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 {"id": "1608015611_1549045225", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Goats, cats, and all sizes of dogs strutted their stuff for the residents of Good Shepherd Health Center and Cornerstone Assisted Living on Friday.\n\nDozens of animals, many dressed in costumes, and their handlers, made their way around the facilities, waving at residents through the windows, as part of a \"pet parade,\" which wrapped up a stretch of activities commemorating National Skilled Nursing Care and Staff Appreciation week at Good Shepherd.\n\nA parade of people and cars was also held Thursday, giving residents a chance to wave and greet participants from the safety of the sidewalk.\n\nActivities Director Jessica Hanson said the staff has been working really hard and thinking outside the box when it comes to keeping the residents busy and content during the COVID-19 shutdown.\n\n\"It has not been an easy task, by any means, just trying to keep the folks happy and keep the smiles on their faces,\" Hanson said. \"So, I think this definitely helped. I hope it did, anyway.\"\n\nHanson said the community has been very supportive of the residents and staff, with businesses and community members dropping off various donations, such as masks, activities, and snacks.\n\n\"I think everyone realized that we're all in this together,\" said Hanson. \"I mean, just...everybody...I don't even know how to thank you.\"\n\nLisa Grouette is a Photographer + Breaking News, Crime and Courts Reporter for the Globe Gazette. Contact Lisa at 641-421-0525 or lisa.grouette@globegazette.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaGrouette\n\nLove 2 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0\n\nBe the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy.", "sentence2": "Many kinds of fish should be biting in Erie area over holiday weekend"}
 {"id": "1560002071_1563996946", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Chanceller Rishi Sunak has announced a \u00a39 billion package of support to give self-employed people up to \u00a32,500 a month to help them cope with the effects of coronavirus.\n\nThe Chancellor tonight said the scheme, which will be open for at least three months, will cover 80 per cent of a self-employed person's average monthly profits.\n\nBut it may not be available until June and will only be available to those who have a tax return for 2019, meaning the newly self-employed will be ineligible.\n\nAnd Mr Sunak warned that the self-employed could face tax hikes in the future as part of the effort to \"right the ship\" and repair the battered public finances after the coronavirus crisis is over.\n\nDetails of the scheme came as the Department of Health announced a total of 578 people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK have died as of 5pm on March 25.\n\nSome 11,658 people have tested positive in the UK as of 9am on March 26.\n\nMr Sunak's scheme will be open to those with a trading profit of less than \u00a350,000 in 2018-19 or an average trading profit of less than \u00a350,000 from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.\n\nTo qualify, more than half of their income in these periods must come from self-employment.\n\nUp to 3.8 million people will qualify for support, with average monthly payments expected to be \u00a3940 per person.\n\nMr Sunak said the scheme, which will last for at least three months, \"is one of the most generous in the world\".\n\n\"It targets support to those who need help most, offering the self-employed the same level of support as those in work.\"\n\nHe said the measure covers 95 per cent of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment.\n\nBut in a hint that the self-employed could be asked to pay more to the taxman in future he said it was \"now much harder to justify\" the tax breaks on offer to the self-employed if they were receiving the same level of state support.\n\nHe said everyone would be \"chipping in together to right the ship afterwards\" once the crisis is over.\n\nA number of self-employed workers welcomed the Chancellor's measures but expressed concern about having to wait until June to claim.\n\nLouise Barina, a production manager who lives in London, said: \"After having spoken to our landlord, he has outright said no, that we can't get a delay on our rent.\n\n\"In terms of the payment coming in June, that's really problematic for us as that's obviously three months of payment where we need to find the money for that.\"\n\nMeanwhile the Department of Health said revising its reporting approach for coronavirus deaths \"to ensure data can be verified and published in a timely, consistent way\".\n\nA statement on Twitter said: \"Figures issued today are recorded as of 5pm on March 24 to 5pm on March 25.\n\n\"Going forwards, figures on deaths will be recorded for the 24-hour period as of 5pm the previous day. Figures on tests remain as of the 24-hour period from 9am that day.\"", "sentence2": "The newly launched Reviews of Public Bodies programme will examine the operations of all arm\u2019s-length bodies in England, including the Arts Council, the BFI, the National Lottery Community Fund and Historic England, to assess whether \"they should be abolished or retained\""}
 {"id": "1487625578_1488219672", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "On the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%\n\nA stock broker reacts as he watches share prices on the BSE Sensex in Mumbai down by 700 points on January 6, 2020\n\nOn the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%\n\nThe BSE benchmark Sensex crashed by nearly 788 points and the NSE Nifty tumbled around 234 points on Monday as heightened tensions in the Middle East kept investors on edge.\n\nThe 30-share BSE index ended at 40,676.63, dropping of 787.98 points, or 1.90%. Similarly, the broader Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling by 233.60 points, or 1.91%.\n\nOn the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%, followed by SBI, IndusInd Bank, Maruti, HDFC, Hero MotoCorp, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries. Bucking the broader trend, only Titan and PowerGrid ended with gains.\n\nDomestic market witnessed intense selloff in line with global stocks after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of major retaliation if Tehran carries out any attack against America to avenge the killing of top military commander Qasem Soleimani and hinted at striking its cultural sites. His statement came hours after Iran announced it will no longer abide by the limits contained in the 2015 landmark nuclear deal.\n\nHe also threatened to impose \u201cvery big sanctions\u201d on Iraq if it follows through on a parliament vote calling for the expulsion of US troops based in the country.\n\n\u201cIndian market is reacting more negatively than other emerging markets due to crude oil impact. Since our dependence on crude imports as a percentage of consumption is the highest, the impact on economy and markets is also higher,\u201d said Rusmik Oza, Sr. VP (Head of Fundamental Research-PCG), Kotak Securities. \u201cAlong with crude, the negative impact of currency is also weighing on Indian markets.\u201d\n\nBrent crude oil futures surged nearly 2% to $69.81. The Rupee depreciated 24 paise against the U.S. Dollar to 72.04 (intra-day).\n\nBourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul ended lower. European markets were also trading in negative terrain in early sessions.", "sentence2": "While HDFC Bank, IndusIndia Bank, RIL, Tata, SBI gained, leading tech stocks were trading in the red.\n\nA view of the BSE building in Mumbai. | File\n\nWhile HDFC Bank, IndusIndia Bank, RIL, Tata, SBI gained, leading tech stocks were trading in the red.\n\nEquity benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded nearly 500 points in opening session on Tuesday as global investors calmed on no further escalation in the mid-east tensions.\n\nAfter hitting a high of 41,135.47, the 30-share BSE index was trading 450 points or 1.11 per cent higher at 41,126.63. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rallied 132.25 points or 1.10 per cent to 12,125.30.\n\nHDFC Bank was the gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying up to 2.16 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank, Relinace Industries, Tata Steel, SBI and Axis Bank.\n\nOn the other hand, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys and HCL Tech were trading in the red.\n\nIn the previous session, the 30-share gauge ended at 40,676.63, dropping of 787.98 points, or 1.90 per cent. Similarly, the Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling by 233.60 points, or 1.91 per cent.\n\nMeanwhile, on a net basis, foreign institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 103.84 crore, and domestic institutional investors offloaded shares worth Rs 23.70 crore on Monday, data available with stock exchanges showed.\n\nAccording to traders, domestic investors followed Asian stocks that rebounded after a day of no escalation in the US-Iran tussle.\n\nThe Pentagon on Monday distanced itself from U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s assertions that he would bomb Iranian cultural sites despite international prohibitions on such attacks.\n\nFollowing the news, Brent crude futures fell 1.20 per cent to USD 68.08.\n\nBourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul were trading in the green.\n\nExchanges on Wall Street too ended on a positive note on Monday.\n\nMeanwhile, the rupee appreciated 20 paise to 71.73 against the US dollar in morning session."}
-{"id": "1561698873_1555780606", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "", "sentence2": "President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his scheduled address to the nation on Sunday night because the national command council on Covid-19 meeting he is chairing is dealing with \u201cweighty issues\u201d and likely to go on until late.\n\nThis is according to minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu, who was addressing the media at the Union Buildings on Sunday night.\n\nMthembu said Ramaphosa will now address the nation only on Monday \u201cbecause we do not want to take short cuts\u201d.\n\nSaid Mthembu: \u201cIt will not be helpful for the president to speak to the people of South Africa when the structure that advises him, which is the national command council, has not concluded its business and looked at all the issues that affect South Africans.\n\n\u201cLet us assume that the meeting concludes at midnight, then it will be unfair for the president to address people who are sleeping.\u201d"}
 {"id": "1560700947_1530083534", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa took to Instagram to share a heartbreaking video of the basketball icon talking about coaching their daughter Gianna\n\nKobe Bryant's wife Vanessa pays tribute to icon and their daughter two months after tragedy\n\nKobe Bryant's wife Vanessa has paid a touching tribute to the icon and their daughter Gianna two months after their tragic deaths.\n\nVanessa took to her Instagram account on Thursday to share a heartbreaking video of Kobe talking about coaching Gianna.\n\nGianna, and Kobe lost their lives in a helicopter crash in January, exactly two months before Vanessa posted the tribute.\n\nThe 13-year-old was an aspiring basketball player and Kobe, who played for the Lakers, coached her Amateur Athletic Union team.\n\nIn the video shared by Vanessa, Kobe said: \"She started out playing soccer, which is one of my favorite sports as well.\n\nImage: WireImage) WireImage)\n\n\"But then, when she asked about learning the game of basketball, I started teaching her piece by piece, and she started enjoying it and loving it and now she plays every day.\n\n\"It's been a joy to watch her grow and to be there every day for that process.\n\n\"Her temperament is a lot like mine. She\u2019s extremely competitive, very fiery, and backs down from no challenge.\"\n\nIn the clip Kobe says Gianna is \"a good mix of me and good mix of her mama, so that makes her even more competitive than I am.\"\n\nVanessa captioned the post with two broken heart emojis.\n\nIt comes after she spoke at Kobe and Gianna's memorial last month.\n\nSpeaking about Kobe, Vanessa said: \"He was mine. He was my everything. Kobe and I had been together since I was 17 years old.\n\n\"I was his first girlfriend, his first love, his wife, his best friend, his confidante and his protector. He was the most amazing husband. Kobe loved me more than I could ever express or put into words.\"\n\nVanessa also paid honour to Gianna and revealed what she has been missing.\n\nShe said: \"I miss her sweet kisses, her cleverness, her sarcasm, her wit and that adorable sly side smile followed with a grin and burst of laughter.\n\n\"Gigi was sunshine. She brightened up my day every day. I miss looking at her beautiful face. She was always so good, a rule follower. I knew I could always count on her to do the right thing.\"", "sentence2": "Susanna Osborne, more affectionately known as Sukii, serves as an Associate Entertainment Editor for iOne Digital. The Spanish Harlem native got her start in blogging back in 2010 when she began covering Hip Hop\u2019s rising stars for GlobalGrind. Music (and entertainment at large) are spaces Sukii continues to focus on as a writer, but her pen game knows no bounds. Since starting at iOne Digital in 2014, the Spelman College alum has contributed to the majority of iOne brands, often venturing into controversial topics such as women's rights, sex, and race relations. Follow her on Instagram and stay tuned.\n\nToday, fans, family, and loved ones got together at the Staples Center to celebrate the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant. The world was shocked when the two were reported dead, alongside seven others, after a fatal helicopter crash last month. Now, after a private funeral and several tributes, fans of the legend and legend-in-the-making got a chance to say their farewells.\n\nFollowing a beautiful opening by Beyonc\u00e9, who sang her songs \u201cXO\u201d and \u201cHalo,\u201d Kobe Bryant\u2019s wife Vanessa bravely took to the stage to share some sweet words about her fallen angels. She remembered Gianna as intelligent, silly, and athletically skilled, calling the 13-year-old a \u201csweet and gentle soul.\u201d\n\n\u201cGigi was very competitive like her daddy, but Gianna had a sweet grace about her. Her smile was like sunshine. Her smile took up her entire face like mine \u2014 Kobe always said she was me. She had my fire. My personality and sarcasm. She was tender and loving on the inside. She had the best laugh. It was infectious. It was pure and genuine,\u201d Vanessa said of their daughter.\n\nShe remembered Kobe as a doting father who put his family first. She described him as a romantic and said she dreamed of growing old with him.\n\n\u201cGod knew they couldn\u2019t be on this earth without each other. He had to bring them home to heaven together,\u201d Vanessa said, adding \u201cBabe, you take care of our Gigi.\u201d May Kobe and Gianna rest in peace. Our prayers are with Vanessa and the girls at this time."}
 {"id": "1525232103_1525634277", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The Dutch foreign minister is scheduled to hold meetings with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.\n\nThe talks will be focused on bilateral, regional and international issues.\n\nIranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited The Hague in November to attend the third round of political talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Netherlands. The Iranian diplomat held a meeting with Blok on issues of mutual interest.\n\nRelations between Tehran and Amsterdam have soured in the past few years following the European country\u2019s expulsion of two Iranian diplomats in June 2018, and Tehran\u2019s reciprocal measure in February 2019.\n\nMNA/IRN83680586", "sentence2": "TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Netherlands' Foreign Minister Stef Blok is slated to pay an official visit to Iran on Friday and Saturday and hold talks with senior officials of the Islamic Republic on issues of mutual interest.\n\n- Politics news -\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Dutch top diplomat will meet with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.\n\nThe talks will be focused on bilateral, regional and international issues, according to the statement.\n\nThe visit would come as relations between Tehran and Amsterdam have soured in the past few years following the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats from the Netherlands in June 2018 and Tehran's reciprocal measure in February 2019.\n\nAfter Iran's expulsion of two Dutch diplomats, the Netherlands summoned its ambassador to Tehran to hold consultations, and summoned the Iranian ambassador, describing the act as \"unacceptable\" and \"having negative consequences\" for bilateral relations.\n\nThe Dutch foreign ministry had earlier in June expelled the two Iranian diplomats."}
 {"id": "1553051359_1552828663", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "A Gokwe man, Evans Ngwenya (20) allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner, Paul Banda, with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.\n\nThe Chronicle reports that Banda succumbed to the injuries upon admission to Siabuwa clinic. The publication also reports that the duo had a dispute at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga.\n\nNgwenya who is now facing a murder charge in connection with Banda\u2019s death has since approached the High Court seeking bail pending trial.\n\nThe State, however, opposed the bail application arguing that there was no guarantee that Ngwenya would not abscond once released on bail. Representing the State, Ms Nokuthaba Ngwenya said:\n\nThe applicant is said to be from Gokwe and had visited Binga on fishing expedition and police are still making efforts to confirm his village of origin. It would, therefore, be risky to release him on bail because there is a likelihood of absconding.\n\nShe added that there was overwhelming evidence against the accused and the investigations have been completed hence releasing him would not serve justice.\n\nThe amount of money which te duo was fighting for is not known.\n\nMore: The Chronicle", "sentence2": "A Zimbabwean man allegedly killed his Zambian business partner by striking him with a log following a heated dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.\n\nThe 20-yer-old, Evans Ngwenya allegedly struck Paul Banda twice with a log and struck his skull following a dispute at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga.\n\nBanda succumbed to the injuries upon admission to Siabuwa clinic.\n\nNgwenya was ccharged with murder and has since approached the High Court seeking bail pending trial.\n\nIn his bail application, Ngwenya offered to pay $200 bail and to continue residing at his given address until the case has been finalized.\n\nHe also offered to surrender his canoe as surety.\n\nThe State opposed the bail application, arguing that there was no guarantee that the accused person wouldn\u2019t flee if given bail\n\n\u201cThe applicant is said to be from Gokwe and had visited Binga on fishing expedition and police are still making efforts to confirm his village of origin. It would therefore be risky to release him on bail because there is a likelihood of absconding,\u201d said Ms Ngwenya.\n\nAccording to court papers, Ngwenya and Banda went on a fishing expedition at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga district where they had an altercation after arguing on the fish sale profits.\n\nDuring their fight, Ngwenya picked a log and struck Banda twice on the head.\n\nHe sustained head injuries and he was taken to Siabuwa Clinic the following day where he succumbed to the injuries.\n\nA report was made at the police leading to Ngwenya\u2019s arrest.\n\nAccording to the post mortem report the cause of death was skull fracture and assault.\n\n(Visited 35 times, 1 visits today)"}
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 {"id": "1554225833_1554173801", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed an executive order Friday pushing the state\u2019s May 5 presidential primary to June 2, joining a growing group of governors who\u2019ve postponed elections amid the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nHe said in the order that Secretary of State Connie Lawson had made known to him the \u201cextreme difficulty\u201d the state would face in holding the primary as scheduled while also complying with coronavirus guidance.\n\nHe, like many of his fellow governors, had already shuttered bars and restaurants in the state.\n\nIndiana will now join the swelling rank of states that have pushed back their presidential primaries, including Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Connecticut, Louisiana and Georgia.\n\nIndiana has 79 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, according to the state Department of Health.", "sentence2": "Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that his state was postponing its May 5 primary until June 2, making it the seventh state to postpone its presidential primary due to the spread of the coronavirus.\n\n\n\n\u201cIt needed to be pushed back in order to, again, ensure the safety of our county employees, our poll workers and the voters themselves,\u201d Holcomb said in a Friday press conference.\n\n\n\nIndiana joins six other states who have already postponed their elections: Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Maryland and Ohio.\n\n\n\nIndiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson also said she\u2019d recommend to the state election commission that they suspend absentee balloting rules to allow all Indiana voters to vote absentee should they so choose, along with other recommendation that would make it easier for Hoosiers to vote. Indiana typically requires an excuse to vote via mail absentee ballots. Lawson said the recommendation would only apply to the June 2 elections.\n\n\n\nLawson said the election commission would meet March 25 to discuss the proposals."}
 {"id": "1521247428_1522600636", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "One lucky home in England got a huge Valentine\u2019s Day surprise. It wasn\u2019t an unexpected bouquet or a box of heart-shaped chocolates from a secret admirer, but a piece of art by the artist Banksy on the side of their building.\n\nThe work of art that now adorns a wall in Bristol, the home city of the artist known as Banksy, shows a stenciled girl firing an explosion of red flowers into the air using a slingshot. Kelly Woodruff, who co-owns the property had no idea her house had been hit by the artist until she was tagged in a photo on Facebook with someone asking if that was her house. \u201cAnd we were like, \u2018woah it is\u2019,\u201d she told The Guardian. \u201cWe are super excited.\u201d\n\nThe pseudonymous artist confirmed the work was his by posting two images of it on his official Instagram account. Even before it was official, though, crowds had reportedly gathered to see what is now being called \u201cthe Valentine\u2019s Day Banksy\u201d.\n\nAmidst the hubbub, the home owner is now trying to figure out how to protect and preserve the valuable piece of art that is on the side of her house. \u201cThere isn\u2019t a handbook for these kind of scenarios,\u201d she told The Guardian. \u201c[W]e\u2019ve never been in this situation so any advice is welcome.\u201d\n\nContact us at letters@time.com.", "sentence2": "(Newser) \u2013 The family who owns a house in southwest England where an artwork from Banksy appeared in time for Valentine's Day has covered the mural after it was defaced. Temporary fencing was also added Saturday to the home in Bristol and closed-circuit television has been installed to protect the artwork, which shows a young girl firing red flowers from a catapult. The elusive artist confirmed the mural as his creation on his official Instagram account on Feb. 14, reports the AP. It was later defaced by someone who wrote \"BCC wankers,\" notes the Guardian, which has an image of the damage. Says a local, \"It\u2019s a real shame, but it was always going to happen, unfortunately.\"\n\nKelly Woodruff, the daughter of Edwin Simons, who owns the rented home on which the artwork appeared, said the family felt a \u201cstrong responsibility\u201d to ensure that the artwork could be enjoyed by the general public. \u201cDue to the mindless vandalism to the artwork, the family have taken the very difficult decision to cover the artwork to try to protect it,\u201d she said. \u201cAll measures are temporary and we ask that the public are patient while we work out the best way to clean the damage, restore and protect it for the future, so everyone can enjoy Banksy's work.\u201d\n\n(Read more Banksy stories.)"}
 {"id": "1554606277_1554123226", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Twelve more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday. Of the new cases, six persons are from Kasaragod, five from Ernakulam and one from Palakkad. Total 40 persons have tested positive for COVID-19, out of them three have been discharged, the Chief Minister said.\n\nThere are 44,390 people under surveillance in the state. Of these, 44,165 are in isolation at home and total of 225 people are hospitalized. Vijayan said, \"On Friday, 56 people were admitted. 13,632 people have now been admitted into isolation. 5570 people ...", "sentence2": "Vijayan said all government offices in Kasaragod district would be closed for a week from tomorrow | PTI photo for representation\n\nTwelve fresh cases of novel coronavirus were reported in Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 37, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.\n\nWhile five cases were confirmed in Ernakulam, six were reported in Kasaragod and one case in Palakkad district, Vijayan told reporters after a COVID-19 review meeting here.\n\n\"Totally, 44,390 people are under observation, of which 44,165 are in home quarantine and 225 in isolation wards in hosiptals,\" he said.\n\nVijayan said all government offices in Kasaragod district would be closed for a week from tomorrow, while all places of worship and clubs will be shut.\n\nShops would remain open only from 11 am to 5 pm.\n\n\"We need to impose such restrictions in Kasaragod. We have issued an order. Two MLAs are under observation as they had come in contact with a positive case,\" he added.\n\nThree positive cases had been treated and discharged from hospitals earlier."}
-{"id": "1617114169_1617282755", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "OTTAWA\u2014Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian military will keep assisting in nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec, though 36 members of the Canadian Forces have come down with COVID-19 while doing so.\n\nThat\u2019s up from 28 cases of the novel coronavirus among those troops less than a week ago.\n\nThe military has been deployed to nursing homes in the two provinces to reinforce workers overwhelmed by the illness, unable to keep up with residents\u2019 needs because of all the protective measures they need to take, or off work because they\u2019re ill themselves.\n\nFourteen of the military members with COVID-19 are in Ontario and 22 of them are in Quebec.\n\nWhen the Forces started reporting the number of positive cases, they said they\u2019d update the figures every two weeks but have revised that plan to give new numbers every day.\n\nTrudeau says the premiers of Ontario and Quebec have both asked for the military to extend the deployment and he expects to agree.\n\nRead more about:\n\nSHARE:", "sentence2": ""}
 {"id": "1520715253_1520208298", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Rajiv Bansal\n\nAir India\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nMinistry of Petroleum\n\nMinistry of Civil Aviation\n\nNew Delhi, Senior IAS officerwas on Thursday named the Chairman and Managing Director of national carrierThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Bansal's appointment as CMD of Air India in the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary.At present, Bansal, a 1988 batch officer of the Nagaland cadre, held the post of Additional Secretary,and Natural Gas. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani.In August 2017, he was given the additional charge as Air India's CMD.Additionally, he has had an earlier stint with the(MoCA) between 2006 and 2008.", "sentence2": "New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal was Thursday named the CMD of national carrier Air India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Bansal;s appointment as CMD of Air India in the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary.\n\nAt present, Bansal, a 1988 batch officer of the Nagaland cadre, held the post of Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani. In August 2017, he was given the additional charge as Air India\u2019s CMD.\n\nBansal has had an earlier stint with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) between 2006 and 2008.\n\nNow Bansal will have his task cut out as the government is going for 100% disinvestment of the national career. Very soon the government will put up Air India for sale. The move is being opposed by 14 unions of Air India. So Bansal will have to handle everything carefully.\n\nAgencies"}
 {"id": "1605422147_1605693346", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The United Nations (U.N) has said that the fight against AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has stalled as more and more countries in the region shift their attention to controlling the spread of COVID-19.\n\nThe U.N says that countries in the region have diverted resources meant to fight AIDS in controlling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAs a result, AIDS virus-related illnesses could claim more than half a million people.\n\nIn a joint report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS warned that interruptions to HIV/AIDS treatment could \u201cset the clock back by more than a decade to 2008 when more than 950,000 AIDS deaths were observed in the region\u201d.\n\nIn 2018, an estimated 470,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa, the report says.\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of WHO says; \u201cThe terrible prospect of half a million more people in Africa dying of Aids-related illnesses is like stepping back into history.\u201d\n\nWe must read this as a wake-up call to countries to identify ways to sustain all vital health services, he added\n\nGhebreyesus says that there is need to ensure that global supplies of tests and treatments for both HIV and Tuberculosis reach the countries and communities that need them most.\n\n\u201cWe should save people from Covid-19 and HIV and other life-threatening diseases.\u201d\n\nA six-month disruption in treatment services could lead to an excess of 471,000 to 673,000 AIDS-related deaths in one year, the report says, making it inevitable that the world would miss the global 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 fatalities from the disease worldwide.\n\nAccording to WHO statistics, an estimated 25.7 million people in Sub- Saharan Africa were living with HIV in 2018, with 16.4 million (64 per cent) receiving antiretroviral therapy.\n\nThese people now risk having their treatment interrupted, the agencies warned, \u201cbecause HIV services are closed or are unable to supply antiretroviral therapy because of disruptions to the supply chain, or because services simply become overwhelmed\u201d.\n\nThe report also highlighted that disrupted services could reverse gains made in stemming mother-to-child transmission of HIV\n\nSince 2010, new HIV infections among children in Sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 43 per cent (from 250,000 in 2010 to 140,000 in 2018), thanks to the high coverage of HIV services for mothers and their children in the region\n\nEvery death is a tragedy, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, observed.\n\n\u201cWe cannot sit by and allow hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young, to die needless deaths.\u201d\n\nIf HIV health services were stopped by COVID-19, the study indicates that several countries could see a drastic rise in new infections among children.\n\nByanyima says that the pandemic must not be an excuse to divert investment from HIV.\n\n\u201cThere is a risk that the hard-earned gains of the Aids response will be sacrificed to the fight against Covid-19, but the right to health means that no one disease should be fought at the expense of the other.\u201d\n\neashimwe@newtimesrwanda.com", "sentence2": "Gains made in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission could be reversed due to interruptions caused by Covid-19.\n\nNew infection in children is expected to go up by 104 per cent.\n\nSince 2010, HIV infection among children in Sub-Saharan Africa has declined by 43 per cent, from 250,000 in 2010 to 140,000 in 2018.\n\nA new projection by a group of five teams convened by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS shows an urgent need to strategise to mitigate and overcome interruptions in health services during the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nA six-month disruption of antiretroviral therapy could lead to at least 500,000 more deaths from Aids-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa between 2020 and 2021.\n\nThis would mean setting the clock on HIV-related deaths back to where they were in 2008. During the year, more than 950,000 Aids-related deaths were recorded in the sub-Saharan region.\n\nAccording to WHO, an estimated 470,000 people died of Aids-related illnesses in the region in 2018.\n\nPeople living with HIV are likely to get seriously sick if they contract the coronavirus when their immune system is compromised.\n\nThe projection estimates that failure to take urgent action could lead to more deaths for another five years.\n\n\u201cThe terrible prospect of half a million more people in Africa dying of Aids-related illnesses is like stepping back into history,\u201d WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.\n\n\u201cWe must read this as a wake-up call to countries to identify ways to sustain all vital health services.\u201d\n\nThe WHO boss commended countries already taking steps such as ensuring that people can collect bulk packs of treatment and other essential commodities, including self-testing kits from drop-off points.\n\n\u201cThis relieves pressure on health services and the health workforce. We must also ensure that global supplies of tests and treatment continue to flow to the countries that need them,\u201d Ghebreyesus said.\n\nKenya is among the countries that have allowed people living with HIV to get bulk stocks of ARVs that last them three months.\n\nHealth facilities in Nairobi have already implemented the directive, and some are dispensing drugs that can last up to six months.\n\nPreviously, only a few individuals with stable immunity were allowed to pick up enough drugs to last more than one month.\n\n\"To reduce clinic attendance and drug pickup frequencies, up to three-month multi-month dispensing of ARVs should be considered for all people living with HIV regardless of age and viral status,\" Nascop head Dr Catherine Ngugi said in a circular to all county executives for health.\n\nIt is estimated that in 2018, 25.7 million people were living with HIV and 16.4 million (around 64 per cent) in sub-Saharan Africa were undergoing antiretroviral therapy.\n\nBut according to the WHO, they are now at risk of having their treatment interrupted either because of the closure of HIV services, lack of ARVs caused by disruptions in the supply chain or overwhelmed services due to competing needs to support the Covid-19 response.\n\nThe research teams used different mathematical models to analyse the effects of possible disruptions to HIV testing, prevention and treatment services caused by Covid-19 in three or six months on Aids mortality and HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nFrom the projection, a six-month disruption shows that Aids-related deaths in one year will range from 471,000 to 673,000.\n\nThis means that it will be inevitable for the world to miss the global 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 Aids-related deaths worldwide.\n\nMore sporadic interruptions of ART supply could lead to drug resistance, with long-term consequences for future treatment success in the region.\n\nUNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima has warned against using Covid-19 as an excuse to divert investments meant to go towards HIV programmes.\n\n\u201cThere is a risk that the hard-earned gains of the AIDS response will be sacrificed to the fight against Covid-19, but the right to health means that no one disease should be fought at the expense of the other,\u201d Byanyima said.\n\n\u201cEvery death is a tragedy. We cannot sit and allow hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young, to die needless deaths.\u201d"}
 {"id": "1606591761_1607918334", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.\n\nMembers of an international criminal group, smuggling people from mainland Europe to the United Kingdom, had been intercepted at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, the Finnish Border Guard said on Thursday.\n\nThe human traffickers were identified when a Swedish citizen and a Kuwaiti, who had used another person\u2019s Swedish passport, were arrested at the airport in January.\n\nThe two men were on their way from Paris via Helsinki to London, the Border Guard said.\n\nAccording to a preliminary investigation launched by the Crime Prevention Unit of the Gulf of Finland Coast Guard District, it was not the Swedish man\u2019s first such journey to Finland.\n\nBetween December 2019 and January 2020, he is suspected to have smuggled two other foreigners from Finland to the UK by using other people\u2019s passports.\n\nThe investigation has also found that the Swedish citizen caught in Finland had applied for asylum in the UK as a Kuwaiti by providing false personal information to the local authorities.\n\nThe criminal offences under investigation in Finland are part of a series of operations, in which people have been smuggled from mainland Europe through various countries to the UK, the Border Guard said.\n\nThe acts are suspected to have been carried out by an influential professional smuggling ring in Sweden and the UK.\n\nThe criminal gang is suspected of having charged the trafficked persons around 8,000 euros ($8,600) for each trip.\n\nDuring the investigation, close international cooperation was established with the support of Europol (the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) and Eurojust (a European Union agency dealing with judicial cooperation in criminal matters).\n\nMembers of the smuggling ring have been caught in both Sweden and the UK, where local authorities conducted home searches and arrests.\n\nA suspect in Finland, the Swedish citizen has been imprisoned since the end of January 2020 on suspicion of organising a serious illegal entry.\n\nThe investigation into the other members of the criminal ring continues in Finland and abroad, the Border Guard said.\n\nShare with friends: Tweet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrint", "sentence2": "Police suspect an international criminal gang has been trafficking people from mainland Europe to Britain via Finland.\n\nA gang suspected of smuggling people from mainland Europe to Britain was uncovered in January when a Swedish citizen and a Kuwaiti citizen were stopped by border guards at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in possession of another Swedish citizen\u2019s passport.\n\nThe two men were on their way from Paris to London via Helsinki, according to a statement issued by the Finnish Border Guard.\n\nThe Guard\u2019s Crime Prevention Unit launched a preliminary investigation, and discovered that the Swedish man had visited Finland on at least two previous occasions. He is now suspected of smuggling two other people from Finland to Britain between December and January using other people's passports.\n\nPolice suspect the involvement of a people smuggling ring active in at least Sweden and the United Kingdom.\n\nThey believe the smugglers charge up to 8,000 euros per person transported from mainland Europe through various countries to the United Kingdom.\n\nThe initial investigation also revealed that the Swedish citizen stopped in Finland had applied for asylum in the United Kingdom as a Kuwaiti, providing false personal information to the UK authorities.\n\nThe false identity used by the suspect in Britain was revealed when his fingerprints were compared to the fingerprints of another Kuwaiti person, and they were found to be exactly the same. Authorities suspect the man created a false identity for himself in order to gain access to a disguise for people smuggling activities.\n\nInternational cooperation\n\nDuring the investigation, close international cooperation was established between Finnish authorities and police forces in other parts of Europe, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, an EU agency which oversees judicial cooperation between member states.\n\nAuthorities in both Sweden and Britain conducted home searches of suspected members of the smuggling ring and made a number of arrests."}