down a statue, have a little fun, especially when they have no idea what they're ripping down. They're ripping down our past.

A company's emphasis on a level of corporate social responsibility, or CSR, can be an integral part of making your business more appealing to clients, employees, vendors, and investors. Given the many benefits that come from social impact, it’s important for entrepreneurs to be aware of some of the leading socially conscious businesses. For three seasons, the monthly Fox Sports television show "Power of Sports" has traveled to cities across the United States every month to showcase how teams, athletes, and organizations use sports to make a positive impact in their communities. The company, based in Pittsburgh and projecting over $100 million in sales in the heavily competitive drink and energy business, took on two elite investors this past year (two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald of the LA Rams and NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks), and immediately set out to find ways to give products to first responders helping fight Covid-19 and kids who were struggling with remote learning and isolation.

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Kanye West has had a difficult few months, but he’s trying to move forward. Kanye has returned to Los Angeles after spending time in Wyoming, Chicago, and New York in recent months. Kim and Kanye both assured fans that extensive safety measures were taken. Kanye’s been teasing an album for much of this summer.

Paris Hilton is one of the most intriguing celebrities out there. She’s the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, who founded Hilton Hotels. However, these days, Paris Hilton is trying to set the record straight. Sometimes it is annoying people assuming I am the blonde airhead that I played on the show, but I like proving people wrong.”

There’s something about truly unique homes that just kind of sets the heart ablaze. Designed by artist John Kahn, who designed and built sets for the Muppets and Fraggle Rock, the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom house is basically a real-life Burrow just waiting for its next owners to come home and love it. If you’re unfamiliar, the Burrow is the home that the Weasley family in the Harry Potter books (and films) lives in. The home sits on five acres in Woodstock, which is kind of a dream come true.

For others, they’ll be tackling another year of remote learning. Remote learning is a new landscape for both kids and parents. This year, students engaging in remote learning will be faced with something different. LittleThings spoke with Dr. Rich about some of parents’ most pressing concerns about digital well-being in the age of remote learning.

You simply type the phrase you want translated, tap Go, and there you have it: Your phrase translated into one of 11 languages. However, Translate offers a total of 11 languages to translate to and from. After translating a phrase, you can save the translation as a Favorite by tapping the Star icon at the bottom of the translation window. You can also bring up definitions for words in a translated phrase by tapping the Dictionary icon at the bottom of the translation window.

Thankfully the best monitors today boast all sorts of features like super-smooth refresh rates, Quad HD and 4K resolutions, and vertical sync technologies, and while they’re not always cheap, you might be surprised to see how much monitor you can get for your money now. And with the above monitor deals, you might even be able to score a solid name-brand Full HD monitor for around 100 bucks or so. Once you’ve decided upon a size and resolution — 1080p Full HD, 1440p Quad HD, or 4K Ultra HD — you’ll want to look for a monitor with a refresh rate of around 144Hz. Curved and ultrawide monitors are a relatively new thing in the world of desktop displays and could be a good alternative to traditional monitors and multi-monitor setups depending on your needs.

If you’re in the market for a new laptop yourself and specifically want a Chrome OS machine, then we also expect to see plenty of Prime Day Chromebook deals this year, and we’ve got everything you need to shop the sale right here. Prime Day will be coming in October this year (meaning that obviously the Prime Day Chromebook deals aren’t live yet), but if you need a laptop for work or school, you probably need it soon and might not have the luxury of waiting. These early Prime Day Chromebook deals are also likely to be every bit as good as the ones you’ll see during Prime Day itself — Amazon is trying to entice shoppers with these pre-sale bargains, after all, and lousy deals aren’t the best way to do that. As far as our two favorite models go, here’s what we expect and hope to see among this year’s Prime Day Chromebook deals: Google’s Pixelbook, arguably the most expensive Chromebook on the market at around a grand or more, has been discounted by as much as $300 this year (or as much as $450 for the higher-end configurations), so look for the biggest price cuts on those.

We’re particularly excited about Apple deals, and if it’s time for a new smartphone, then read on to see everything we expect to see from 2020’s Prime Day iPhone deals — including some early bargains you can grab right now. If you’re okay with buying a phone that’s a couple years older (this also applies to newer budget-friendly models like the iPhone SE), it’s very likely you’ll see these among these Prime Day iPhone deals. So if these Prime Day iPhone deals run the product you want out of stock, there’s a good possibility that Amazon won’t have the time to restock in time for Black Friday or Cyber Monday. We also don’t predict noticeable differences in prices for these iPhones between the two events so don’t let that hold you back from jumping on these Prime Day iPhone deals.

You’ll see some of the best discounts on the best tech available with Prime Day deals — some of them even before the actual Prime Day hits. If you’re into drones, you’ll see exciting opportunities with Prime Day drone deals; some of the most affordable drones with amazing maneuverability, obstacle avoidance, 4K cameras, and other features could be heavily discounted. While Prime Day sales aren’t happening quite yet, you can still get off the ground long before the day of, and discover some amazing deals being offered on Drones at Amazon. Get ready to save; these Amazon Prime Day drone deals are about to take off.

This new Dell G5 gaming desktop checks all the boxes: A 10th-gen Intel Core i5-10400F CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a beefy GTX 1660 Super GPU (with an impressive 6GB of VRAM) are capable of handling 1080p gaming at 60 frames per second, so if 30 fps isn’t cutting it for you in 2020, this PC is a worthy upgrade over most other cheap gaming PCs. For a lesser-known brand, ABS has some surprisingly nice gaming desktops for budget-conscious shoppers, and its Master gaming PC tower offers a lot of bang for the buck: It’s got a six-core Intel Core i5-10400 CPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and most impressively, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU which is arguably the best “entry-level” high-end graphics card on the market right now (and that boosted 16GB of memory means you won’t have to upgrade the RAM too soon). The short answer is that a good price-to-performance ratio is what makes a cheap gaming PC “good,” and the good news here is that desktop computers already provide this sort of value by their very nature — it’s simply easier to fit all that beefy hardware into a desktop tower, whereas the scaled-down components of laptops (not to mention their built-in displays and keyboards) make those mobile PCs more expensive. It’s safe to say that running modern video games at good settings is generally a much more demanding job than most work tasks you’d normally need a computer for, so any gaming computer — even a cheap gaming PC — will be as well-suited for work and study as it is for play.

Ginsburg was hoping that her own eulogy wouldn’t be written for many years, and in the NPR interview referenced opera singer Marilyn Horne, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2005 and said “I will live.” As former Quartz senior reporter Ephrat Livni writes, “the justice points out to NPR that Horne didn’t just hope or desire survival but insisted upon it. And Ginsburg is doing the same.”At one point in the 1970s, Ginsburg was leading the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, teaching at Columbia Law School, and litigating cases before the Supreme Court, while raising two children.“One of these calls came the morning after Ginsburg stayed up all night writing a brief.

Taiwan says Chinese warplanes entered its airspace on Wednesday and Thursday during large-scale war games that it called a “serious provocation to Taiwan and a grave threat to regional peace and stability”. Taiwan’s foreign ministry said Thursday that its military is fully aware of actions by China’s military aircraft and “responds effectively,” without giving details. Read: New Taiwan passports to emphasise distinction with ChinaChinese President Xi Jinping has said the question of Taiwan’s annexation cannot be put off indefinitely, while at the same time he is aggressively pursuing China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, along the border with India and in the East China Sea where China claims uninhabited islands controlled by Japan.

A biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Knizhnik, reached the bestseller list the day after its publication in 2015, and the next year Simon & Schuster brought out a Ginsburg biography for children with the title “I Dissent.” A documentary film of her life was a surprise box office hit in the summer of 2018, and a Hollywood biopic centered on her first sex discrimination court case opened on Christmas Day that year. In a 1976 case, Craig v. Boren, which Ginsburg worked on but did not personally argue, the Supreme Court for the first time formally adopted the rule that official distinctions based on sex were subject to “heightened scrutiny” from the courts. It was a moment of personal triumph, therefore, when nearly 20 years after making her last argument before the Supreme Court, Ginsburg announced the court’s majority opinion in a 1996 discrimination case involving the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. As one of her biographers, Jane Sherron De Hart, wrote in “Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life” (2018), the young wife, soon-to-be mother, and future feminist icon “rationalized the incident as ‘just the way things are.’” It would be years before Ruth Ginsburg made it her life’s work to challenge the web of assumptions and the assignment of roles that limited women’s opportunities.

But players often wonder which is the best Sniper gun in Call of Duty Mobile, especially if you’re a beginner in the game. In my experience, Locus is the best Sniper gun in Call of Duty Mobile, although many would debate why I have placed it higher above others. The second best Sniper gun in Call of Duty Mobile is the Outlaw. Now, let’s talk about what makes DL-Q33 the third-best Sniper gun in Call of Duty Mobile!

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Many parents are feeling stuck when it comes to options for their children’s education this fall. As parents are looking into options outside of city and state schooling, many are looking at two different options. Microschools involve these families coming together to hire a teacher who uses a curriculum the parents purchase or create themselves. Homeschooling pods have already shown a wider range, with many families changing the rules based on their groups’ needs.

As the long summer days give way to the cool autumn nights, it’s clear that Halloween is fast approaching. Many family-favorite attractions are scaling back or canceling altogether, and the ways families decide to celebrate Halloween will undoubtedly be different. The absence of the usual offerings doesn’t mean that the spookiest day of the year is canceled, however. Halloween also doesn’t have to be a one-day event.

Researchers from George Mason University spent 13 years analyzing 1.8 million hospital births in the state of Florida and have published the troubling results of their study: Black babies are three times more likely to die when they are cared for by white doctors. The mortality rate of Black babies decreases by 39% to 58% when Black babies are cared for by Black doctors. This latest study offers more evidence to what Black mothers have been trying to tell the rest of us for years: pregnant Black women and their children are often less safe — and even at greater risk of dying — when they are cared for in hospitals by white doctors.“Our study provides the first evidence that the Black-White newborn mortality gap is smaller when Black MDs provide care for Black newborns than when White MDs do, lending support to research examining the importance of racial concordance in addressing health care inequities.”

The Daily Mail is the latest to defend the royals where Harry and Meghan’s departure is concerned. The publication is disputing Meghan’s assertions she didn’t receive the kind of support she needed from the royals. It claims that she received sage advice from another member of the royal family who has endured the media’s ire: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. You can draw some parallels between what Camilla and Meghan went through.

When you lose your parents, it feels like you lose your childhood. Losing your parents comes in many forms. Your parents might not even have a particular diagnosis before dying. But as I’ve experienced parental loss before, it’s slightly different this time around.

Ginsburg became the court's second female justice and a liberal icon for her sharp questioning of witnesses and intellectually rigorous defenses of civil liberties and equal protections under the lawWashington: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. Trump called Ginsburg an "amazing woman" and did not mention filling her vacant Supreme Court seat when he spoke to reporters following a rally in Bemidji, Minnesota. Instead, Trump will almost certainly try to push Ginsburg’s successor through the Republican-controlled Senate — and move the conservative court even more to the right.

The Nintendo Switch, like many Nintendo innovations, was met with skepticism when it was first announced, but since its release, the dual-screen home gaming console has proven to be a home run for Japan’s most iconic gaming company. If there are any doubts, just take a look at its latest gaming console and versatile nature with the Nintendo Switch and now the Nintendo Switch Lite. Even if you’re a fan of the Xbox One or PlayStation 4, there’s no denying the amount of fun the newest Nintendo system brings to the gaming world. Even if you’re a fan of the Xbox One or PlayStation 4, there’s no denying the amount of fun the newest Nintendo system brings to the gaming world.

Prime Day is arguably the best day aside from Black Friday to find huge discounts on big-ticket items, too, so if it’s time for a new PC, then we’re going to be rounding up all the best Prime Day laptop deals right here — including some early ones that inevitably appear in the run-up to the big day. Another thing to remember with Prime Day — and this is especially important for new Prime members who haven’t shopped this sale before — is that even if the event itself lasts for a couple of days or more, the deals almost never do. Prime Day laptop deals also provide a great opportunity to look for deals on things that don’t often go on sale for huge price cuts, such as MacBooks, so Mac people would do well to keep an eye out for those. So if you’re on the lookout for a new and affordable laptop, these Prime Day laptop deals are probably your best bet.

To make this a little lighter on your wallet, we’ve scoured the web and rounded up all the best Xbox Live Gold deals in one place, including Xbox Live Gold 1-Month, Xbox Live Gold 3-Month, and Xbox Live Gold 12-Month subscriptions. Xbox Live Gold is a subscription membership that is required if you want to play games online with Xbox One or Xbox 360. Your Xbox Live Gold membership also includes Deals with Gold, which gives subscribers exclusive deals on digital Xbox One and Xbox 360 games. It should be noted that Xbox Live Gold is different than Xbox Live Silver (now called Xbox Live Free.

If you’re shopping for a robot vacuum cleaner but don’t have an immediate need, consider waiting for this year’s Prime Day deals during Amazon’s annual blow-out sales event. Robot vacuum cleaners are frequently on sale, but waiting for this year’s Prime Day Robot Vacuum deals could pay off nicely. Because robot vacuums are such a hot product, the chances are excellent that there will be a few crazy-good robot vacuum deals before Prime Day. Based on past Prime Days and massive sales events, the best deals on robot vacuums will be on entry-level and high-end models from many manufacturers.

Amazon Prime Day has served as an excellent time to pick up audio equipment on the cheap, especially earbuds and headphones. In addition to personal audio equipment, Amazon Prime Day will offer some of the best deals all year, so make sure you check out Prime Day deals that we think are worth jumping on before they’re gone. So while you should come prepared to jump on limited-time deals for headphones like Apple Airpods and Airpods Pro, Samsung Galaxy Buds, Google Pixel Buds 2, Jabra headphones and buds, or Bose over-ear headphones, you might also want to be ready to take advantage of sales from companies from those we mentioned above to 1More, Tranya, JLab, and others. Jump on these Prime Day headphone deals now and save yourself the hassle of worrying about whether your new AirPods will arrive in time for Christmas.

Prime Day is already one of the best times of the year to score juicy discounts on all sorts of stuff, and it looks as if the sale itself might be extended awhile longer to make up for the delay — which means that if you’re after some gaming bargains, you might just have some extra opportunities to find them. We can give you an extra leg up, too: Below, we’ve got all the best early and ongoing Prime Day gaming deals along with everything you need to know about how to shop the sale. The fact that Prime Day lands in the fall this year means that it also sits neatly between back-to-school and holiday sales, and there are plenty of discounts waiting to be snatched up if you know where to look (and in the run-up to Prime Day, there’s no reason to limit yourself to just Amazon, either). Get on these Prime Day gaming deals early and have your favorite game in hand just in time for Thanksgiving with the family.

In addition to discounted smartwatches, Amazon Prime Day is expected to offer some of the best deals all year, so make sure you check out Prime Day deals that we think are worth jumping on before they’re gone. There aren’t yet any Amazon Prime Day deals at the moment, because Amazon Prime Day hasn’t yet begun, and we aren’t even sure what date Amazon has selected for the sale after moving it from its normal July date. Prime Day competes with other annual events like Black Friday, and the best deals are generally for items that don’t often get discounted — such as current-generation or high-end models. Get a jump on your holiday shopping this year and shop these Prime Day smartwatch deals instead of waiting until late November to get spending.

“You can find people in online selling forums willing to put you in touch with someone who can get into Amazon’s system to help you sell more products or sabotage your competitors.”More than half the goods sold on Amazon’s website come from independent merchants who give Amazon a cut of each sale. Selling on Amazon is so competitive it has created a cottage industry of consultants who help merchants. The federal indictment highlights how the stakes are so high that Amazon’s employees and contractors can be enticed with bribes to manipulate a marketplace that is supposed to help shoppers find the best products at the best prices.

American buyout major on Friday sold 23 per cent stake in Essel Propack, one of the largest manufacturers of laminated tubes used mostly by FMCG and pharma companies, for a little over Rs 1,860 crore through open market transactions. The shares were sold on an average price of Rs 256.5, valuing the transaction at Rs 1,861.68 crore. Last year, Blackstone had acquired 75 per cent stake in for Rs 3,211 crore. Essel Propack's Ashok Goel, who also runs Essel World, the first amusement park in Mumbai, is the younger brother of Subash Chandra, the promoter of the financially troubled Essel Group that has an indebtedness of Rs 17,174 crore.

In the last two weeks, the number of cases being reported across the country each day has risen by nearly 50 per cent. An average of 779 new cases have been reported daily during the most recent seven days, according to the Public Health Agency of on Thursday. As of Friday noon, Canada has reported 141,565 Covid-19 cases and 9,201 deaths, according to CTV. Meanwhile, the United States has reported 6,694,434 cases and 198,055 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

"As soon as the vaccine is approved, the administration will deliver it to the American people immediately... Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month and we expect to have enough vaccines for every American by April (2021)," Trump said at a press briefing. He said "brilliant" doctors and scientists of the US have been working around the clock to produce a COVID-19 vaccine and informed that three vaccines are in the final stage of clinical trials."Lot of work has been going on with respect to vaccines... The vaccine should be developed as soon as possible to end the pandemic and get life back to normal. As part of Operation Warp Speed, initiated by the Trump administration to facilitate and accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines, Trump said all of the most promising vaccine candidates are being manufactured in advance.

A further 13,215 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in on Friday, making it the highest number of infections recorded in a single day since the outbreak, the country's Public Health Agency said. In France, the cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases now totals 428,696. The number of serious cases has increased to 571 from 535 the day before, Xinhua reported citing the agency. The total number of deaths surged to 31,249, an increase of 123 in the last 24 hours and the biggest daily toll since mid-May, when the country began a gradual de-confinement.