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| Gannon's Fehr Scores Record 10 Goals Amidst Historic 26-Goal Team Outing - SwimSwam Posted: 25 Feb 2020 01:11 AM PST  Gannon's Kelly Fehr racked up 10 scores in a 26-11 win over Wittenberg to earn top individual scoring honors on Week 6 of the collegiate women's water polo season. The team's 26 goals set a school single-game scoring record, while Fehr's 10-bagger marked an individual game record. The previous team record of 23 goals occurred twice (vs. Penn State Behrend, 4/8/04; vs. Penn State Behrend, 3/22/06). Fehr's record surpassed Natalie Grabowski's nine goal effort vs. Washington and Jefferson on March 9, 2002. VMI set a school record for goals in a game with 27 in a 27-12 win over Grove City on Saturday. Sophomore Kiara Anguiano netted seven goals, while junior Zoe Salafatinos notched a school game-record nine steals in the win. The 27 goals bested the Keydets' 25-goal haul in a 25-10 win over Monmouth on Feb. 23, 2019. The 39 combined goals also set a VMI record, surpassing the previous record of 37 achieved twice (in a 23-14 win over Occidental, 3/16/17, and in a 20-17 2OT loss to Chapman, 3/15/14). Salafatinos outdid Emma Perez's eight takeaways from March 3, 2018. Anguiano's seven goals in the game marked the second best individual scoring effort of the week alongside three other players, who checked in with seven goals apiece. Salem's Margherita Garibbo, Carthage's Megan Cales and Washington & Jefferson's Megan DePrez rounded out the group. Twelve players turned in six goal efforts, including Cales, who did so vs. Macalester ahead of her seven goal performance vs. Monmouth. Week 6 also included 27 five-goal efforts, including two apiece by Gannon's Julia Kreidinger and VMI's Genevieve Petrassi, 40 four-goal performances and 108 hat tricks. Collegiate Women's Water Polo Week 6 Top Individual Scorers
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| 「機動警察パトレイバー」劇場版の4DX上映決定、復刻版パンフなども販売 - ナタリー Posted: 25 Feb 2020 01:10 AM PST 「機動警察パトレイバー」劇場版の4DX上映決定、復刻版パンフなども販売 - ナタリー  「 1989年に劇場公開された同作は、シリーズの劇場版第1弾作品。 2020-02-25 06:59:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiJGh0dHBzOi8vbmF0YWxpZS5tdS9jb21pYy9uZXdzLzM2ODU2NdIBKGh0dHBzOi8vYW1wLm5hdGFsaWUubXUvY29taWMvbmV3cy8zNjg1NjU?oc=5  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| South Korea mobilizes against drastic increase in Covid-19 cases - Prensa Latina Posted: 25 Feb 2020 12:27 AM PST 24 de febrero de 2020, 10:1  Seoul, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) South Korea is strengthening its response on Monday to curb the Covid-19 coronavirus, as it reported a drastic increase in the number of patients to 833 and eight deaths, thus becoming the second country in the world with the largest number of cases, after China.According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of cases among members of the Shincheonji religious sect, in the southeastern city of Daegu, has increased, as well as in a hospital in the neighboring town of Cheongdo. More than 50% of cases in South Korea are related to those two outbreaks. In light of the situation, Daegu authorities called on its 2.5 million inhabitants to stay at home, a suggestion that the government also made to individuals with a fever and a cold, pregnant women and the elderly in the rest of the country. The Ministry of Education postponed the beginning of the second semester for March 9, and the Parliament cancelled its plenary session, after three opposition lawmakers had contact with a patient. For its part, the technological giant Samsung Electronics closed its plant in Gumi, where it makes the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Z Flip phones, and the TV station JTBC suspended its morning news after one of its employees was diagnosed with the respiratory disease. President Moon Jae-in called for special decisions and measures in a rapid, aggressive and unrestrictive manner, due to fears of a nationwide outbreak if the Covid-19 is not contained in Daegu. jg/tgj/ymr Top stories - Google News February 24, 2020 at 07:07AM https://ift.tt/2urae5K South Korea mobilizes against drastic increase in Covid-19 cases - Prensa Latina Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| After China, South Korea has most number of coronavirus cases - BusinessLine Posted: 24 Feb 2020 11:27 PM PST South Korea reported 161 more coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the nationwide total to 763 and making it the world's largest total outside China. The country has seen a rapid surge in the number of coronavirus cases - adding more than 700 cases in less than a week - since a cluster of infections emerged from a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu. Most of the country's cases are connected to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the southern city of Daegu, including 129 of Monday's confirmations, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement. Two more people had died, it added -- both of them connected to a second cluster around a hospital in Cheongdo - taking the toll to seven. South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday raised the country's virus alert to the highest "red" level, in a bid to strengthen the government response to the spiralling outbreak. The government has extended kindergarten and school holidays by one week nationwide and plans to enforce tighter two-week monitoring of arrivals from China. The outbreak has forced South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics to suspend operations at its smartphone plant in Gumi, 200 kilometres (125 miles) southeast of Seoul, after one of its employees was infected at the weekend. The Gumi plant manufactures high-end products for the domestic market, including Samsung's latest Galaxy S20 and luxury Galaxy Z Flip models. The Shincheonji cluster began with a 61-year-old woman who developed a fever on February 10 and attended at least four services in Daegu - South Korea's fourth-biggest city, with a population of 2.5 million - before being diagnosed. Daegu mayor Kwon Young-jin said 85 percent of the city's 292 cases were linked to Shincheonji. Authorities say some 9,300 Shincheonji members in Daegu have either been quarantined or have been asked to stay at home, but hundreds have still yet to be reached. Shincheonji, often accused of being a cult, claims its founder has donned the mantle of Jesus Christ and will take 144,000 people with him to heaven on judgement day. But with more church members than available places in heaven, they are said to have to compete for slots and pursue converts. In a video statement read out by its spokesman on Sunday, Shincheonji apologised for "causing concern", but insisted it was cooperating with health authorities for the "early cessation" of the situation. The spokesman rejected public criticism blaming his church over the spike in the number of infections, noting the virus had broken out in China. "Please be aware that the Shincheonji Church of Jesus and its members are the biggest victims of the COVID-19," he said. Top stories - Google News February 23, 2020 at 09:15PM https://ift.tt/2PkMGqq After China, South Korea has most number of coronavirus cases - BusinessLine Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho adult film actress sentenced Tuesday for hiring a hitman - KXLY Spokane Posted: 24 Feb 2020 11:16 PM PST  COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho – A Post Falls woman who once acted in adult films will be sentenced in federal court Tuesday for hiring a hitman to kill a man, identified in court documents as the father of her child. Much of the detail in the case has been sealed to protect the victims. Katrina Danforth, who also goes by the name Lynn Pleasant, pleaded guilty to two counts of using interstate commerce in the commission of murder for hire. She admitted hiring a hitman, meeting him in person, calling him on the phone and mailing him a thank you card with a $2,500 cash down payment. The hitman was an undercover police officer. Danforth faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. In court filings, Danforth's attorney says she should face the low level of the sentencing guidelines. According to court records, Danforth has two children, including a child she shares with the victim in the case. Danforth's attorney writes in court filings Danforth acted in adult films, saying that she "did porn for the money." Court records also show she has been a child care worker and has a license to do nails, along with training in massage therapy. Danforth will be sentenced at 1:30 Tuesday COPYRIGHT 2020 BY KXLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. "Actress" - Google News February 24, 2020 at 05:13PM https://ift.tt/2Taq1OR Idaho adult film actress sentenced Tuesday for hiring a hitman - KXLY Spokane "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coronavirus Live Updates: Markets Reel as Virus Spreads Across the World - The New York Times Posted: 24 Feb 2020 10:27 PM PST Read Updates in Chinese: 新冠病毒疫情最新消息汇总 Here's what you need to know:
 Stocks continue to fall in Asia, but at a slower pace.Share prices in Asia slid for the second straight day, albeit at a more moderate pace, as investors took their cue from Monday's sell-offs in Europe and the United States. The steepest losses in Asia on Tuesday occurred in Japan, where markets were closed for a holiday on Monday. The Nikkei 225 index was down almost 3 percent by late morning. Most other Asian markets fell at a much slower pace. Futures trading indicated that American and European markets may be little changed or up slightly when they open on Tuesday. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets dropped 2 percent by late Tuesday morning. Both markets had been fairly insulated from the global selling on Monday, a stability that analysts attributed to Beijing policies such as ordering fund managers not to sell more shares than they buy. Beijing has a history of tolerating share price declines more readily if they look like echoes of Wall Street's activity, and that appeared to be true on Tuesday as well. The Hong Kong market was little changed, after falling more than the mainland markets on Monday. In South Korea, shaken by the world's second largest outbreak outside of China, share prices rebounded on Tuesday morning after enduring on Monday one of the sharpest drops of any large market around the world. By late morning, share prices there were up about 0.5 percent. Stock markets in commodity-exporting countries continue to suffer losses as traders worry that demand for their goods may decline if more countries suffer the kind of bruising deceleration in economic activity that China has endured. Australia's stock market fell 1.6 percent by early Tuesday afternoon, and New Zealand's dipped 1 percent. As infections slow in China, they increase elsewhere around the world.China appears to be getting the new coronavirus under control, but infections are spreading rapidly in South Korea, Iran and Italy. And the world is not prepared for a major outbreak, World Health Organization officials said on Monday. A W.H.O. mission to China has said that the daily tally of new cases there peaked and then plateaued between Jan. 23 and Feb. 2, and has steadily declined since. Chinese officials reported 508 new cases and 71 deaths as of Monday, a slower pace than in previous days. By Tuesday, South Korea had reported a total of 893 cases, the second most in the world. Of the 60 new cases reported by South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 49 came from Daegu, the center of the outbreak in that country. In Iran, a spike in coronavirus infections has prompted fears of a contagion throughout the Middle East. In Italy, one of Europe's largest economies, officials are struggling to prevent the epidemic from paralyzing the commercial center of Milan. And in New York, London, and Tokyo, financial markets plummeted on fears that the virus will cripple the global economy. The emergence of Italy, Iran, and South Korea as new hubs of the outbreak underscored the lack of a coordinated global strategy to combat the coronavirus, which has infected nearly 80,000 people in 37 countries, causing at least 2,600 deaths. C.D.C. warns Americans against traveling to South Korea.American citizens were advised on Monday to avoid nonessential travel to South Korea because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus there. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel warning to Level Three, its highest warning. "There is a widespread, ongoing outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that can be spread from person to person," the C.D.C. said in an advisory. "Older adults and people with chronic medical conditions may be at risk of severe disease." The C.D.C. also warned that "there is limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas." The warning came as South Korea reported Tuesday that the number of cases in the country had risen by 60 to 893 overall. The majority of the cases have been centered in the area in and around Daegu, South Korea's fourth-largest city, 180 miles southeast of Seoul. And roughly half the patients in the country are members of the Shincheonji religious group, a church that has a large following in the city. President Moon Jae-in on Sunday put the country on the highest possible alert in its fight against the coronavirus. White House asks Congress for $2.5 billion to fight the outbreak.The Trump administration, after weeks of pleading from lawmakers, asked Congress on Monday to allocate at least $2.5 billion in emergency funds to bolster its coronavirus response, according to three White House officials and a request letter obtained by The New York Times. The request from the White House, $1.25 billion in new funds and $1.25 billion in money diverted from other federal programs, is a significant escalation in the administration's response to the outbreak of the virus and a sign of how long the fight to stop it may be. The letter, which was signed by Russell T. Vought, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, said the funds would be spent on emergency medical supplies, lab testing, the development of vaccines and other forms of monitoring, among other features. Representative Nita M. Lowey of New York, the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, called the request "woefully insufficient to protect Americans from the deadly coronavirus outbreak." "It is profoundly disturbing that their answer now is to raid money Congress has designated for other critical public health priorities," she said in a statement. "Worse still, their overall request still falls short of what is needed for an effective, comprehensive government-wide response." A judge prevented California from moving some patients.In a decision that could complicate California's efforts to deal with the coronavirus crisis, a federal judge on Monday kept a temporary restraining order in place that would prevent infected patients on a military base from being moved to a state-owned facility in the city of Costa Mesa. The judge said she would reconsider the issue after state and federal authorities provide more details about how they plan to protect the health of the community, as well as the people with coronavirus. "The state has shown great empathy for the patients," Judge Josephine L. Staton said in a ruling that drew applause, adding that she wanted to see "the same empathy for the residents of Costa Mesa." Costa Mesa had asked the judge to prevent California from moving people infected with the new coronavirus into a former residential home for developmentally disabled people, where the patients would remain in isolation while recovering. The area, which is in Orange County, is too heavily populated to host people infected with such a dangerous virus, the local officials argued. Federal officials had planned to move the patients to a facility in Alabama operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, court documents said, but officials in California thought that moving the group out of the state would be detrimental to their health and well-being. The standoff over where to send the patients underscored the unwieldy, decentralized nature of the U.S. health system, even as federal authorities were warning of serious risks from the coronavirus outbreak Reporting and research was contributed by Matt Phillips, Russell Goldman, Keith Bradsher, Gerry Mullany, Aimee Ortiz, Mark Landler, Steven Lee Myers, Sui-Lee Wee, Farah Stockman, Louis Keene, Noah Weiland, Emily Cochrane and Maggie Haberman. 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| Deadly Coronavirus Spreads to Italy, Iran and South Korea - EDM Digest Posted: 24 Feb 2020 10:27 PM PST Top stories - Google News February 24, 2020 at 01:05PM https://ift.tt/32sWbcG Deadly Coronavirus Spreads to Italy, Iran and South Korea - EDM Digest Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia's Mahathir unexpectedly quit as prime minister — but he could come back - CNBC Posted: 24 Feb 2020 10:27 PM PST  Mahathir Mohamad, 94, is a veteran politician who has been Malaysia's prime minister twice. Mohd Samsul Mohd Said l Getty Images Mahathir Mohamad, a 94-year-old Malaysian politician, unexpectedly quit on Monday — leaving Malaysia in a political limbo and setting the stage for an unprecedented scramble among political parties seeking to form the next government. Mahathir's resignation from the highest political office in Malaysia set off events that broke apart a coalition of parties that ruled the country for less than two years. The political alliance, Pakatan Harapan, unexpectedly won the last general elections in 2018, after overthrowing a rival coalition that had governed Malaysia for 61 years before that. But Mahathir was appointed interim prime minister by the Malaysian king hours after he submitted his resignation — a development that some analysts said has set the veteran politician up to be the kingmaker of Malaysia's political future. As interim premier, Mahathir will continue to oversee administrative matters in the country until the appointment of a new prime minister and cabinet. "I'm still willing to bet that it'll be Mahathir," said James Chin, an expert on Malaysian politics from the University of Tasmania, when asked who would lead Malaysia next. Monday's developments followed a weekend filled with speculation that the Pakatan Harapan coalition could lose power. Multiple local media, mostly citing unnamed sources, reported that Mahathir would shift allegiance by tying up with the opposition parties to form and lead a new government. CNBC breaks down what led to the latest political upheaval in Malaysia and takes a look at what could happen next. Who is Mahathir?Mahathir is a veteran politician who has been Malaysia's prime minister twice. He was premier from 1981 to 2003, during which he led a coalition of political parties called Barisan Nasional. The 94-year-old came out of retirement to form his own party and align with former political opponents to contest the 2018 general elections. Mahathir, and the Pakatan Harapan coalition that he led, beat Barisan Nasional in that election — and for the first time since its independence in 1957, Malaysia had a change in government. What led to the resignation?Mahathir didn't explain why he resigned, but analysts and local media reports speculated the issue of succession was likely a central issue. Before the last general elections in 2018, Mahathir had promised that Anwar Ibrahim — his protege-turned-rival before the two reconciled — would succeed him as prime minister. Multiple media reports since then said the 94-year-old was facing pressure from Anwar's supporters to set a timeline to hand over power. To that, Mahathir often said he needed time to reduce the government's debt and set the country on the right path before stepping down. But he appeared to refuse to commit to a clear timeline on when to cede power, and that raised concerns among analysts and investors about Malaysia's future. Last Friday, leaders from the Pakatan Harapan coalition met to discuss succession, which ended with Mahathir saying a "unanimous" decision was made to allow him to step down whenever he wants to, according to local newspaper The Star. But speculation intensified over the weekend that Mahathir would pull his party out of the coalition and tie up with several opposition parties — including those in the Barisan Nasional coalition that he defeated in 2018. What's next for Malaysia?At this point, the Pakatan Harapan coalition has lost its parliamentary majority. Before Monday's events, the alliance was made up of four political parties that held 129 out of 222 parliamentary seats. They included:
Mahathir's party announced their withdrawal from the coalition on Monday, while 11 members of parliament — including several cabinet ministers — left Anwar's party to form an independent bloc in the chamber. That left the ruling coalition with 92 seats, short of the 112 simple majority needed to form a government. What they want is a new government as fast as possible and (that is) as stable as possible — and the only person who can glue everything together at the present moment is Mahathir. James Chin University of Tasmania Political leaders, both from Pakatan Harapan and the opposition, have voiced their support for Mahathir to stay on as prime minister. It's unclear what Mahathir's next steps would be, but analysts have suggested the following possibilities:
"The race for the formation of the new government is still wide open," Amir Fareed, director of strategy at political risk consultancy KRA Group, told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Tuesday. He added that the various political factions in Malaysia will be reaching out to one another to reach that "magical" number of 112 parliamentary seats to form the next government. But regardless of who makes up Malaysia's next government, Mahathir looks set to remain as prime minister, said Chin, the Malaysian politics expert from the University of Tasmania. He told CNBC's "Street Signs Asia" on Tuesday that most of the political parties wouldn't want to go into a snap election and potentially face an angry electorate following the latest developments. The parties would instead likely prioritize reaching an agreement among themselves to form Malaysia's next government, he explained. "A lot of them will actually lose their seats. So, what they want is a new government as fast as possible and (that is) as stable as possible — and the only person who can glue everything together at the present moment is Mahathir," said Chin. Top stories - Google News February 24, 2020 at 10:05PM https://ift.tt/2vYMDKj Malaysia's Mahathir unexpectedly quit as prime minister — but he could come back - CNBC Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 24 Feb 2020 09:27 PM PST  Stocks in Japan saw sharp declines on Tuesday afternoon following an overnight plunge on Wall Street as fears of the economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak spread. Returning from a Monday holiday, the Nikkei 225 plunged 3.97% in early trade, before easing to losses of 3.36% as shares of index heavyweight Fast Retailing dropped more than 4%. The Topix index also declined 3.23%. Shares of Fujifilm bucked the overall trend to surge more than 4% after local media reports that the Japanese government was considering the use of an anti-flu drug developed by a unit of the firm to treat the coronavirus. Shares in mainland China were lower by the afternoon, with the Shanghai composite dropping 2%. The Shenzhen component also slipped 1.74%. The Shenzhen composite shed 2%. South Korea's Kospi was 0.69% higher, following sharp losses seen on Monday as the country witnessed a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in recent days. On Tuesday, the country reported 60 new cases, bringing the number of infected cases to 893, to become the country with the most cases outside mainland China. Total fatalities now stand at 8. Seoul raised the coronavirus alert to the "highest level" over the weekend. Consumer confidence in South Korea dropped in February to a six-month low, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Tuesday. The Composite Consumer Sentiment Index for February fell to 96.9, declining 7.3 points from its reading in January, according to data from the Bank of Korea. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong shed earlier gains to slip 0.11% by the afternoon. Meanwhile, shares in Australia declined as the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.1%. Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was 0.05% lower. Political chaos in MalaysiaElsewhere, markets in Malaysia were watched on Tuesday following recent developments that thrust the country into political uncertainty. The country's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad unexpectedly resigned on Monday, but reportedly agreed to stay on as interim leader until a successor is named. In afternoon trade on Tuesday, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index rose about 0.75%, after closing about 2.69% lower on Monday following news of the political upheaval. The country's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia or BNM, said it was "closely monitoring conditions in the financial markets" after the latest political developments. "While ringgit movements will continue to be market determined, BNM's market operations will ensure sufficient liquidity and orderly financial market conditions," it said in a statement. Coronavirus economic fearsIn China, where the outbreak was first reported, 508 new cases and 71 additional deaths were reported as of Feb. 24. That brings the country's total to 77,658 confirmed cases, and 2,663 deaths. Concerns over the economic impact of disruptions caused by the virus outbreak have sent jitters across markets in recent weeks as some factories in China continue to remain shut due to containment measures. Becky Liu, head of China macro strategy at Standard Chartered Bank, told CNBC's "Street Signs" on Tuesday that China's first quarter GDP is expected to deteriorate "very materially" to only 2.8% while the full-year projection was at 5.5%. "This will be lower than the minimum GDP growth which is required to achieve so-called doubling GDP by 2020 target at 5.7%," Liu said. "From what we have seen so far this year, nothing is growing aside (from) something very small … such as online gaming," she said. "Even if the virus condition start(s) to get contained and we have real activities picking up in March, it's very difficult to see China having any material growth in the foreseeable future." Even if the virus condition start(s) to get contained and we have real activities picking up in March, it's very difficult to see China having any material growth in the foreseeable future. Becky Liu Head of China Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank The outbreak in South Korea has also exacerbated concerns, given the country's importance in the global technology and semiconductor supply chains. "We've already seen how the China factory shutdowns have affected industry in the rest of the region as they haven't been able to get the intermediate goods that feed into their … production lines," said Alex Holmes, Asia economist at Capital Economics. While the effect on South Korea won't be as broad, "if they had to shut down factories across the country, then particularly the technology sector across the rest of the region who rely on Korea for things like … liquid crystal displays and semiconducting chips, they would really struggle," Holmes told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday. Outside of Asia, Italy has also seen a surge in the number of people infected, with at least 130 reported cases. "The jump in cases outside of China raises the risk of a sharper Q1 2020 global economic slowdown," Kim Mundy, currency strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, wrote in a note. "It also raises the risk that the economic disruption is more prolonged." Overnight on Wall Street, fears of coronavirus contagion sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 1,031.61 points to close at 27,960.80. The S&P 500 slipped 3.35% to end its trading day at 3,225.89 while the Nasdaq Composite closed 3.71% lower at 9,221.28. The steep sell-off on Monday left the Dow giving up its gain for 2020, with the index now down 2% for the year. The S&P 500 also had its worst day in two years and wiped out its year-to-date gain as well. Currencies and oilThe U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 99.217 after touching highs around 99.6 yesterday. The Japanese yen traded at 110.8 per dollar after strengthening from levels above 111.2 yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.6619 following its decline from levels above $0.67 last week. Oil prices edged higher in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, as international benchmark Brent crude futures added 0.32% to $56.48 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also gained 0.19% to $51.53 per barrel. Here's a look at what's on tap in the day ahead:
— CNBC's Fred Imbert and Yen Nee Lee contributed to this report. Correction: This report was updated to reflect stock market movements in Japan on Tuesday. Top stories - Google News February 24, 2020 at 03:36PM https://ift.tt/398r1cM Japan stocks plunge more than 3% as virus fears grow; Malaysia markets edge higher despite political chaos - CNBC Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheetah cubs learn hunting skills in adorable viral video. Internet loves - India Today Posted: 24 Feb 2020 09:09 PM PST  An adorable video of cheetah cubs trying to master hunting skills has surfaced on social media and folks are overjoyed upon seeing it. The 13-second clip was shared on Twitter by Susanta Nanda of the Indian Forest Service and boy, it is so cute that we bet you will watch it more than once. The video shows two cheetah cubs attempting to master their sneaking skills which are a prerequisite for hunting. Cheetah cubs learn hunting from a very young age because it is an essential survival skill. One-year-old cubs in fact, also participate in hunts with their mothers. "Learning early the sneaking skills for hunting. Young Cheetah cub, still with the silver strip of fur called mantle running all the way down their back, trying to perfect the art of sneaking that makes them great hunters," Susanta Nanda said in the caption of the post. Watch the video here:
Like we said, folks enjoyed the video and several users wrote in the comments section that they found it "amazing". So much so that the clip has been viewed almost 2,000 times within a few hours of being shared online. It also garnered several likes and has been frequently shared across Twitter. See the comments on the video here: kiki (@Dreamwo86818554) February 24, 2020
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| Coronavirus live updates: US CDC raises travel advisory for South Korea as cases surge to 893 - CNBC Posted: 24 Feb 2020 08:27 PM PST  This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 12:00 pm: Japan health minister says too early to talk about cancelling OlympicsJapanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said it was still too early to talk about the cancellation of the Tokyo Summer Olympics set to begin on July 24, according to Reuters. A London mayoral candidate said that London was ready to host the games if needed, amidst increasing uncertainty over whether the Olympics in Japan should be rescheduled or cancelled entirely, due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. — Audrey Cher 11:50 am: China says air transport won't resume in Hubei other than emergency travelThe Civil Aviation Administration of China said Tuesday on its website that other than emergency travel, air transportation will not resume in Hubei and other areas severely affected by the virus. Work will resume bit by bit in other areas, and air passenger transport will gradually return to normal, the statement said. — Evelyn Cheng 11:00 am: Trump administration asks for $2.5 billion to tackle coronavirusThe Trump administration submitted a budget request for $2.5 billion to Congress towards the coronavirus effort, the White House said Monday, according to a Reuters report. More than $1 billion of that budget would be allocated for the development of a vaccine, the White House said, according to the report. 10:20 am: China fully bans trade and consumption of illegal wildlifeChina will immediately and fully ban illegal wildlife trade, as the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak continues, according to Chinese state-owned news agency Xinhua. The decision to ban wildlife trade and "eliminate the bad habits of eating wild animals" was made by the National People's Congress Standing Committee, which said the full ban was done to carry out instructions by Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to the report. This picture taken on January 15, 2020 shows a butcher selling yak meat at a market in Beijing. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images Covid-19, the name of the new coronavirus, was thought to have passed from animals to humans. However, the South China Morning Post reported that Chinese scientists are now saying the virus did not originate in a Wuhan seafood market. At that market, live animals were sold, and the first case in China was reported to have links to that market. 9:40 am: US CDC raises travel advisory alert for South KoreaThe U.S. CDC raised its alert level for travel to South Korea, citing the outbreak there. (see 9:13 a.m. update) It raised its travel advisory for South Korea to Level 3, which means that Americans should avoid non-essential travel to South Korea, saying there is "widespread community transmission." 9:13 am: South Korea reports 60 new cases, one additional deathSouth Korea reported a jump of 60 new cases, bringing the country's total to 893 infected, according to the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday morning. It reported one additional death, bringing the total number of fatalities to 8. The country raised its alert level to the maximum on Sunday. Its Level 4 alert allows the government to lock down cities and take other powerful measures to contain the disease's outbreak. 8:45 am: China reports 508 new cases, 71 additional deathsChina's National Health Commission reported 508 new confirmed cases and 71 new deaths, as of Feb. 24. In Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, there were 499 new cases, and 68 additional deaths as of Feb. 24. That brings the country's total to 77,658 confirmed cases, and 2,663 deaths. 8:30 am: Japan stocks plunge around 4%7:55 am: US and South Korea consider reducing trainingThe U.S. and South Korea are considering a move to reduce military training due to risks from the virus outbreak, the defense ministers from both countries said Monday, according to Reuters. "I'm sure that we will remain fully ready to deal with any threats that we will face together," U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at a news briefing, as he stood with his South Korean counterpart at the Pentagon. 7:45 am: Asia stocks set to drop after Wall Street sells offShares in Australia dropped more than 2% in early trade. Japan's markets which open at 8 a.m. are also set to decline sharply as it returns from a holiday on Monday. That follows an overnight plunge on Wall Street amid fears of the economic hit that could result from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that is spreading beyond China. — Huang All times below are in Eastern time. 4:35 pm: Dow plunges 1,000 points on outbreak fears, worst day in two yearsStocks fell sharply as the number of cases outside China surged, stoking fears of a prolonged global economic slowdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1,031.61 points lower, or 3.56%, at 27,960.80. The S&P 500 slid 3.35% to 3,225.89 while the Nasdaq Composite closed 3.71% lower at 9,221.28. It was the Dow's biggest point and percentage-point drop since February 2018. The Dow also gave up its gains for 2020 and is now down 2% for the year. The S&P 500 also had its worst day in two years and wiped out its year-to-date gain as well. —Imbert, Huang 12:50 pm: Iran confirms 12 deathsTwelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran, Tehran's health ministry said. However, a member of parliament said 50 people had died in the city of Qom, 75 miles south of the capital Tehran, alone in the past two weeks from the coronavirus. Meanwhile more than 10,000 drug addicts have been quarantined in treatment centers in Tehran province to guard against the coronavirus, state-run IRNA news agency reported, citing a local official. 9:51 am: Seventh death reported in ItalyA seventh person has died in the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, news agency ANSA said, while the number of confirmed cases rose to more than 220 in the country. ANSA said the latest person to die was an 80-year-old man who had been taken to hospital last week in Lodi after suffering a heart attack. Doctors believe he caught the virus there from another patient. —Reuters Read CNBC's coverage from the U.S. overnight: WHO calls Iran and Italy cases 'deeply concerning,' Goldman cuts GDP forecast — CNBC's Audrey Cher, Evelyn Cheng, Eustance Huang, Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and William Feuer contributed to this report. 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| South Korea on frontline as coronavirus spreads - Egypt Independent Posted: 24 Feb 2020 08:27 PM PST  The deadly coronavirus epidemic spread further outside China on Monday with a surge of infections in South Korea making it the biggest hotspot abroad, while authorities in Europe and the Middle East battled worsening outbreaks. The number of fatalities in China also continued to soar, with 150 more confirmed deaths taking the official death toll to nearly 2,600. Chinese authorities insist they are making progress in containing the virus, citing slowing infection rates thanks to unprecedented travel lockdowns and quarantines in or near the outbreak's epicenter. But a rising number of new cases and deaths in other parts of the world have deepened fears about a potential pandemic, with South Korea, Italy and Iran emerging over the past week on the frontlines. Bahrain and Kuwait also announced on Monday their first cases of the virus, as authorities in the Middle East sought to clamp down on people travelling and spreading the disease following eight deaths in Iran. South Korea has seen a rapid surge in infections since a cluster emerged from a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu last week. Another 161 infections and two more deaths were reported in South Korea on Monday, bringing the total cases to more than 700 people — the most outside China. South Korean President Moon Jae-in over the weekend raised the country's virus alert to the highest "red" level, as kindergarten and school holidays were extended nationally. The start of the new K-league football season, scheduled for this weekend, was also postponed on Monday. At the main high-speed train station in Daegu, a normally bustling city of 2.5 million people, just a small trickle of commuters were seen. A long line of cabs waited for passengers outside the station, and the streets were eerily still, with masks and gloves standard for the few out and about. – Football, fashion curbed – In Italy, where more than 150 people have been infected and three have died, several Serie A football games were postponed while the Venice Carnival was cut short and some runway shows were cancelled at Milan Fashion Week. More than 50,000 people in about a dozen northern Italian towns have been told to stay home, and police set up checkpoints to enforce a blockade. In Iran, authorities ordered the closure of schools, universities and cultural centres across 14 provinces following eight deaths — the most outside East Asia. The outbreak in the Islamic Republic surfaced on Wednesday last week and quickly grew to 43 confirmed infections, prompting neighboring countries to close their borders. Nearly 30 people outside of China have been confirmed to have died after contracting the virus. Nearly 30 countries have reported infections. In China, the confirmed death toll stood at 2,592 on Monday after 150 more people died of the virus. The number of confirmed new cases fell compared with the previous day to 409, taking the country's total infections over 77,000. In a sign of China's growing confidence, a month-long quarantine in Wuhan, a central city where the virus first emerged in December, was partially eased on Monday. Wuhan authorities said healthy non-residents, people with other medical conditions and those doing virus prevention work may leave the city of 11 million people. – Economic toll – The virus is taking an increasingly heavy toll on the global economy, with many factories in China closed or subdued due to quarantines, and global travel choked. Stock markets in Asia fell on Monday following the surge in infections in South Korea and weekend developments across Europe and the Middle East. "While the coronavirus is probably slowing in China, it is speeding up elsewhere," said Charles Gillams, at RJMG Asset Management. The International Monetary Fund warned Sunday that the epidemic was putting a "fragile" global economic recovery at risk. G20 financial chiefs also voiced concern about its ripple effects around the world. Only about 30 percent of China's small- and medium-sized enterprises have resumed work, an official said Monday. Chinese President Xi Jinping acknowledged Sunday that the virus had become the country's "largest public health emergency" since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949. "This is a crisis for us and it is a big test," Xi said in comments reported by state television. Officials are expected to decide Monday whether to postpone China's annual parliament meeting for the first time since the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. burs-lth/kma Image: YONHAP/AFP / – South Korea has seen a rapid surge in infections since a cluster emerged from a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu last week Top stories - Google News February 24, 2020 at 12:07AM https://ift.tt/2Vva3BN South Korea on frontline as coronavirus spreads - Egypt Independent Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 24 Feb 2020 07:27 PM PST Getty Image / WPA Pool / Pool For years now, scientists have been warning about the possibility of an ominous disease that could cause a deadly epidemic. On February 7, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the potential pathogens an official name of "disease X." Now, the WHO is giving the world a warning that the coronavirus is looking more and more like the disease X that they predicted. The latest coronavirus update shows that the contagious disease isn't slowing down. There are now over 2,600 deaths from COVID-19 as of February 23, and more than 79,000 worldwide confirmed cases, 77,000 are in mainland China. Two Chinese doctors died within a 24-hour timespan. Both were previously healthy and relatively young. Xia Sisi, a 29-year-old digestive physician working at Xiehe Jiangbei Hospital in Wuhan, died on Sunday morning from the coronavirus. Huang Wenjun, a 42-year-old deputy chief physician at the department of respiratory medicine at Xiaogan Central Hospital in Hubei province, also died on Sunday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed was down 1,029 points (3.55%), mostly because of the spread of coronavirus internationally and the effects it could have on global business and supply chains. The stock market freefall was the Dow's biggest point and percentage-point drop in two years. There are 53 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday. This number includes 36 people who were aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, 14 US cases, and three people repatriated from Wuhan, China. "We are not seeing community spread here in the United States yet, but it's very possible — even likely — that it may eventually happen," said Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Oman announced their first cases of coronavirus on Monday. There are now 36 countries with confirmed cases of COVID-19. Italy has seen the COVID-19 death count reach six, and there are at least 219 cases, the most in Europe. There have been 10 towns in northern Italy that have completely shut down, basically locking down 50,000 people. The coronavirus death toll spiked to 12 in Iran, with 66 confirmed cases. Because the coronavirus has spread so fast and can be shared by people who are showing no symptoms, the World Health Organization warned that COVID-19 could be the feared disease X. Disease X is a placeholder name for a potential new pathogen that could cause an epidemic. The WHO said disease X "represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease." The "X" stands for "unexpected," meaning health organizations should prepare for a disease unlike any other. In 2018, the WHO also named other possible threats including Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF); Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease; Lassa fever; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Nipah and henipaviral diseases Rift Valley fever (RVF); and Zika. "As experience has taught us more often than not the thing that is gonna hit us is something that we did not anticipate," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "Just the way we didn't anticipate Zika, we didn't think there would be an Ebola that would hit cities." RELATED: Chinese Scientists Believe Coronavirus Came From Virology Lab In Wuhan Marion Koopmans, a professor of viroscience at Erasmus University and WHO advisor, warns that the coronavirus could be the ominous disease X that health officials fear. In a paper titled "The Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: What We Know and What We Don't" published in the scientific journal Cell, Koopmans wrote: "Whether it will be contained or not, this outbreak is rapidly becoming the first true pandemic challenge that fits the disease X category, listed to the WHO's priority list of diseases for which we need to prepare in our current globalized society." The aspect of COVID-19 that scientists are currently most worried about is that the respiratory disease can be spread by people who are showing no symptoms. There is one case, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, of a 20-year-old woman who carried COVID-19 from the outbreak's epicenter of Wuhan. She spread it to at least five relatives to the Chinese city of Anyang, over 400 miles away, while showing no symptoms or fever. In mid-January, the woman tested negative for COVID-19, but in a later follow-up test, she was positive. Another report from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed all of China's reported cases of COVID-19 from December 8 to February 11, a total of 72,314 patients. They found that 1.2% of infected people showed no symptoms at all. The Diamond Princess cruise ship has the most confirmed cases of novel coronavirus outside of mainland China with 634. However, more than half of those infected, 322, showed no symptoms of the coronavirus. "It's very clear that the people who are getting caught in that umbrella of reporting are the people that present themselves to a hospital," said Dr. Fauci. "There's another whole cohort that is either asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic." "Those countries are canaries in the coalmine that the virus is quite active — a sign that containment is reaching the end of its applicability," Ian Mackay, an associate professor of virology at the University of Queensland, said of the first countries to have outbreaks. "There could be these sorts of spot fires burning everywhere with us not knowing." RELATED: Instagram Prankster Arrested And Faces 5 Years In Jail For Coronavirus Prank Despite there being nearly 80,000 confirmed cases, a study by the Imperial College London said that about two-thirds of coronavirus cases exported from China have not been detected yet. "We compared the average monthly number of passengers traveling from Wuhan to major international destinations with the number of COVID-19 cases that have been detected overseas," Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia, one of the study's authors from the Imperial College London, explained. "Based on these data, we then estimate the number of cases that are undetected globally and find that approximately two-thirds of the cases might be undetected at this point. Our findings confirm similar analyses carried out by other groups." Being able to identify and quarantine carriers of the disease is critical to preventing the spread of the contagion. Even with SARS, health officials could identify possible victims by checking for fever. Mild symptoms of the coronavirus include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties. As the disease intensifies, it leads to pneumonia, kidney failure, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and even death. 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| H1N1 Was The Last Pandemic. Here's Why COVID-19 Isn't Yet In That Category - WVTF Posted: 24 Feb 2020 06:27 PM PST Despite worrisome new outbreaks in Iran, Italy and South Korea, the coronavirus disease called COVID-19 is not currently a pandemic, the World Health Organization said today. In fact, there are some encouraging trends, especially in Hubei Province, where most of the cases have been reported. The epidemic there appears to have plateaued in late January and is continuing on a good trajectory. Dr. Bruce Aylward led a WHO trip to China with a scientific delegation that just concluded. On Sunday, he told reporters in Beijing that trend is real. Aylward said that he'd spoken to a researcher in Wuhan who is testing potential drugs to treat COVID-19 "and when I asked him what challenge they're finding in trying to implement the trial, he said the single biggest one is recruiting new patients ... because of the drop in cases." That's a good kind of problem. The message from China is that it's not hopeless, he says. It is possible to control this disease. "Now we're starting to see countries like Italy take extremely aggressive actions," Aylward said. "What China has demonstrated is you have to do this, and if you do it you can save lives and prevent thousands of cases of what is a very difficult disease." Getting the public's full cooperation to do the simplest tasks is a reason for the success. "Believe it or not, the most valuable thing the whole population can do is wash its hands, continually," he said. Other useful measures include avoiding crowds, as you'd find in schools and large gatherings. But restricting travel is not on Aylward's list of useful actions. "You don't have to lock down cities is the big message from China, in fact," he said. The WHO scientific delegation's task was to learn what worked in China and to spread the word. But even during their brief trip, the disease was making serious inroads in South Korea, Iran and in Italy. As of Monday morning, South Korea had reported 763 cases, Iran had reported 43 cases – including 8 deaths – and Italy added 48 cases to bring its national total to 124. "There is a lot of speculation about whether this increase means that this epidemic has now become a pandemic," said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Assigning that label isn't simply a matter of whether a disease is on multiple continents, but whether it's out of control and doing significant damage. Those are decisions that WHO makes before declaring that a disease is a pandemic. The term was last used for the H1N1 flu virus that struck in 2009, sickening more than 60 million in the U.S. alone and killing some half a million worldwide. "Does this virus [that causes COVID-19] have pandemic potential?" Tedros asked rhetorically. "Absolutely it has. Are we there yet? From our assessment, not yet." There's still time for countries to get in front of it. The WHO's top priorities are to protect health-care workers, to protect vulnerable people such as those who are sick and elderly and to protect vulnerable countries. Even the advanced nations of Europe have work to do, since their hospitals are pretty full these days with flu patients. Those beds might be needed for coronavirus patients. If the spread of the coronavirus in Europe can be slowed until the end of flu season, that"will free up significant capacity of the health system," said Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director for the WHO's Health Emergency Program. "So even slowing down the virus by a month or six weeks has a massive positive benefit." Health officials in the United States know they can't count indefinitely on their current strategy — identifying every new case immediately and isolating those patients. So they're considering containment measures akin to what worked in China, such as school closings. You can contact NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris at rharris@npr.org. Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. 9(MDA2Nzc2MDU1MDEyOTQ2OTgwNjJlNTk3ZA004)) Top stories - Google News February 24, 2020 at 01:59PM https://ift.tt/2VlxLAm H1N1 Was The Last Pandemic. Here's Why COVID-19 Isn't Yet In That Category - WVTF Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Coronavirus Is Now Infecting The Economy, Stock And Job Markets - Forbes Posted: 24 Feb 2020 04:57 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| Official髭男dismの楢崎誠が結婚発表 - ナタリー Posted: 24 Feb 2020 08:07 AM PST Official髭男dismの楢崎誠が結婚発表 - ナタリー  楢崎はオフィシャルサイトで「かねてよりお付き合いしておりました方と結婚することとなりました」と報告。また自身のTwitterアカウントでは「今までに増してライブに楽曲制作に気合いを入れて取り組みます！ これからも末永くよろしくお願いします！」とコメントしている。 ※楢崎誠の「崎」は立つ崎（たつさき）が正式表記。 2020-02-24 14:47:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiJGh0dHBzOi8vbmF0YWxpZS5tdS9tdXNpYy9uZXdzLzM2ODQ5MdIBKGh0dHBzOi8vYW1wLm5hdGFsaWUubXUvbXVzaWMvbmV3cy8zNjg0OTE?oc=5  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 文化放送・松島茂アナ死去 ４か月前に健康診断で見つかった肺腺がんとは - auone.jp Posted: 24 Feb 2020 07:37 AM PST 文化放送・松島茂アナ死去 ４か月前に健康診断で見つかった肺腺がんとは - auone.jp
プロ野球や箱根駅伝などスポーツ実況で活躍した文化放送の松島茂（まつしま・しげる）アナウンサーが２３日午前７時２０分、肺腺がんのため、４７歳で、亡くなった。文化放送が２４日、松島アナがパーソナリティーを務めていた「岩本勉のまいどスポーツ」（月曜・後６時）の番組内で発表した。昨年１０月に健康診断でがんが見つかり、同１２月から療養していた。 肺腺がんとは、肺がんの一種。国立がん研究センターのホームページなどによると、肺がんの中で最も頻度が高い。肺野（肺の末梢部分）にできやすく、せきや痰（たん）など、肺がんに見られる自覚症状が出にくいことから、健康診断のエックス線検査などで発見される場合も多い。また、喫煙の影響が強いと言われる肺がんの中では扁平（へんぺい）上皮がんなどと比べ、関連は小さいとされる。 最近では女優の野際陽子さん（享年８１）、「ＥＴ－ＫＩＮＧ」のイトキンさん（同３８）、俳優の中山仁さん（同７７）、作家の藤田宜永さん（同６９）らがこの病気で亡くなっている。 2020-02-24 12:57:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiR2h0dHBzOi8vYXJ0aWNsZS5hdW9uZS5qcC9kZXRhaWwvMS81LzkvMTk3Xzlfcl8yMDIwMDIyNF8xNTgyNTQ5MTkyMjg2MjA30gEA?oc=5  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吉沢亮、現場で存在感ゼロ？ 本人がいても「吉沢さん待ちですって（笑）」（映画.com） - Yahoo!ニュース Posted: 24 Feb 2020 07:37 AM PST 吉沢亮、現場で存在感ゼロ？ 本人がいても「吉沢さん待ちですって（笑）」（映画.com） - Yahoo!ニュース
 ［映画.com ニュース］ コメディ映画「一度死んでみた」の完成披露試写会が2月24日、都内で行われ、主演の広瀬すず、吉沢亮、堤真一らが舞台挨拶に立った。 過干渉な父親に「死んでくれ！」と毒づく女子大生（広瀬）と、「一度死んで2日後に生き返る薬」を飲んで本当に死んでしまった製薬会社社長の父親（堤）がドタバタ騒動を巻き起こす。「犬と私の10の約束」「ジャッジ！」で知られる澤本嘉光のオリジナル脚本を映画化した。 本格的なコメディに初挑戦した広瀬は「現場に行ってみないと、皆さんがどんな感じかわからなかったので、とりあえず攻撃的に行こうと思った」と振り返り、「反抗心の強さを意識して、（自分の中の）やさぐれ精神をパーンと出し、気持ちよくセリフを発散した」と役作りを語った。 一方、広瀬演じる娘から罵倒される役どころの堤は、「自分にも娘がいるんで、いずれ言われるだろうと。なので、傷つかないためのシミュレーションになった」と複雑な胸中。「いちいち怒らず、成長したら、そういうものだと自分に言い聞かせた」と父親の顔をのぞかせた。ロックテイストの衣装に身を包んだ広瀬と対峙し「普段からこういう人なのかなと（笑）」。これには広瀬も「どうりで距離がつかめないと思ったら、原因はそこでしたか……」と苦笑いだった。 吉沢は薄すぎる存在感から「ゴースト」と呼ばれる社長秘書を演じ、「表面的には前髪を伸ばして、目を隠したり。でも、内面は何も役作りしていないです。根暗なので」。現場では「基本、気づかれない」と嘆き、「その場にいるのに『吉沢さん待ちです』って（笑）」と笑いを誘っていた。 舞台挨拶には広瀬、吉沢、堤に加えて、共演するリリー・フランキー、小澤征悦、嶋田久作、木村多江、松田翔太、auの「三太郎」シリーズを手がけてきたCMディレクターで、本作が長編映画デビューとなる浜崎慎治監督が駆けつけた。「一度死んでみた」は、3月20日から公開。
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