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LAUSANNE (Reuters) - In Lausanne, a Swiss city on the shores of lake Geneva, the coronavirus outbreak has revived a tradition of centuries past: The cathedral watchman climbs the 153 stone steps to his tower at night, puts on a black hat, lights a lantern and rings the “La Clemence” bell to stir residents’ solidarity and courage. It’s a practice dating back to the Middle Ages, when watchmen at Lausanne Cathedral kept a vigil over the city and rang the bell if they spotted a fire. “We can compare this pandemic to a worldwide fire that has spread at lightning speed on all continents,” Renato Hausler, one of the last cathedral watchmen in Europe, told Reuters. “It was also considered an encouragement, more than a distress signal, everybody was hearing it and it brought unity with residents fighting the fire. ” Since last week Hausler has been ringing “La Clemence”, the 16th-century bell, nearly every night, and calling out the hours from 10pm to 2am. Switzerland’s death toll from the novel virus has risen to nearly 500 and the total confirmed infections approach 20,000. Hausler wants to “keep people awake with regards to what is happening, to stay focused”.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House is not negotiating with Saudi Arabia or Russia for a deal to cut oil supply, hoping the two countries will reach an agreement themselves the US Secretary of Energy said on a conference call Friday, a source who attended the conference said. Dan Brouillette met with independent oil producers and other members of the oil industry shortly after US President Donald Trump met with leaders of major U.S. companies in the White House to discuss the downturn. price that threatens their activities. The US Secretary of Energy said the White House was encouraging Ryad and Moscow to reach an agreement, and added that Donald Trump believed that an agreement could be reached in the coming days. White House officials also said during the conference call that Donald Trump had asked his administration to find ways to improve liquidity in the energy sector, the source said. Reuters learned Friday from a source close to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that the latter and its allies were seeking to reach an agreement on an unprecedented reduction in world oil supply equivalent to 10% of demand overall.

The dictionary states that evolution is the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form. What it forgets to mention is that the 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000R is a perfect example of evolution, and a very valid reason to be excited about the direction sportbikes are headed. Having just spent a day ripping the new GSX-R1000R, the upper-spec Suzuki, around the Phillip Island Circuit in Australia, I can confidently back up that last statement, and say that the 2017 model is a positive step in the evolution of Suzuki’s literbikes. The Japanese manufacturer has poured all its eggs into the basket coming up with its most technologically advanced and most fun literbike to date. But does the 2017 GSX-R have the potential to reclaim the “King of the Literbikes” crown? Read on to find out. It’s almost unnerving to know that Suzuki had made such radical changes to the GSX-R’s chassis for two reasons. One, the Suzuki was already one of the most comfortable supersport bikes on the market—and I really didn’t want to see that change. And two, the outgoing bike’s chassis has always been so well-balanced that it didn’t seem to need a complete redesign. In a genius step of evolution, Suzuki engineers took what they already had, built on it, and made it better all around. The first thing you’ll notice about the new GSX-R is that it has the same homey riding position thanks to Suzuki keeping the bike ergonomically identical to its predecessor. The fuel tank, however, has been shrunk vertically by 21mm to improve your aerodynamic tuck and reshaped to allow you to better lock your knees in under hard braking and cornering. Chassis agility and feel has also improved; proving that the narrower twin-spar aluminum frame was worth the trouble. Side-to-side transitions and corner entry speed up considerably, although they still feel just slightly sluggish in comparison to some other bikes in its class. The same goes for mid-corner steering, but it’s arguable the GSX-R makes up for it with tons of chassis feel being fed to the rider. A chassis feel that boosts confidence, and, remember, confidence is fast. Some of that feel is owed to Suzuki’s choice of using the Showa Balance Free Fork (BFF) and Balance Free Rear Cushion lite (BFRC) shock that outfits the R model I tested. It’s a combination I came to fall in love with on the Kawasaki first, and now the Suzuki, and it's something I truly wish all supersport bikes had. Both front and rear do an amazing job at not only providing feel, but also absorbing bumps of all sizes and providing stability under hard braking. After the first session, Suzuki technicians made slight changes to the bike (¼ turn of compression in the front, and ¼ turn of rebound and ¾ turn of compression in the rear) resulting in even more stability and a small band-aid for the slight mid-corner understeer—which I believe is an issue that is totally solvable with nothing more than a little more tuning. The evolution of the GSX-R also called for a redesigned engine, which retains the same user-friendly powerband at lower rpm as before, but consistently gains steam as the engine spins faster thanks to the new Suzuki Racing Variable Valve Timing (SR-VVT). The VVT engages at 10,000 rpm as the centrifugal force begins rotating the cam sprocket on the camshaft and retarding intake cam timing, which gives the bike a noticeable extra kick high in the revs and helps increase power to a claimed 199 horsepower at 13,200 rpm (from 182 at 11,500). At corner exit though, the bike feels incredibly similar to before, meaning the power delivery is linear and entirely usable without any spikes in the powerband. It’s important to note how useful this engine will be when it comes to street riding, and how it steps away from a peaky power delivery that other manufacturers have begun to lean toward. With a new powerplant comes a new electronics package. The GSX-R finally steps into the electronic big leagues with a 6-direction, 3-axis IMU measuring roll, pitch and yaw for the bike’s traction, braking, and cornering assists. The most notable of these systems is the ten-level Motion Track TCS (Suzuki’s way of saying traction control), which is designed to help the rider extract as much performance out of the motorcycle as possible. It works by managing ignition timing and throttle plate position based off input received from wheel speed sensors, IMU measurements, throttle position, and a variety of other inputs gathered from sensors located throughout the motorcycle to intervene and optimize traction in all conditions. Right away the TC system impressed. It has an incredible ability to manage traction while still allowing the rider to use throttle and drive forward off the exit of a corner; what it doesn’t do is cut power and kill the bike’s momentum resulting in slower lap times. Total win for an OEM system. I set my system to level 4 during my time on the stock Bridgestone Battlax RS10 tires and later pulled off the track with the biggest grin you could ever imagine. The system maintains the balance between intervening to find traction and acceleration just as good as any other system on the market—maybe even better. The only thing that the system lacks is any sort of slide control (a function that uses yaw data to dictate how far the rear end of the motorcycle can slide to), meaning if you get really greedy with the throttle, it can snap. But if that’s going to be a bother, you might be missing the big picture—the system is really good. The GSX-R1000R’s Bi-Directional Quick Shift System (optional on the standard model) also adds to the performance of the motorcycle by allowing for clutchless shifts in both directions. Upshifts feel crisp are almost seamless as the bike just slightly cuts power (for between 50 and 75 milliseconds) as it clicks into a higher gear. Similarly, the system provides smooth downshifts by precisely opening the throttle plates to match rpms to keep the motorcycle in line under braking. When it comes time to bring the GSX-R to a halt, the bike relies on a set of four-piston Brembo Monoblock brake calipers and new, larger 320mm Brembo brake discs. The fast Phillip Island Circuit had no problem testing the braking components, and helps prove the package has plenty of usable power when you need it. Feel through the lever is great too, allowing you understand just how hard you are braking and how you can modulate the pressure if needed. Admittedly, I never felt the ABS system kick in which is unusual on the racetrack, and raises concern to whether it would be there if an emergency called for it. I can’t say it never activated, I just never felt it. Brake fade occurred, too, although I think it is inevitable for the GSX-R at a hard-braking track, due to the extreme heat and use of rubber brake lines instead of steel. Other bits on the bike impress, too. The full LCD display provides all the appropriate information to the rider including the first ever fuel gauge on a GSX-R, and flipping through its settings is user-friendly via the switches on the left handlebar. Aerodynamics have also improved, and the bodywork has been reshaped with an added purpose of improving engine cooling. VERDICT The evolution of the GSX-R1000 has taken a huge step in 2017 with the whole package getting more advanced and more refined than ever before. It has the power. It has the electronics. It has the handling. Long story short, Suzuki is no longer struggling to keep up. Actually, the GSX-R1000R may now be leading the race towards this year’s literbike crown. Prices for the standard model start at $14,599 and increase to $14,999 for the standard ABS-equipped model (rumors have it that we will test the standard model in the coming months). The R model we tested comes in at $16,999.

Restaurants remain closed in the third week of the lockdown and people are encouraged to go to the supermarket as little as possible, so some have started to bake bread for the first time. BBC Good Food said visits to the website started increasing on March 23, the day the enforced lockdown was announced. It had its most traffic ever on Sunday, with 7.8 million page views in one day - beating Christmas, Easter and Pancake Day. Bread recipes are rising, with the video ‘how to make bread’ up nearly 700% in the last two weeks, Lily Barclay, the digital editor of BBC Good Food said. Cooking and baking habits are changing as the lockdown goes on: in the first week there was a surge in searches for recipes using stockpiled food, like pasta, and batch cooking. The week after, as children at home got bored, there was an increase in searches for craft-based recipes, such as making slime and salt dough, as well as easy cakes and biscuits. In the week to April 1, the top search terms on bbcgoodfood.com were “cake recipe”, “bread recipe”, and “banana bread recipe”, according to Google Trends. Celebrities including comedian Stephen Fry and ITV presenter Holly Willoughby have posted pictures of their freshly-baked bread online. But as stockpiling left some supermarket shelves empty and online delivery slots are difficult to come by, many have been unable to get hold of ingredients like eggs and flour. Searches for flourless cake recipes and store-cupboard baking recipes have all skyrocketed. Britain’s traditional flour mills are run to the ground trying to keep up with orders. Sally Craven, who makes flour at Claybrooke Water Mill, a 300-year-old mill in Leicestershire, said demand had gone through the roof and she was getting a hundred emails per hour. “I have done six months’ work in a week,” she said. “I wasn’t expecting it at all - it’s absolute madness.” Green’s Windmill in Nottingham had more orders in the 10 days to March 28 than it had in the whole of 2019. “In a time when many business are struggling, the upturn in flour sales has provided us with a real lifeline,” said Jamie Duff, the mill’s heritage and development officer. “Our only problem is that we cannot make the flour fast enough.”

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Washington (awp / afp) - Weekly claims for unemployment benefits in the United States registered a new record last week, with 6.6 million new claims, the Labor Department said on Thursday. This is double the previous week, which had registered 3.3 million new unemployment benefit claimants, which was already a historic record. Analysts had expected 2.8 million new claimants during the week of March 22-29. The unemployment rate in the United States for the month of March is due to be published on Friday. It should be 4%, analysts believe, who expect only a slight increase compared to February when it was 3.5%, its lowest level in 50 years. Experts point out that the real effects of the coronavirus crisis will not be felt until April, as the figures taken into account in March predate the massive containment measures, which forced many companies to drastically close or reduce their activity. The smallest American companies, those with less than 50 employees, nevertheless began to destroy jobs in March, which had only happened once in almost 10 years. The economic recovery plan ratified on Friday by Donald Trump after being approved in Congress extends unemployment benefits to the self-employed or part-time in particular, as well as to the sick or quarantined. This should have the effect of inflating the number of claimants, since people who previously were not entitled to it can now claim it. The unemployment benefit is also increased by $ 600 per week for four months, so that workers who find themselves unemployed can earn their full-time wages - except for the highest earners - during this period. The virus has killed 5,137 people in the United States, and infected 216,722 people, according to the count of the American University Johns Hopkins, which refers.

Overall verdict The Mercedes EQC is a bit like a mime at a Metallica gig. Traditionally the loudest large SUVs make the biggest statement, but a new raft of silent electric cars is starting to turn heads just as much. Indeed, the EQC is up against electric cars like the Jaguar I-Pace, Audi e-tron and Tesla Model X. Of course, all these EVs are futuristic, but the EQC’s stood out enough for it to win the carwow Innovation Award for 2019. And you certainly won’t mistake the Mercedes EQC for any of these cars on the outside. Rather than look overtly sporty or futuristic, the EQC looks like a slinkier, more elegant version traditional Mercedes SUVs. At the front, there’s a sweeping chrome grille which flows into two narrow headlights while at the side you’ll spot a curvier roofline and some more shapely window openings than on the likes of the Mercedes GLC and GLE. It’s a similar story inside, where the Mercedes EQC doesn’t look or feel radically different from any other Mercedes on sale. Sure, you get some neon-blue details and a set of square air vents in place of the round turbine-like items in most Mercedes cars, but the metal switches on the centre console and dual-screen infotainment system look just like those in the GLC. The infotainment system itself is very easy to use, and actually edges out the systems in the Audi e-tron and Jaguar I-Pace for general intuitiveness. The central display works as a touchscreen, but there’s also a touchpad on the centre console and some touch-sensitive buttons on the steering wheel which makes it easier to sift through the high-resolution menus when you’re driving. The system’s party piece, however, is the ‘Hey Mercedes’ voice-control feature which understands commands said in plain English. Less exciting – but arguably more important – is the Mercedes EQC’s roomy cabin. There’s more than enough space for four adults to stretch out and each seat has ample support to help you feel as fresh as a daisy after a long drive – unlike in some SUVs with oddly low rear seating positions. The Mercedes EQC isn’t just a posh electric SUV that’s nice to look at and cheap to run, it’s also incredibly comfortable and exceptionally quiet to travel in. There isn’t quite so much to shout about when you come to load the Mercedes EQC’s 500-litre boot. It’s smaller than the load bays you get in an I-Pace, e-tron and Model X, but there’s still space for a few large suitcases or a couple of sets of golf clubs. The EQC officially goes 259 miles between full charges. It’ll take you around 75 minutes to get it to 80% charge on a 50kWh fast charger when out and about, or nearly 13 hours using a 7kWh charger at home. To give some context, charging it fully from empty at home will cost you around £12, which is some £18 cheaper than getting the same range from the average petrol car. You’ll find the Mercedes EQC soaks up bumps and potholes impressively well around town and it takes uneven road surfaces in its stride once you’re out in the countryside too. It even has a clever all-wheel-drive system that’ll run in front, rear or all-wheel drive depending on your situation. Turn onto a motorway and things get even better. Like a mouse hoarding loft insulation away in its nest, Mercedes’ engineers have packed the EQC with layer upon layer of sound deadening to eliminate almost all wind and tyre noise. Still, the EQC’s advanced driver assistance systems help relieve the stress of long drives. Just like in other Mercedes models, these let the car accelerate, brake and steer for you to keep you within your lane – providing you keep your hands on the wheel. All this makes the Mercedes EQC one of the best electric cars on sale. It’s noticeably cheaper than the Audi e-tron too, but it’ll still set you back significantly more than most petrol and diesel-powered alternatives. Still, you can save thousands when you buy the car through carwow. To see how much you could save, have a look at some of the latest Mercedes EQC deals.

Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and two X-ray observatories, the researchers determined that this black hole is more than 50,000 times the mass of our sun and located 740 million light years from Earth in a dwarf galaxy, one containing far fewer stars than our Milky Way. Black holes are extraordinarily dense objects possessing gravitational pulls so powerful that not even light can escape. This is one of the few “intermediate-mass” black holes ever identified, being far smaller than the supermassive black holes that reside at the center of large galaxies but far larger than so-called stellar-mass black holes formed by the collapse of massive individual stars. “We confirmed that an object that we discovered originally back in 2010 is indeed an intermediate-mass black hole that ripped apart and swallowed a passing star,” said University of Toulouse astrophysicist Natalie Webb, a co-author of the study published this week in Astrophysical Journal Letters. The star was probably roughly a third the mass of the sun, Webb said. Webb said scientists have searched for intermediate-mass black holes for four decades and fewer than 10 good examples are known, though large numbers may exist. “So finding a new one is very significant. Also, a black hole swallowing a star happens on average only once every 10,000 years or so in any particular galaxy so these are rare occurrences,” Webb added. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is 4 million times the mass of the sun and located 26,000 light years from Earth. The closest stellar-mass black star is about 6,000 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km). Webb called intermediate-mass black holes the “missing link” in understanding the range of black holes. Scientists know how stellar-mass black holes - roughly three to 100 times the mass of our sun - form. They do not know how intermediate-mass black holes form but suspect that supermassive black holes arise from their mid-size brethren. “Without finding such objects, it was impossible to validate this theory,” Webb said. Intermediate-mass black holes have remained elusive. “The best explanation is that they are mostly in an environment that is devoid of gas, leaving the black holes with no material to consume and thus little radiation to emit - which in turn makes them extremely difficult to spot,” said University of New Hampshire astronomer and study lead author Dacheng Lin.

The Lost Hobo King offers the chance to return to the charming world of Stacking, where beautiful Russian nesting dolls inhabit environments that feel pieced together from things you might pick up at a garage sale. Your $5 gets you a new area to explore, new puzzles to solve, and new dolls to meet, and if you're yearning for more Stacking, then you will enjoy your time in the hobo kingdom of Camelfoot. But completing the quest takes almost no time at all, and although there's joy in finding every solution to every puzzle and in simply playing with these dolls, there's just not enough to this trifling bit of downloadable content to make it wholeheartedly recommendable. In this quest, you once again play as Charlie Blackmore, the diminutive hero of Stacking whose small size lets him leap into and control larger dolls. Charlie's new adventure begins with his friend Levi whisking him off on a secret hobo mission to save the kingdom of Camelfoot. To restore prosperity to the land, three mythical hobo blacksmiths must be awakened from their long rests so that the crown can be reforged and placed on the head of the rightful king. Only a doll as brave, resourceful, and tiny as Charlie can complete the trials, awaken the blacksmiths, and save the land. Like the environments found in the original game, Camelfoot feels like a large-scale handcrafted play set; rusty tin cans worked into the landscape make it feel like a fitting home for the hobos who live there, and you often find dolls huddled around lit matches for warmth. Details like these make Camelfoot a pleasant place to visit. Unfortunately, there's just not much to do there. Three hobo blacksmiths to awaken means three challenges to pass, the most interesting of which requires you to make your way deep into a ghoul-infested crypt. But seasoned Stacking players will find working out one solution to each of these three challenges very simple, and if you do the bare minimum of one solution for each challenge, you can easily reach the story's conclusion in less than half an hour. Like challenges in the main game, all of these puzzles have multiple solutions, and it's fun to return to each one and test your wits by trying to ferret out all of the ways to approach these situations. (Stacking's very generous hint system returns here, making it simple to get nudges in the right direction when you get stumped or just have solutions spelled out for you if you prefer not to work them out for yourself.) But even taking these multiple solutions into account, The Lost Hobo King feels like a short and insubstantial addition to Stacking, even when considering the modest $5 price. This is emphasized by the sudden and unsatisfying ending. After awakening the three hobo blacksmiths, you go through a straightforward set of actions that feel like they're building up momentum for an exciting climax but, instead, turn out to be the climax itself. But the dolls who po[CENSORED]te Camelfoot give you a reason to dally there for a while. You meet a meat merchant who's tossing out free samples of his product and a fisherman who you may be able to assist with his digestive ailment. Charlie can stack into hobo sages who can decipher the runes scrawled around the kingdom; a cheese maker whose stinky wares may drive away other dolls; a panda bear with a secret; and numerous other colorful characters. Simply encountering and interacting with these dolls is enjoyable. Talking to someone while stacked into a raccoon doll is likely to result in a very different response from doing so while stacked into an ordinary vagabond, and the greatest joys of The Lost Hobo King, like those of Stacking itself, come not from solving puzzles but from just playing around with the dolls and their abilities. There are 10 new hi-jinks to complete with the dolls you meet in Camelfoot, giving you an incentive to experiment with the skills of these characters, as if you needed a reason to go around whacking innocent dolls with a hobo's bindle. The Lost Hobo King is just a tasty little morsel of new content. You meet some memorable new dolls and solve a few fun but simple puzzles. Unfortunately, this morsel is just enough to make you hungry for more, and not quite enough to leave you satisfied.

More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University - another grim milestone as the world grapples with the spreading pandemic. More than 51,000 people have died and more than 208,000 have recovered, according to the university's figures. The US accounts for the most cases; Italy the highest death toll. The disease, Covid-19, first emerged in central China three months ago. Though the tally kept by Johns Hopkins records one million confirmed cases, the actual number is thought to be much higher. It took a month and a half for the first 100,000 cases to be registered. A million was reached after a doubling in cases over the past week. Nearly a quarter of cases have been registered in the United States, while Europe accounts for around half. What's the latest? On Thursday, Spain said 950 people had died in the previous 24 hours - thought to be the highest number of deaths of any country in one day. The number of confirmed Spanish cases rose from 102,136 on Wednesday to 110,238 - an 8% rise that is similar to the rate recorded in previous days. Authorities believe the virus is now peaking and say they expect to see a drop in figures in the days ahead. "We continue with an increase of around 8%. This points, as we have already seen, to a stabilisation in the data that we're registering," María José Sierra, from the Spanish health ministry's emergency co-ordination unit, said at a news conference. Spain, the second-worst hit nation in terms of deaths, has also lost nearly 900,000 jobs. The US on Thursday said it saw a record 6.6 million new unemployment benefit claims.

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Ferrari knows its supercars are in high demand, hence its decision to increase production figures and add new models. However, its annual production count is still far lower than any other mainstream automaker. This is very much done on purpose to keep Ferraris exclusive and their values high, but new product is still essential. Meet the first-ever Ferrari Roma, a new GT hardtop coupe powered by an award-winning V8 that pumps out over 600 horsepower. Although it shares a platform and engine with the Ferrari Portofino, the Roma features an all-new interior and exterior styling that continues Ferrari's new styling language, begun by the SF90 Stradale. Although not as powerful as the firm's V12 offerings, the Roma is anything but entry-level. This is a coupe intended for driving purists not interested in the Portofino's retractable hardtop. As the fifth new Ferrari model this year, the Roma is a stunning Italian stallion aimed squarely at the likes of the Aston Martin DB11. Stunning Italian Lines The Roma ditches the Portofino's retractable hardtop in favor of a fixed-roof design, a feature many Ferrari purists will greatly appreciate. A fixed roof not only saves considerable weight but also improves overall structural rigidity. The Roma is also a clear departure from the styling language used on most Ferraris, save for the SF90 Stradale. The wedge-like front headlight design is gone, replaced with a sleeker, more understated look. The lower front fascia is also something we haven't seen from the carmaker before. Ferrari says the Roma's name is derived from its distinctive flair and style, a throwback to the carefree days of the 1950s and '60s Rome lifestyle and attitude. Along with its wide stance, distinctive taillights, and smooth body panels, the Roma is definitely a standout. The muscular rear shoulders flow perfectly into those rear lights. That's A Ferrari Interior? Although many details remain unknown at this time, the Ferrari Roma's interior looks completely different from anything else in the lineup. For starters, the front passenger will have a completely different experience thanks to a new secondary infotainment screen specifically for them thanks to the vertical layout. It may be a little hard to tell from the single image Ferrari released, but there's also a new gauge cluster with larger digital screens at both sides of the central tachometer. There's also an updated steering wheel design and wraparound styling for both front-seat passengers. Ferrari says the Roma has a "2+" seating, meaning the driver and front-seat passenger plus a couple of rear seats big enough only for children. A fully grown adult will not be comfortable back there for even short trips. Unfortunately, no official photos of an opened rear liftgate have been released, but it's fair to assume there's enough space for at least a couple of golf bags and/or luggage for a weekend road trip. An Award-Winning Engine nder the hood lies the same award-winning 3.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 found in the F8 Tributo and Portofino. Here, it's been tuned to produce a total of around 612 horsepower from 5,750 to 7,000 rpm and about 560 lb-ft of torque from 3,000 to 5,750 rpm. Power is directed to the rear wheels through a brand new eight-speed dual-clutch transmission – the very same gearbox from the SF90 Stradale. Ferrari claims a 0-62 mph of 3.4 seconds (which is slightly faster than the Portofino) and a 0-124 mph time of 9.3 seconds. Top speed is nearly 199 mph. Total dry weight comes to 3,245 pounds. Pricing And Competition Ferrari has yet to announce pricing but don't expect anything less than around $230,000. The Portofino, pictured below, starts off at around $215,000 without any options. The Roma, like the Portofino, is not intended to be an entry-level Ferrari, but rather an alternative to the mid-engined F8 Tributo. A mid-engined supercar is not for everyone for a number of reasons, while the Roma's mid-front-engined layout is a bit more conventional. Generally speaking, the Ferrari Roma's main competitors will be the Aston Martin DB11, McLaren GT, and Porsche 911 Turbo. Even the Jaguar F-Type, specifically the SVR, is another target. An on-sale date can't be confirmed at this time, but don't expect the Roma to be a limited edition model. Instead, it's a V8, RWD, GT coupe Ferrari for those who can afford one.

More than two weeks after the establishment of containment in France, the Covid-19 continues to claim more victims every day. This Wednesday, the epidemic linked to the new coronavirus resulted in an additional 509 deaths in 24 hours in hospital, for a total of 4032 deaths. The day before, 499 people had died. Announced by the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, during his traditional daily press point, this assessment is the heaviest on a day since the start of the epidemic, two weeks after unprecedented containment measures implemented on the whole territory. And this, while deaths in Ehpad are still not included in this tightened calculation only on deaths in hospital. 1,491 hospitalized patients discharged in 24 hours On this point, Jérôme Salomon said that a device allowing all establishments to report deaths linked to Covid-19 had been put in place. "The data is starting to go up," he said, adding hoping to be able to provide "tomorrow". The number of people hospitalized was 24,639, 1,882 more than Tuesday. Among these patients, 6017 serious cases require very heavy intensive care. It is 452 more in 24 hours, much more "than the initial capacity of France in intensive care", around 5000 places, said Jerome Salomon. But six less than the day before. On the profile of the people affected, some 34% of the patients in intensive care are under 60 years old and 80 people hospitalized in intensive care are under 30 years old. In addition, 1,491 people have left the hospital cured since March 1. This number is increasing every day. A total of 10,935 people hospitalized have recovered from Covid-19 infections since March 1.

More than 600,000 cases of new coronavirus have been officially declared worldwide since the start of the pandemic, according to a count made by AFP this Saturday, March 28. The new coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly 28,000 people worldwide since its appearance in December 2019 in China. At least 605,010 cases of infection, including 27,982 deaths, have been detected in 183 countries and territories, notably in the United States (104,837 cases including 1,711 deaths), in Italy (86,498), the hardest-hit country affected in number of deaths (9,134), and in China (81,394 cases, including 3,295 deaths), the initial focus of the contagion. UK crosses 1,000 mark The toll of the new coronavirus pandemic has exceeded 1,000 deaths in the UK with 260 new deaths in a single day, according to an official report released this Saturday. The death toll is now 1,019 dead and 17,089 cases of officially infected people. Ireland joined the confined countries club on the night of Friday to Saturday. It is one of the last countries in Western Europe to apply such restrictive measures. As of the announcement of the containment Friday evening, the national police mobilized thousands of agents until Monday morning, 7:00 am, for a high visibility operation. The police have a role of information and prevention, they must also disperse groups of two or more people and ensure that those who go out do so according to the defined circumstances: go to work for employees in vital sectors, go shopping essential, in case of medical emergency or to do some exercise within a radius of 2 km around your home, reports our correspondent in Ireland, Emeline Vin. Germany to the rescue of France and Italy Transfers by the German army of French and Italian patients severely affected by the new coronavirus accelerated in Germany on Saturday. The Charity Hospital in Berlin was to receive six French intensive care patients on Saturday. The sick were to be transported from Strasbourg by helicopter. The Italians, in serious condition, were transported by German military aircraft from Bergamo, a city in northern Italy particularly affected by the pandemic. Germany has more than 48,000 officially reported cases of Covid-19 and some 400 deaths. In addition, in France, the Ministry of Labor has started to publish practical forms of health prevention against coronavirus by profession, the first three of which, posted online on Friday, relate to work at the cash desk, in bakeries and the profession of delivery driver. While the country now totals 2,314 deaths in hospitals and 4,273 patients in intensive care, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced that "more than a billion masks" had been ordered, notably from China. For its part, Albania dispatched 30 doctors and nurses to Italy on Saturday, where a large Albanian community lives. These caregivers will travel to the Lombardy region. Italy has now surpassed the 10,000 deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, with 889 counted in 24 hours, Civil Protection announced on Saturday. With 10,023 deaths, the peninsula is the most bereaved country in the world by this pandemic. Russia completely closes its borders The spread of the virus is accelerating in Russia where more than 1,200 cases have been formalized. This Saturday, two deaths were recorded outside the capital: in St. Petersburg and Orenburg, a city in the south near Kazakhstan. In its fight against Covid-19, the Russian authorities announced the closure of the borders from Monday, announces our correspondent in Moscow, Etienne Bouche. Spain has recorded 832 deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic in the last 24 hours, according to the latest official assessment this Saturday, bringing the number of deaths to 5,690 in the country. Aside from an inflection on Thursday, the daily death toll continues to grow day by day in Spain, the second country with the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the world behind Italy. He had been 769 on Friday. In Portugal, all foreigners present in the country with a request for a right of residence under examination will be considered as permanent residents from Monday and at least until July 1 in order to guarantee them access to public services during the coronavirus health crisis, the Portuguese authorities announced on Saturday. In Poland, the state has authorized citizens over the age of 60, those in quarantine or in self-isolation, to vote by mail, with conservative power being criticized for refusing to adjourn the presidential election on May 10. More than 100 people infected with the new coronavirus have died in Turkey, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Saturday, reporting 7,402 officially registered cases. Global shortage of condoms and gloves ... It was the Malaysian condom giant that launched the alert, reports our correspondent in Kuala Lumpur, Gabrielle Maréchaux. The world's largest producer, Malaysia’s Karex Bhd produces one in five condoms. But since March 14, the business has been idling: the containment set up in Malaysia deprives him today of half of his staff. A shortage of 100 million condoms has already been noted by the manufacturer since the entry into force of these measures. More alarmingly, in this country which is also the world's leading producer of medical rubber gloves (65% of the gloves used in the world come from Malaysian factories), manufacturers are also working in slow motion. Producers have therefore asked the government to lift restrictive measures against their industry, but have yet to respond. India: a guru potentially contaminated 15,000 villagers At least 15,000 people are under quarantine in northern India. They were potentially contaminated by the same person: a Sikh guru, who died of Covid-19 and was suspected of having been a "superpropagator" of the coronavirus, according to a local official. Back from Italy, the epicenter of the pandemic in Europe, and from Germany, the 70-year-old guru Baldev Singh went to preach in fifteen villages in the Sikh-majority Indian state of Punjab before falling ill and die. In China, the city of Wuhan, where the epidemic broke out in December 2019, reopened gradually on Saturday after more than two months of almost total isolation, with the arrival of the first authorized passenger train since confinement. 2,500 deaths in Iran The Iranian authorities announced this Saturday 139 new deaths from the new coronavirus, bringing to 2,517 dead the official toll of the pandemic in Iran, one of the most affected by the disease. A total of 35,408 cases have been officially reported in Iran. Iran has also closed the main pilgrimage sites (Shiites) and suspended public Friday prayers and the activity of the Parliament. In Syria, UN investigators called for a ceasefire this Saturday to "avoid making the disaster worse" when the first cases of people infected with the new coronavirus are identified in the country ravaged by nine years of war. Syria has so far reported five cases of contamination with the new coronavirus. Donald Trump forces General Motors to manufacture respirators In the United States, cases of coronavirus continue to increase. The number of deaths has exceeded 2,000 this Saturday, and the number of cases the 120,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, the count of which refers. No country in the world has recorded as many confirmed cases. The death toll has doubled since Wednesday, when it crossed the 1,000 mark. Among the deceased is a baby under the age of one, when the disease is said to save children relatively, and very young victims are very rare. It is not known, however, if he suffered from other pathologies. In Los Angeles, the number of cases tripled in six days while New York, the epicenter of the epidemic in the country, sees its hospitals overflowing. To cope with the lack of resources to care for the sick, Donald Trump activated the Defense Production Act, a law dating from the Cold War, on Friday, we learn from our correspondent in Washington, Anne Corpet. Thanks to this text, the president can compel private companies to produce missing medical equipment. General Motors is currently the target of law enforcement. “GM was wasting time. This will ensure rapid production of artificial respirators, "said Donald Trump. The automotive giant will have to comply. Brazil releases 7 billion euros for SMEs The Brazilian government released Friday 40 billion reais (about 7 billion euros) to support SMEs during the coronavirus crisis, a plan deemed too "shy" by several senior politicians. SME owners will be able to borrow at low rates (3.75%, compared to around 20% usually) to finance two months' wages for their employees. In return, the employer undertakes not to dismiss during this period. In Australia, dozens of new cases of Covid-19 were detected this Saturday among the 800 passengers of the cruise ship Artania, finally authorized to dock in Freemantle (west) after having been kept away from the Australian coast since Tuesday. Western Australian state authorities had previously prohibited the vessel from docking at Freemantle, and requested that it leave Australian waters, with its predominantly German passengers, and continue its originally planned voyage to Africa from South.

No country in the world has so far achieved such a high Covid-19 death number in 24 hours. Italy announced Friday a record increase of nearly 1,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, a record that no country in the world has reached so far, according to official data from the Civil Protection. The total number of deaths now stands at 9,134, up 969 from Thursday. Contagion continues to slow, however, with a 7.4% increase in the total number of positive cases (86,498), the lowest rate since the start of the pandemic in Italy more than a month ago.