If you’re wondering why Michael Jordan is making headlines again -- 22 years after his final season with the Chicago Bulls -- it’s because the basketball legend is the subject of ESPN’s highly-anticipated documentary The Last Dance. Director Jason Hehir’s 10-part series will look back on Jordan’s entire career while chronicling the Bulls’ efforts to win a sixth NBA title during the 1997-98 season.
B.C.’s rate of new COVID-19
B.C. health officials announced 43 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the provincial total to 1,618.
No new deaths were announced, and there have been no new outbreaks in the last day. Officials also confirmed that the outbreak at Vancouver’s Broadway Pentecostal Lodge was an influenza outbreak, not COVID-19.
France death toll rises by record 1,438
The number of people who died from coronavirus in France jumped by 1,438 or 9.1 percent to 17,167 in the biggest single-day increase as a number of nursing homes reported cumulative tolls following the three-day Easter weekend, the health ministry said.
ONE Championship Partners with Global Citizen to Fight COVID-19
18 April, 2020 - Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE) has launched a new global COVID-19 initiative in partnership with Global Citizen with a series of Together At Home (#TogetherAtHome) efforts.
Global coronavirus cases exceed two million
The US has the largest number of cases with 609,685, followed by Spain at 177,633 and Italy at 162,488.
Colombia to put 4,000 prisoners on house arrest
Colombia will temporarily release some 4,000 prisoners to house arrest in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Justice Minister Margarita Cabello said, adding that additional people may be released in the coming days.