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Posted: 14 Apr 2020 01:12 AM PDT

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The International Monetary Fund will provide immediate debt relief to 25 member countries that have requested financial assistance as they deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said Monday.

The countries receiving the grants are among the IMF's "poorest and most vulnerable members."

They are: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Togo and Yemen.

The funds will be used "to cover their IMF debt obligations for an initial phase over the next six months and will help them channel more of their scarce financial resources towards vital emergency medical and other relief efforts," Georgieva said.

The IMF trust responsible for the funds can provide $500 million in "grant-based debt service relief." In her statement, Georgieva urged donors "to help us replenish the Trust's resources and boost further our ability to provide additional debt service relief for a full two years to our poorest member countries."

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Can you keep your distance on Toronto sidewalks? This viral video shows that can be ‘literally impossible’ - Toronto Star

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 01:07 AM PDT

Call it the pandemic pas de deux — that little dance pedestrians perform when they approach each other on a narrow Toronto sidewalk to ensure they don't pass too close.

But keeping your distance during the COVID-19 outbreak isn't always easy. To demonstrate just how little space pedestrians have, two local advocates with the Toronto Public Space Committee filmed themselves going for a stroll in a "social-distancing machine" — a hoop made of pipes and old bicycle tubes that forces people to stay the recommended two metres away.

The demonstration clearly resonated with Torontonians: By Monday evening, just a few hours after artist and writer Daniel Rotsztain posted it to Twitter, the video showing his collaborator Bobby Gabba bumping into obstacles and forcing fellow pedestrians into the street through Kensington Market and down Yonge Street was approaching 200,000 views.

"While we're trying to maintain a safe distance, it's literally impossible to do with the infrastructure we have," explained Rotsztain, who filmed the experiment.

Crowding on Toronto sidewalks has become a touchy subject as advocates like Gabba and Rotsztain argue the city should close some traffic lanes to give pedestrians room to spread out during the pandemic.

The city has already rejected that proposal, and an idea Mayor John Tory briefly floated Monday — to make some sidewalks one-way — also raised ire before he dropped it as unsupported by Toronto health officials.

Meanwhile, the city's top doctor has sought to assure citizens that despite social distancing recommendations residents remain at low risk of catching the virus from someone they pass on the street.

Rotsztain said he thinks the video struck a chord with so many people because the advice to keep two metres away from others is on everyone's mind as they move about the city these days — he also suspects people just need a bit of comedic relief.

"People are feeling moody and anxious and we wanted to do something that was a bit humorous and exaggerated," he said.

For his part, Gabba said he felt like "kind of a jerk" that people had to get into the street to avoid the distancing machine, but many passersby were on board with the project.

"Most people on the street thought it was funny," he said.

While Rotsztain and Gabba made their point with humour, some public health experts are taking a more conventional approach.

On Monday, Ryerson University epidemiologists Anne Harris and Linda Rothman sent an open letter to Mayor Tory and Toronto Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa asking them to "reconsider closing lanes of motor vehicle traffic, or parking lanes, for Toronto residents who rely on sidewalks and bicycles for their essential transportation."

They cited statistics that show 13 per cent of trips citywide rely on walking or cycling. The number rises to 41 per cent downtown, and goes even higher if public transit trips that require walking are factored in.

Harris and Rothman wrote they're worried Torontonians "relying on sidewalks for essential transportation are forced to either ignore (two-metre) distancing rules or step into live traffic lanes to give distance."

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Elsewhere, more than 60 cities including Brampton, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver have freed up road space for pedestrians and cyclists, they said.

In an interview, Harris said Toronto's refusal to follow suit seems to ignore the fact that many people have no way to make essential trips like going to the grocery store except by walking.

"I am concerned that we might have an implicit, not necessarily conscious bias, that sees active transportation like walking, bicycling, or other use of sidewalks, as something people do for recreation," she said.

"And then we think of motor vehicles as grownups with places to be."

De Villa responded Monday with a letter of her own, reiterating the city's position that the most effective way to fight COVID-19 is to encourage people to stay home, and warning that closing lanes to car traffic could have the opposite effect.

"We do not want to inadvertently encourage people to leave their homes through opening streets, which could result in higher pedestrian demand and social gathering," she said.

City officials have also said that the signage and enforcement required to safely block lanes to car traffic would divert municipal resources from where they're most needed.

Pedestrians head in opposite directions on Yonge Street near Dundas on Monday.

In a television interview Monday morning, Mayor Tory said he was open to a proposal to tackle pedestrian congestion by implementing one-way sidewalks. The idea would be to direct pedestrians travelling in the same direction to stay on the same side of the street, with northbound walkers confined to the east side and southbound walkers on the west side, for instance.

But at the city's daily COVID-19 news conference Monday afternoon the mayor said municipal public health experts weren't recommending that option.

"Rather we will continue to rely on people to accommodate each other, which I think they're doing," he said.

Although the city is cracking down on people gathering in outdoor spaces like parks and public squares, de Villa told reporters that pedestrians passing close to each other on the sidewalk don't pose a significant health risk. She said that's because the virus that causes COVID-19 is mostly transmitted through close contact with an infected person's respiratory secretions, which are spread through coughing, sneezing, and speaking.

"The risk when you actually pass somebody in an open-air environment, and if it's quick, is considered low. We can't say zero, there is no such thing as an absolute zero. But it is a very low risk," she said.

Ben Spurr is a Toronto-based reporter covering transportation. Reach him by email at bspurr@thestar.ca or follow him on Twitter: @BenSpurr

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'It's like the Easter egg' - Immobile eyeing Higuain's Serie A record - Goal

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 12:55 AM PDT

Lazio star Ciro Immobile is eyeing Gonzalo Higuain's Serie A goalscoring record when the season resumes.

Immobile had scored an incredible 27 Serie A goals this season when the campaign was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

With 12 games left to play, Immobile is nearing Higuain's record of 36 goals in a single Serie A season, set with Napoli in 2015-16.

Following that season, Higuain completed a €90 million transfer to Juventus, but has not led Serie A in scoring since.

Immobile, meanwhile, was joint-top scorer in 2017-18, and has a six-goal lead over Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo in the goalscoring charts.

However, Immobile has set his sights on Higuain's goalscoring mark, telling Sky Sport on Monday: "I don't know. It depends.

"I'm training hard to achieve this goal. Everyone has their own. It would be nice.

"It's like the Easter egg. We'll see what the surprise will be when we get back on the field. I'll do my best."

The 2019-20 season is far from Immobile's first successful campaign as the Italian forward has built on a string of strong goal-scoring seasons.

Immobile scored 15 league goals last season after scoring 29 and 23 in the two seasons prior.

In fact, the forward's 2017-18 campaign saw him net 41 total goals in 47 games while also scoring 23 goals as a member of Torino on 2012-13.

The forward has also spent time at Sevilla and Borussia Dortmund, but has really found his role with Lazio in recent seasons after several loan spells throughout his career.

Immobile had helped Lazio sit second in the table, just a point behind Juventus, when the season was stopped.

The Italy international said the club would be setting their sights on a first Serie A title since 1999-2000.

"The ambitions remain. It is obvious that at this moment we have thought little about football," Immobile said.

"When the time to get back on the field is getting closer, we will have to be good at preparing ourselves mentally because there will be 12 very important matches to continue our dream."

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Posted: 14 Apr 2020 12:42 AM PDT

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Posted: 14 Apr 2020 12:19 AM PDT

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　新型コロナウイルス感染を公表していた俳優のトム・ハンクス（63）が回復し、現地時間11日に放送された、米NBCの人気バラエティー番組「サタデー・ナイト・ライブ」に出演した。

【動画】トム・ハンクス、自宅の台所からテレビ出演！（番組の米公式Twitter）

　トムは先月上旬、エルヴィス・プレスリーを題材にした新作映画の撮影準備で訪れていたオーストラリアで、妻のリタ・ウィルソン（63）と共に新型コロナに感染。体の痛みや微熱などの症状を報告しており、数週間の隔離生活を送っていた。二人は先月末に快復し、オーストラリアからアメリカ・ロサンゼルスの自宅へと戻っている。

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　11日放送の「サタデー・ナイト・ライブ」はホームスペシャルと題して、キャストはそれぞれの自宅から出演。番組のホストを担ったトムも、自宅の台所からモノローグを披露している。新作撮影の都合で髪を剃ったことを明かしたトムは、「私が司会を務める理由は、新型コロナに関してセレブたちに警鐘を鳴らしたからさ。（陽性と）診断されてから、"アメリカの父"みたいになっちゃって。みんな私の近くに長時間寄りたがらないし、私は人を不快にさせてしまったよ」とユーモアを交えて語った。

　現在は、夫婦共に元気に生活しているというトム。番組では自身のスーツ姿やリモート出演などをネタにしたジョークを披露したり、観客と行うはずの質疑応答を変装した自分相手に行うなど、元気な姿を見せた。（編集部・倉本拓弥）

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Posted: 13 Apr 2020 11:34 PM PDT

Hayley Orrantia, with Tim Halperin (Photo: NBC)

When Songland, a.k.a. "Shark Tank for Songwriters," returned for its second season this Monday, it could have been mistaken for some sort of cross-network "Where Are they Now?" reality show reunion special. In one corner, we had Ryan Innes from The Voice Season 4. And then there was Tim Halperin, an early fan favorite from American Idol Season 10. And helping Halperin was none other than Hayley Orrantia, whom most viewers probably know as Erica from the hit sitcom The Goldbergs, but whose first-ever television appearance was on Season 1 of The X Factor USA, when she was part of the Paula Abdul-mentored country girl group Lakoda Rayne.

Skeptics who might have thought that Orrantia's cameo was a stunt casting should know that she and Halperin go way back: In 2012, one year after they both were booted off their respective TV talent shows, they dueted on the holiday single "I'll Be Home for Christmas." They've collaborated a couple other times since then, so when this week's celebrity Songland guests, Lady Antebellum, requested that Halperin transform his song submission into a duet, his friendship with Orrantia was the Christmas gift that kept on giving.

But first, here's a little primer how Songland works, for those who didn't catch the first season of the unique and refreshingly drama-free musical competition created by the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart: On each self-contained episode, aspiring songsmiths perform their unreleased compositions for a panel of pros and one guest superstar artist. Contestants then advance to a one-on-one round, during which they are each paired up with a panelist (series regulars Ryan Tedder, Ester Dean, and Shane McAnally) to have their songs reworked. And at the end of the evening, the guest superstar selects one tune to record — and release immediately on Apple Music through BMG.

This week, Lady Antebellum came to Songland in search of a summer single and "something a little different musically, to push us." Halperin, whose American Idol past was of course not mentioned, arrived with a midtempo track called "Losing You," which Tedder thought sounded like more of a rock record — but as Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley noted, the trio is "unapologetically a pop-county band," so they were intrigued. Though McAnally, whose unstoppable record includes writing smash after country smash for everyone from Kacey Musgraves to Lady Antebellum themselves, thought Halperin's song "sounded like a hit," the Lady A folks thought the lyrics were a bit trite and light. I agreed — there needed to be more desperation and yearning in a song about an uncontrollably unraveling relationship. Check out the original below:

The band's Dave Haywood felt a song with a "chord progression that's cyclical around this minor chord" should feel heavier, and after testing out some of their famous three-part harmonies right on the spot — which was already an improvement on "Losing You" — frontwoman Hillary Scott proclaimed, "We've gotta make this a duet!" That's when Halperin was assigned to workshop with Tedder, and that's where Orrantia came in. When Tim and Hayley returned to the set to sing the reworked version, Scott said she broke out in "full-body goosebumps" and raved, "You countrified it so much!"

But the Idol and X Factor album had competition from The Voice's Innes. His soulful ballad "Long Way Home" definitely had some weight to it — maybe too much weight, considering that Lady A had said they wanted something summery. The band also noted that this song didn't really have much of a chorus — which, of course, was a big problem. But Dean, who eventually became Innes's mentor, positively swooned for that "sometimes the heart takes the long way home" line, so she pumped up the tempo, "took it out of the singer-songwriter realm," and then took the track back to Scott, Kelley, and Haywood. The new and much improved version felt comfortable and classic, but it still felt more like Innes's song than Lady Antebellum's. "His entire heart is in every note," said Scott. Compare and contrast both versions below:

In the end, though, the trio went with Madeline Merlo's "I'll Drink to That," which became "Champagne Night" once McAnally was done with it. I don't think they made the right choice. Sure, it had that anthemic summer-singalong vibe. (Haywood said the "groove was killer.") And yes, McAnally did a bang-up job of boosting the reggae beat, adding some pedal steel, and ridding the original version of Merlo's most cringe-y lyrical clichés. ("In the country world, we've heard this," he told her. "And if you use the sounds that are on current country radio, then you're already behind.") Compare and contrast both versions below:

But Lady Antebellum really soar when they harmonize on passionate ballads, and the bachelorette-party-ready "Champagne Night" seemed way too clubby and Coyote Ugly for them. However, Scott said the song felt "so in the fiber of who I am as an artist," and Haywood was already envisioning selling Lady A sweatshirts with the lyrical catchphrase "Doubles or Bubbles," so it was a sealed deal.

The episode ended with a feel-good, mid-pandemic, social-distancing fan video of for Lady Antebellum's official recorded version of "Champagne Night," which is now available for downloading and streaming. But I do hope that Halperin and Orrantia release their own version of "Losing You," which in my opinion was the episode's strongest entry. In the meantime, keep tuning in this Songland season, as diverse artists like Boyz II Men, Florida Georgia Line, Luis Fonsi, H.E.R., Martina McBride, Julia Michaels, Ben Platt, Bebe Rexha, and Innes's former Voice coach, Usher, appear on the show looking for their next big hit.

Y'all saw how much goes into the songwriting process on @NBCSongland and what it takes to produce just one song...and we absolutely loved how "Champagne Night" came together and hope you do too!! 🥂 https://t.co/quD1knhlJE pic.twitter.com/xmaVX81GcT
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India's Modi extends nationwide coronavirus lockdown until May 3 - CNN

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 11:12 PM PDT

Speaking in a televised address on Tuesday, Modi said it was vital that the virus is prevented from impacting parts of the country that remain unaffected.

"My request to all my countrymen is that coronavirus will not be allowed to spread across new areas at any cost," said Modi, who wore a scarf covering his mouth and nose which he removed before speaking. "We have to be very careful about hotspots. We will have to keep a close watch on the places that are expected to become hotspots."

The "complete" 21-day lockdown for India's 1.3 billion people came into force at the end of the day on March 24 and was set to expire on Tuesday, April 14.

Since the lockdown was enforced, only essential services have been operational. Those include water, electricity, health services, fire services, grocery stores and municipal services.

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All regular shops, commercial establishments, factories, workshops, offices, markets and places of worship have been closed and interstate buses and metros have been suspended. Construction activity was also halted during this period.

"Until May 3, all of us will have to remain in lockdown. During this time, we have to follow the same discipline as we have been doing," Modi said.

Prior to Modi's address, several Indian states had ordered extended lockdowns until April 30, in an attempt to stop the virus from spreading. Those included Maharashtra, the center of the worst outbreak in the country.

While the lockdown measures will continue, Modi said that some states and districts that have shown to have avoided an outbreak "could be allowed to resume important activities but with conditions."

"Until April 20, all districts, neighborhoods and states will be closely monitored to see how strictly they are implementing the rules." Modi said.

The Prime Minister did not offer any specifics but said "detailed guidelines" will be issued by the government on Wednesday.

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India is the world's second most populous country and the fifth biggest economy, but there are fears that the country's health systems would not be able to cope with a major outbreak. The country has reported 10,363 coronavirus cases, including at least 339 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

In his speech, Modi thanked citizens for adhering to the lockdown restrictions over the past three weeks.

"You have faced difficulties to save yourself and the nation," Modi said. "I understand the great difficulties you are facing regarding food, the lack of movement. Some had to stay away from their families. You are fulfilling duties as disciplined soldiers for the sake of the nation."

He said that India had made efforts to ensure major outbreaks -- such as those seen in Europe or the United States -- did not spread in the country.

"Today, the pandemic is global. Compared to other countries, India has made efforts to prevent infection here," Modi said.

"India didn't wait for the problem to escalate. Instead, as soon as the problem appeared, we tried to stop it by making swift decisions. I can't imagine what the situation would have been had such quick decisions not been taken."

CNN's Karen Smith contributed.

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Posted: 13 Apr 2020 10:29 PM PDT

Odion Ighalo would have to sacrifice two-thirds of his £300,000-a-week wages if he is to remain at Manchester United, reports the Daily Star.

Ighalo is on loan at Old Trafford from Shanghai Shenhua, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is willing to keep him on board going forward.

But, if the Nigerian forward is to stay, he'd have to sacrifice his wages, although Ighalo has stated his desire to remain ar Old Trafford.

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B.C. health minister on viral video encouraging gathering in groups: ‘Don’t promote them’ - Global News

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 10:07 PM PDT

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says a group of protesters calling for an end to physical distancing restrictions are "attempting to promote themselves" and are promoting "marginal views."

Dix was responding to a viral video showing a group of about 12 to 15 people gathering closely together on a Vancouver street over the weekend in an attempt to protest measures put in place by the province.

"Vancouverites aren't drinking the Kool-aid," Dan Dicks said in the video.

Dicks posted the video on Sunday and has been viewed more than 2.2 million times by Monday evening.

Dix says a vast majority of British Columbians are following the rules and this is an example of a few people seeking attention.

"I think we've seen, in the past number of weeks, one or two examples of people behaving very badly," Dix said.

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"That may be inevitable in these times that people are attempting to, essentially, promote themselves — what I think is genuinely, if you look in any depth at their other views … marginal views."

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A woman seen in the video was also advocating for the removal of distancing restrictions and objecting to calls from Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry to stay inside in order to help limit the spread of COVID-19.

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"Beautiful day here. It would be a shame to sit at home and let the government tell you what to do," the woman in the video said.

The video has been widely criticized on social media.

Actor Seth Rogen, born and raised in Vancouver, tweeted to Dicks, calling him "a f$%^& idiot" and telling him to "stay inside."

There have been other examples of British Columbians being openly hostile to the rules.

The operator of a Delta yoga studio that was shut down after claiming hot yoga can kill the novel coronavirus is facing an investigation after posting a series of videos in which he entered health-care facilities to get the "truth" about the pandemic.

One video shows Mak Parhar attempting to go through a COVID-19 drive-through testing site.

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In another, he enters and explores Royal Columbian Hospital, using elevators and peeking into the intensive care unit and an area where COVID-19 patients have been isolated.

"I think what I'd say to people is focus on what we need to do together and don't allow people who are attempting to promote themselves by using the suffering of others to distract us," Dix said.

"Don't promote them. Don't look at them. But focus on what we need to do together."
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Royal Roads University political communications expert David Black says in abnormal times such as war, people suspend democratic politics as usual to a degree.

Black says we have every right to be cautious when governments give themselves unusual powers in a crisis. But such an assumption of powers has a history and a place in Canada and elsewhere, provided it is understood to be temporary and subject to checks and balances.

"When skepticism of government might well lead people to making stupid decisions about social distancing, that's where video's like this, apart from their counter-intuitive appeal, pose a public health risk," Black said.

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SMエンターテインメント、NAVERとタッグ！新たなサービス「Beyond LIVE」を開始…SuperMが26日に初公演 - Kstyle

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 09:54 PM PDT

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SMエンターテインメントとNAVERが、グローバルエンターテインメントの競争力強化のため、共同グローバル事業を推進する内容のMOUを締結したと14日に伝えた。

両社は今回の提携を通じて、SMが保有しているグローバルアーティストの発掘及びプロデュースに対する専門的能力とNAVERの基盤技術を結合し、グローバルメンバーシップコミュニティである「Fanship」プラットホームのグローバル市場を拡大する。NAVERが昨年披露した「Fanship」プラットホームは、ビックデータをベースにスターがファンのためにメンバーシップを自ら設計し、構築する新しい方式のグローバルコミュニティプラットホームだ。

また、両社が保有している専門的能力を結合し、グローバル市場を中心に映像コンテンツビジネスを拡大する。SMが持っているエンターテインメントコンテンツの制作能力と、NAVERのグローバルプラットホーム運営経験と技術力を融合させ、グローバル市場を中心にデジタル技術とインフラをベースにした新しい映像コンテンツを披露する。

この一環として4月中旬、ライブコンサートストリーミングサービス「Beyond LIVE」が始まる。「Beyond LIVE」は、従来のオフライン公演をオンラインで中継することを超え、オンラインに最適化した形のデジタルコンサートコンテンツを提供する。特に最近、非対面文化が拡散されているほど、スターとファンがリアルタイムコメント、デジタルペンライトなど多様なデジタル技術を活用してコミュニケーションすることで、一段階進化したデジタルコンサート文化をリードしていくことができると期待される。

「Beyond LIVE」サービスはNAVERのライブ映像配信アプリ「V LIVE」で初披露され、SuperMが26日に初公演を公開する予定だ。

SMエンターテインメントのイ・ソンス共同代表は、「技術力と安定的なプラットホームを揃えているNAVERとのコラボを通じて、コンテンツと技術が融合した新しいエンターテインメントを披露し、両社のグローバル市場への進出を拡大することができると期待される」と話した。

NAVERのハン・ソンスク代表は、「NAVERは、最も影響力のあるグローバルアーティストが所属しているSMエンターテインメントと手を組み、デジタル技術の競争力をベースにグローバルエンターテインメント市場の攻略をより加速化する計画だ」と伝えた。

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元記事配信日時 : 2020年04月14日09時29分記者 : パク・ユンジン

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Australian actress Nathalie Kelley on how diversity in Hollywood has changed - Daily Mail

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 09:34 PM PDT

EXCLUSIVE 'This wouldn't have happened 15 years ago': Australian actress Nathalie Kelley praises diverse casting in new show on Stan - and reveals why she plays an Aussie

By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 05:09 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 05:21 BST, 14 April 2020

Australian actress Nathalie Kelley has described her new show The Baker and the Beauty, premiering on Stan on April 14, as 'groundbreaking'.

The star claimed the show, which has a strong Latin cast, was a testament to how things in Hollywood have changed over the past two decades.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Nathalie said: 'It felt pretty groundbreaking, because diversity is very important and this would not have happened 15 years ago!'

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EXCLUSIVE 'This wouldn't have happened 15 years ago': Australian actress Nathalie Kelley praises diverse casting in new show Baker And the Beauty - available on Stan from April 14 - and why she plays an Aussie celebrity on the series

Nathalie has held prominent roles in Dynasty, The Vampire Diaries and Unreal, and played Neela in the 2006 action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Nathalie, who has Latin roots and ancestry, added: 'It's really important to have authentic representations of what society actually looks like on screen.'

The Australian actress was born in Peru, but left her birth country when she was two years old.

'Sometimes it feels weird when people just check "the diversity boxes"... but the opposite happened with this show [Baker And The Beauty]. They actually just cast the best people for the job.'

She continued: 'It felt pretty groundbreaking to be honest, like it wasn't intentional that it was an all Latin cast, but that's how it ended up.'

'It's really important to have authentic representations of what society actually looks like on screen': Nathalie said it wasn't intentional that the show had an all Latin cast, but 'that's how it ended up'

Love story: The show is about two people, Nathalie's celebrity character Noa Hamilton and actor Victor Rasuk's (left) character of Cuban baker Daniel Garcia, who are falling love while overcoming cultural barriers

The show is about two people, Nathalie's celebrity character Noa Hamilton and actor Victor Rasuk's character of Cuban baker Daniel Garcia, who are falling love while overcoming cultural barriers.

'What they were looking for in Noa was that she should be anything but Latin, because they were trying to play on the cultural difference,' she said.

However, Nathalie said she chose to audition for the role with her Australian accent to show she was 'different' despite her Latin heritage, and it paid off.

'I had the foresight to see that maybe doing an American accent would make them think that I was not that different to him, but I came in myself and that's the choice I made with my Australian accent and they liked it and we kept it.

'So that's really speaking to the fact that even though I have Latin ancestry, culturally growing up in Australia, Nathalie and Noa are very different from the world of Little Havana, and Dan's Cuban family, and so there was a big cultural divide for them to overcome.'

'Even though I have Latin ancestry, culturally growing up in Australia, Nathalie and Noa are very different from the world of Little Havana, and Dan's Cuban family': Nathalie said she chose to audition for the role with her Aussie accent to show she was 'different' to her love interest

'It was a dream cast': Despite the U.S. show, which is an adaptation of the Israeli series Beauty and the Baker, being based in Miami, it was actually filmed in Puerto Rico

Despite the U.S. show, which is an adaptation of the Israeli romantic-comedy series Beauty and the Baker, being based in Miami, it was actually filmed in Puerto Rico.

Nathalie said the show had a 'dream cast', adding: 'the love we [the cast] had for each other off screen translated on screen.'

'It was just one big love fest and you when you sprinkle a lot of salsa and Latin dancing on to that - you have the recipe for a lot of fun.'

The Baker and the Beauty premieres on April 15 at 5pm on Stan, with new episodes weekly – same day as the U.S.

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Indonesia declares COVID-19 pandemic a national disaster | What this means - CNA

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:42 PM PDT

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安倍首相が自宅でくつろぐ動画、投稿に批判の声も - CNN.co.jp

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:18 PM PDT

安倍首相が自宅でくつろぐ動画、投稿に批判の声も - CNN.co.jp

（ＣＮＮ）新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大抑止に向け在宅で業務を行おうと人々が苦心するなか、安倍晋三首相が自宅でくつろぐ様子を撮影した動画に対し、的外れなものだとして批判の声があがっている。

新型コロナウイルスの感染が広がるなか、多くの企業が従業員との連絡を維持するために「スラック」や「Ｗｅｂｅｘ」といったサービスの利用を始めている。しかし、２０１９年の政府の調査によれば、日本では企業の約８０％が従業員に対してリモートワークを提供する能力を有していない。

ツイッターに投稿された動画には、安倍首相が本を読んだり、飲み物を飲んだり、ペットの犬とくつろいだりする様子が捉えられているほか、画面の半分ではミュージシャンが歌を歌っている。

安倍首相はツイッターへの投稿で、「友達と会えない。飲み会もできない。ただ、皆さんのこうした行動によって、多くの命が確実に救われています。そして、今この瞬間も、過酷を極める現場で奮闘して下さっている、医療従事者の皆さんの負担の軽減につながります。お一人お一人のご協力に、心より感謝申し上げます」と述べた。

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ただ、皆さんのこうした行動によって、多くの命が確実に救われています。そして、今この瞬間も、過酷を極める現場で奮闘して下さっている、医療従事者の皆さんの負担の軽減につながります。お一人お一人のご協力に、心より感謝申し上げます。 pic.twitter.com/VEq1P7EvnL
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安倍首相に対しては４月上旬にも、約５０００万世帯に再利用可能な布マスクを配布するとの発表に関して批判の声が出ていた。

日本ではここ数日、確認された新型コロナウイルスの感染件数が急増している。厚生労働省によれば、１３日時点での新型コロナウイルスの感染が確認された人数は、クルーズ船「ダイヤモンド・プリンセス」の乗員・乗客７１２人を含む８０００人弱。

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Indonesia president says to rapidly expand coronavirus testing - WIBQ

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:12 PM PDT

By Tom Allard and Stanley Widianto

JAKARTA (Reuters) - President Joko Widodo said Indonesian will be able to conduct more than 10,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a day for the new coronavirus after criticism of its testing rates.

Widodo told foreign media on Monday that Indonesia had sourced new PCR kits from Switzerland and its extra testing capability would be on stream by next week, with plans to expand testing to 78 labs.

The world's fourth most populous nation has one of the lowest testing rates for the coronavirus, drawing criticism from the World Health Organisation and public health experts.

As of Monday morning, Indonesia had tested 27,000 people, a tenfold increase in the past three weeks but still only about one test for every 10,000 people.

That figure is below India and most other Southeast Asian countries according to analysis by the Our World in Data website. Australia has tested 140 people per 10,000.

"We were very serious about testing from the beginning. But we didn't know what kits we needed," Widodo told reporters.

Indonesia imported some 500,000 rapid test kits in mid-March, but a lack of accuracy meant those found positive had to be re-tested by the PCR method.

Of those tested in Indonesia, 4,557 or about 15% have been found to be infected. Of those found to be infected, almost 9%, or 399 people, have died.

Widodo rejected criticism that he favoured economic considerations over public health, saying the government had been focused on the coronavirus since January.

He said his administration had calibrated the introduction of social distancing and travel restrictions to ensure it minimised the cost to the poor and prospects of civil unrest.

The government announced $24.9 billion stimulus package last month that included social welfare benefits for up to 10 million households, as well as food assistance and electricity discounts and waivers.

Some 60% of Indonesian workers are in the informal sector and the restrictions have cost many their livelihoods.

Widodo said he would consider injecting more money into the economy in six months.

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Global coronavirus cases approach two million, doubling in under two weeks - CNBC

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:12 PM PDT

Reported COVID-19 cases around the world approached two million on Monday, doubling in 11 days as World Health Organization officials caution patience before lifting social distancing restrictions.

Covid-19 has infected more than 1,918,855 people around the world and killed at least 119,588 people, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins' data previously showed that the cases had passed two million, which the university attributed to an "anomaly in Florida data for Okaloosa that drove a spike from 19,985 to 123,019." JHU has since corrected the data.

Worldwide coronavirus cases reached one million and the global death toll surpassed 50,000 on April 2.

The world knew almost nothing about the virus in December, when reports of a new coronavirus started to surface in Wuhan, China. Since then, it has spread to nearly every country in the world, disrupting daily life for millions under lockdown measures meant to curb the virus' rapid spread.

Even as the spread of the virus appears to be slowing in several hard-hit countries, including Italy, Spain and the U.S., the WHO on Monday warned against lifting restrictions meant to curb the spread of the virus too early.

"While Covid-19 accelerates very fast, it decelerates much more slowly. In other words, the way down is much slower than the way up," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference at the organization's Geneva headquarters on Monday. "That means control measures must be lifted slowly and with control. It cannot happen all at once."

With 581,679 confirmed cases, infections in the U.S. now account for more than 25% of infections globally, according to Hopkins. The virus has infected more than 195,749 people in New York state alone, Hopkins' data shows.

U.S. officials and some economists have warned against comparing coronavirus case numbers from country to country due to concerns around reporting methodology. U.S. officials have said the Chinese government is likely under-reporting the number of cases there. Local and state officials in the U.S. have acknowledged that the true number of Covid-19 cases in the country is likely far higher than those that have been confirmed due to testing shortages and restrictions.

Clarification: JHU data briefly displayed a tally above two million but as of 9:25 pm ET was displaying 1,918,855 coronavirus cases globally. According to a statement from JHU, at the time the tally was at the two million mark, their team "found an anomaly in Florida data for Okaloosa that drove a spike from 19,985 to 123,019. It has since been corrected."

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Biden's goal of uniting Democrats with progressive support faces uncertain future despite Sanders endorsement - Fox News

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 07:29 PM PDT

Former Vice President Joe Biden gained a coveted endorsement from former rival Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday, but the question of whether his campaign's outreach efforts are enough to garner the support of the Democrats' progressive wing remains.

In a new interview published by The New York Times Monday, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a staunch Sanders supporter and former campaign surrogate, said she had never spoken to Biden directly, but expressed a willingness potentially to campaign alongside him, depending on the direction that his campaign would take.

Ocasio-Cortez, who has criticized Biden in the past, said she planned to support the presumptive nominee in the general election but added that his campaign needed to address concerns by the party's left wing. Though she told the publication she did not want to be "divisive," she said the process of unifying the party should not be easy, and made a distinction between supporting Biden and offering a full endorsement of his campaign.

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"The whole process of coming together should be uncomfortable for everyone involved—that's how you know it's working," she said. "If Biden is only doing things he's comfortable with, then it's not enough."

The Biden campaign declined to comment on the Times report.

In the last several weeks, the campaign has tried to unite more moderate Democrats and progressive voters, a group Biden has struggled to court. Aside from engaging younger Americans and advocates for race and justice issues, they said they're also focusing specifically on certain groups: legacy progressive organizations with extensive policy focuses, large national networks such as Planned Parenthood and new-movement progressive organizations using grassroots organizing to focus on social-justice issues -- groups including March for our Lives.

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Ahead of Sanders' surprise endorsement of Biden, spokesman Matt Hill told Fox News the Biden campaign was "continuously considering and evaluating additional policies that would build upon Vice President Biden's progressive agenda," adding that the campaign has been in contact with progressive leaders and organizations in the last month.

"The most important piece of engaging progressive leaders and groups is to ensure we're expanding and broadening our coalition to beat Donald Trump in November, and we are working with these leaders and groups to align on our efforts to do that. Defeating Trump is the universal commitment that we all share," he emphasized.

Last Thursday, one day after Sanders suspended his campaign, Biden released two new policy proposals mirroring Sanders' ideas to lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60 and forgive student debt for low-income and middle-class families.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Biden during a joint virtual event Monday.

But, University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus warns Sanders' full-throated endorsement might not be enough.

"This will partially help to unite the party from a symbolic point of view. From a substantive view, many in Sanders' camp won't be satisfied with just a surface-level endorsement. The hardcore Sanders supporters want substantive change that they're worried Joe Biden or another establishment candidate won't provide. If there's no substantive change that Bien provides, then Sanders' endorsement would mean very little," Rottinghaus said.

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Meanwhile, Biden, during a joint virtual event with Sanders on Monday, invoked the Vermont senator's slogan, "Not Me, Us," in an appeal to his supporters.

"I'm excited to do the work with you in the months and years ahead. You know, as you say, not me, us, not me, us, that's your phrase pal, and your supporters and I are going to make the same commitment... I tell your supporters I see you, I hear you. I understand the urgency of what it is that we have to get done in this country, and I hope you'll join us. The more the merrier," Biden said.

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Trump claims 'total authority' over state decisions - Politico

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 07:12 PM PDT

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States on both coasts on Monday announced regional plans for reopening on their own timelines.

President Donald Trump, hours after governors on both coasts announced regional plans for reopening their states, asserted "total authority" over decisions about when and how to emerge after coronavirus shutdowns.

"When somebody's president of the United States, the authority is total," Trump said at a press briefing Monday when asked about the governors' plans. "And that's the way it's got to to be. It's total. It's total. And the governors know that."

"You have a couple bands of Democratic governors, but they will agree to it," Trump continued about the governors, who also include Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. "They will agree to it. But the authority of the president of the United States, having to do with the subject we're talking about, is total."

Trump's evening remarks followed a pair of tweets he sent earlier in the day saying reopening the country won't be up to governors. Leaders of states in the Northeast and West Coast representing nearly a third of the U.S. population subsequently announced plans to do just that on their own timelines.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown laid out their plans to gradually begin easing restrictions. The West Coast plan dropped shortly after the governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts said they would launch a coordinated effort to reopen.

The plans by the governors set up a clash between some of the nation's most populous states and Trump. The president has grown increasingly concerned with the economic impact the coronavirus and its incumbent shutdowns are having on the country.

"They can't do anything without approval of the president of the United States," Trump said at the briefing.

The president early Monday said in the pair of tweets that it is not "the Governors decision to open up the states" but "the decision of the President, and for many good reasons." But within hours he had been contradicted by pushes on both coasts to run those decisions through alliances of governors.

Those developments highlighted the tension between Trump's oft-stated belief in his own supremacy and a consistent reality of the pandemic: It has often been governors, mayors and local health officers, more than the White House, driving critical public health decisions.

While the West Coast blueprint is light on details and emphasizes an incremental approach tied to data and health authorities, it reflects the fact the progress those states have made since early outbreaks made them epicenters during the first days of community spread.

In part thanks to early and aggressive moves to curtail social gatherings, like California's once-unprecedented statewide stay-at-home order, the rate of new cases is easing and efforts to shield health systems from fatal overloads appear to be working. West Coast governors have been discussing a joint thaw for about a week, and Inslee on Monday hailed the states involved as being "ahead of the curve."

"I'm just very proud of the state of California for leading," Newsom said on Monday. "The state was the first with the stay-at-home order, this was the state that was first to request that all seniors 65 and over stay at home, we were very aggressive on mass gatherings."

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that East Coast states will pool resources to begin crafting a plan to pull the economy out of its pandemic-induced slumber. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo told reporters that collaboration was "appropriate" given that "governors are the ones who have been showing great leadership in keeping our citizens safe."

Trump both telegraphed solidarity with governors and criticized them on Monday at a press briefing, saying state leaders had procured too few ventilators and asked the federal government to supply too many. But he maintained that states have largely been pleased with his administration's efforts.

"I'm getting along very well with the governors," Trump said.

Early decisions by governors and local officials to clamp down on social gatherings, and their determination to keep those restrictions in place, have contrasted with Trump's initial reluctance and his subsequent calls to quickly restart idle portions of the economy as the unemployment rate tops 13 percent, the worst rate since the Depression. Cuomo argued that Trump created a model of state autonomy after he "left it to the states to close down."

"What does that mean, the federal government is in charge of opening? Are you going to say when each state can open or should open?" Cuomo said on Monday, adding the federal government could introduce "a model where they set a federal program that the states can follow and should follow, but then you have to be specific."

Trump said that "it's a decision for the president of the United States," but that "we're going to work with the states."

Newsom sidestepped a question about a potential clash with Trump, opting for a more diplomatic course by praising collaboration with the federal government.

But Newsom, a Democrat who during the coronavirus crisis has struck a conciliatory tone with Trump, suggested governors and Trump are all accountable to balancing the same set of imperatives.

"It's a vexing prospect for every governor across this country, including the president himself, to figure out a way of doing this where we don't invite a second wave," Newsom said.

Marie J. French and Anna Gronewold contributed to this report from Albany, N.Y.

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Explained: Why is football called the beautiful game? - Goal

Posted: 13 Apr 2020 06:55 PM PDT

Football is considered the world's greatest sport and "the beautiful game".

There is no set universal explanation of exactly why football is referred to as the beautiful game, but it is widely accepted that the sport is so beloved for its sheer unpredictability, ability to bring communities together through fanhood and how visually pleasing an excellent game of football can be.

Why is football called the beautiful game?

First and foremostly, football is considered the beautiful game because it is, quite simply, beautiful to watch.

There is the beauty of the goals scored - through free-kicks, open play and out-witting several defenders single-handedly - as well as the artistry of the build-up play, the final pass, the link-up of players combining together to put it in the back of the net.

The skilled mastery of football legends such as Johan Cruyff, Pele, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho and Diego Mardona only add to the sport's allure.

The manner in which fantastic goals are scored are also part of its charm - volleys, chips, lobs and headers.

Some of the greatest partnerships in football produced some of the most dazzling football. Think of Spain's tiki-taka football that won them two European Championships and one World Cup in a row, or the Barcelona force that was made up of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi masterminded by Pep Guardiola.

Arsenal's Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp are widely regarded as one of the greatest strike partnerships that has graced football, and the same goes for Liverpool's front trio of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.

Football's unpredictable nature is also a reason why it is considered the beautiful game.

Knockout competitions such as the Champions League, World Cup and even cup competitions have the ability for a "giant-killing" - where lower-ranked clubs ultimately get the best of elite opposition.

The likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-German are considered the great European powerhouses, but in football, there is always a solid chance for the underdog to do the unlikely and defeat a Goliath.

It does not matter how many goals a team has scored, or how expensive an assembled team might be, or even how much possession a side has in a match - the only statistic that truly matters in a game is the scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.

Some of the greatest comebacks of all-time in football have happened in the Champions League.

Both Roma and Liverpool were heavily considered underdogs when they faced off against perennial favourites Barcelona in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Champions League semi-finals respectively, but both managed to shock the world and knock out a side thought to be the best in football.

Ajax emerged as dark horses in the 2018-19 Champions League when they defeated giants (and competition favourites) Real Madrid and Juventus in the knockout rounds.

Even in the Premier League, surprises are always in store. Relegation-threatened Watford handed 2019-20 league leaders Liverpool a shocking first defeat of the season, and Wolves recorded a double over defending English champions Manchester City.

Nothing is ever guaranteed in football, no matter how rich or lucrative a football club might be, or however superior on paper.

The way football manages to unite international fans from all walks of life across the world is also what makes the sport so beautiful.

The passion from supporters is what makes football so great - and how a singular team can have dedicated fans from all over the world, hundreds and thousands of miles away from the stadium.

Such a united support for a team or a player unifies those from contrasting backgrounds, and football is the universal language.

The ways in which supporters reacts to their team - be it the jubilation and ecstasy of a win or victory or the devastation or sadness that comes with a loss - are shared.

It doesn't matter if you are a fan supporting a European side from across the world, or a supporter having grown up two streets away from the ground - everyone reacts the same when it comes to loving their club.

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