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China locks down city of 11 million people close to Beijing in bid to contain coronavirus flare-up
Residents of Shijiazhuang, a provincial capital close to Beijing, have been barred from leaving the city, as major highways were blocked, train and bus stations closed and flights canceled. The lockdown comes as a total of 117 Covid-19 infections — including 67 asymptomatic cases — were detected in Shijiazhuang on Wednesday. On Thursday, Shijiazhuang identified …
Memphis Grizzlies starting lineup: Locks, fringe, potential break-ins
Photo by Kim Klement – Pool/Getty Images With the 2020-2021 NBA season in full-effect, the Memphis Grizzlies have a deep roster, so who could sneak into the lineup and who could possibly break-in? The Memphis Grizzlies have not changed the roster significantly this offseason. There isn’t a lottery draft pick who needs to be inserted …
Malta locks down migrants camp, puts 1,000 in quarantine after COVID cluster
FILE PHOTO: Maltese Health Minister Chris Fearne talks to the media after a fire destroyed part of a reception centre for migrants in Marsa, Malta, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo VALLETTA (Reuters) – Some 1,000 African migrants were placed under mandatory quarantine on Sunday after an outbreak of COVID-19 and their camp at …
Southern Institute of Technology locks in land as construction looms for inner city apartments
Supplied An aerial view of the Kelvin and Tay St corner where the Southern Institute of Technology will construct apartments in Invercargill. The Southern Institute of Technology has locked in the land to build inner-city apartments in Invercargill and has enlisted Amalgamated Builders Ltd to construct them. In July 2019, SIT chief executive Penny Simmonds confirmed SIT was …
Italy in quarantine, locks down quarter of population
Two tourists from Argentina wearing respiratory masks walk while holding a tourist map in Piazza Duomo in Milan, on March 5. 2020. PIERO CRUCIATTI This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global cases: At least 103,168, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization Global deaths: At least 3,507, according to the latest …
Perth woman locks herself in bathroom as ‘invader cuts power before breaking in’
A suspected home invader has been arrested and taken to hospital after a series of break-ins in Perth’s northeast. Police were called to Ivanhoe Street in Morley shortly before 7pm after reports a 22-year-old man targeted two homes and a car – before pleading for help after cutting himself on a window. Watch the video …
Hands-free mooring technology operational at St. Lawrence Seaway locks
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) announced last week that hands-free mooring (HFM) technology is fully deployed throughout the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The new technology revolutionizes the method for locking vessels through the Seaway and is the most important technological advance since the Seaway’s opening in 1959, the DOT said. …