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Fabio Jakobsen: Doctor confident cyclist can race again. But it is anticipated his road to recovery will be "long and arduous," with "speaking and eating" likely to be a "challenge in the coming period," according to his team.
Jakobsen, 23, had been kept in an induced coma after colliding with a barrier during an 80 kilometer-per-hour sprint for the finish line of the first stage of the Tour of Poland in Katowice last Wednesday. Dylan Groenewegen had drifted into the path of the Dutch cyclist, causing a number of other riders to also crash. A race official also suffered a head injury, according race organizer Czesław Lang. "His condition is very good, particularly given the seriousness of the incident," Yvan Vanmol, the team doctor of Jakobsen's Deceuninck-QuickStep team, told Belgian broadcaster Sporza in an interview on Sunday after visiting the rider in hospital. 'Long and arduous' Jakobsen had been woken up by doctors of the Sosnowiec hospital on Friday afternoon after undergoing five hours of maxillofacial surgery on Thursday night. Israel's schools reopened and Covid-19 cases started rising - CNN Video.
Kerala floods: Monsoon rains trigger landslide in Indian state, killing at least 43 people - CNN. The landslide swept into a settlement housing workers on a tea plantation in Idukki district late Thursday, when most residents were sleeping.
Dozens of houses were destroyed and 11 injured people were taken to local hospitals. The death toll steadily rose as search and rescue workers spent the weekend digging through thick mud and debris, with efforts hampered further by heavy rain. At least 25 people remain missing, according to district lawmaker Dean Kuriakose. More than 500 personnel from local forces and the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed to sift through the debris, he added. "Despite inclement weather and harsh conditions, the search for those who went missing is progressing," Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted Sunday. On Monday, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a warning of "heavy to very heavy rainfall" in certain parts of the state for the next 24 hours.
Kerala has been battered by rain and flooding for weeks. Belarus election: Protests over disputed Lukashenko result - CNN. "I believe my own eyes, the majority was for us," Tikhanovskaya said in a news conference on Monday, according to multiple local media reports.
"We do not recognize the election results. We have seen real protocols. We urge those who believe that their voice was stolen not to remain silent. " The 37-year-old said that she was ready to meet Lukashenko to discuss bringing "peaceful change of power. " Two beluga whales complete journey from captivity in China to care sanctuary in Iceland - CNN.
Nevertheless, a pair of belugas, named Little Grey and Little White, are enjoying their first taste of the sea since 2011, thanks to a leviathan relocation project that has been years in the making.
After being captured at a very young age off the coast of Russia and spending years in a Chinese aquarium, the whales are about to get used to the freedom of an 8-acre sanctuary at Klettsvik Bay in Iceland. "It's been quite the journey for these two," Audrey Padgett, the Beluga Whale Sanctuary's general manager, told CNN on a video call in front of the belugas. "It hasn't been easy, but it's definitely been a labor of love. " Back in 2011, Little Grey and Little White were moved from a Russian research facility to the Changfeng Ocean World aquarium in Shanghai. The following year, the aquarium was bought by Merlin Entertainments, a company opposed to keeping whales and dolphins in captivity. More than 300 belugas are in captivity around the world, she told CNN. How Italy turned the Covid-19 disaster around - CNN.
Now, just four months later, life in Italy, the country Vice President Mike Pence once said "no one wanted to be like," is nearly back to normal, despite occasional spikes in cases that have been attributed to migrants arriving in the country or living in close quarters.
The death toll has leveled off at just over 35,000, with the number of new reported deaths now less than a dozen most days. The total number of cases now at 250,103 with daily increments in the low hundreds at most. Nightclubs and schools aren't yet reopened, face masks are mandatory and social distancing is enforced, but summer is in full swing in this country. People are going out for dinner at restaurants, enjoying the summer tradition of an aperitivo on an open square, going on vacation and generally moving forward. It's nothing short of a miracle, especially compared to nations like Brazil and the United States, where the pandemic is still very much out of control. Belarus' main opposition candidate goes into hiding on the eve of crucial presidential vote - CNN. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's campaign said she fled her apartment due to safety reasons after police detained several of its senior staffers, in what critics called an attempt to intimidate the opposition ahead of the crucial vote.
Meanwhile, her adviser Veronika Tsepkalo fled Belarus for Moscow for safety reasons, the campaign told CNN on Sunday. Tsepkalo's husband, former Belarusian ambassador to the US, Valery Tsepkalo, was not allowed to register as a candidate and had previously gone to Russia with their children, fearing for their safety after receiving threats of arrest.
The main candidate, Tikhanovskaya, has previously said in interviews she had to send her children abroad after receiving threats they will be placed in an orphanage. Puerto Rico voting temporarily halted amid lack of ballots - CNN. Flooding in China ruins farmers and risks rising food prices - CNN. "The crops have completely failed," Bao told CNN Business in an interview over the social media app WeChat, adding that his family has already lost roughly 200,000 yuan ($28,000) worth of produce.
"The rice was nearly ripened and ready to harvest before the flooding. But now everything is gone. " Surging floodwater burst the banks of Poyang Lake in Jiangxi province last month, destroying thousands of acres of farmland in what's known as the "land of fish and rice. " The broader Yangtze River basin — which includes Poyang Lake and stretches more than 3,900 miles from Shanghai in the east to the Tibetan border in the west — accounts for 70% of the country's rice production. For farmers like Bao and his father, the damage has been devastating. "The land is still under water," Bao said.
The flooding that walloped Bao's farm and 13 million more acres of cropland — about the size of West Virginia — is the worst that that China has experienced in years. Food security. Japan's coronavirus fatigue is fueling defiance in Tokyo, even as the case count rises - CNN. "Yes, we should listen to the government," Sato said.
"But we all have our own situations, we cannot always swallow whatever the government says. We cannot survive without working, we cannot stop going out altogether. " This increasing sense of dissatisfaction with the government's response to the virus comes as Japan appears to be on the brink of another major Covid-19 outbreak. For the past 12 days, the Health Ministry has recorded more than 900 daily infections and Friday marked a new daily high of 1,601 new cases nationwide. To date, the country has confirmed more than 46,000 cases since the pandemic began, more than half of which have been identified since July.
Air India crash in Kerala kills 18 after plane skids off runway - CNN. At least 18 people died in the crash, including both pilots, with up to 30 others receiving treatment for serious injuries, according to CV Anand, Central Industrial Security Force's Inspector General.
The flight's data recorder has been recovered from the wreckage, Anand said. The flight, number IX-1344, overshot the runway in rainy conditions, "went down 35-feet into a slope before breaking up into two pieces," Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told CNN. The flight from Dubai to Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, had 190 people on board, according to Air India Express. "There are 174 passengers, 10 infants, 2 pilots, 4 cabin crew on board the aircraft," the statement said, adding that "no fire reported at the time of landing.
" Air India crash in Kerala kills 18 after plane skids off runway - CNN. Trump steps back from involving himself in Libya's bloody civil war - CNNPolitics. Recent pleas by the leaders of Turkey, Egypt and others for Trump to get involved in the conflict have fallen on deaf ears, several foreign and US officials tell CNN.
The Trump White House had taken an active interest in the conflict in 2019, reaching out to Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the warlord leading an offensive against the country's United Nations-backed government. But in recent months, the President's stance has changed, with Trump telling those leaders that he'd rather not get involved in another messy Middle Eastern conflict. In particular, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt have worked to convince Trump to get involved diplomatically and put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back down from its own objectives in the country.
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, and the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Zayed, have also weighed in, these officials said. An Indian royal was shot dead by police in broad daylight. Now, 35 years later, his killers have been jailed - CNN. For decades, the police officers on duty and the former royal's relatives couldn't agree on what had happened that day to a man known for his fiery nature and political ambition. Raja Man Singh's family -- part of a centuries-old royal lineage -- claimed he had been killed in a premeditated murder plot ordered by the highest politician in the state. But police said they opened fire in self-defense, killing a hot-tempered man who thought himself above the law. For 35 years, no one was held accountable for Man Singh's death. 4 children identified among Air India Express plane crash casualties - CNN.
All sixteen were residents of Kerala, according to K Gopalakrishnan, a senior official for Malappuram district. A total of 18 people died, including two pilots. Details from the flight manifest, released by Air India Express, showed that the youngest casualty was only one year old. The oldest passenger to have died was 61. Creepy, bizarre, unsettling facts. Upload Profile Download the App Apple App Store Google Play Windows Store Back to the top. Revealing Your Age Without Numbers Is Easy. Upload Profile Download the App Apple App Store Google Play Windows Store Back to the top theCHIVE Newsletter Probably the Best Daily Newsletter in the World. Influencer Posts Assistant Job And Gets Roasted By All. Upload Profile Download the App Apple App Store Google Play Windows Store Back to the top theCHIVE Newsletter. Bet $1, win $100 — any American to win the PGA Championship. Upload Profile. You wanted the best. You deserve the Best. Top Photos of the week!!
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To curb the spread of the disease, authorities sealed off Suji Xincun village, where the dead patient lived, and ordered daily disinfection of homes. All villagers have so far tested negative for the disease, the statement said. India coronavirus: More than 2 million cases confirmed - CNN. On Friday, India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced that it has recorded more than 2,027,000 confirmed cases, including 41,585 deaths. The rising caseload sees India become only the third country to report more than 2 million cases, behind the United States -- which has seen nearly 4.9 million cases -- and Brazil, which has recorded more than 2.9 million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
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