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Country Tot Cases Cases/1M Pop Tot Deaths Deaths/1M Pop Deaths/Cases Spain 152,446 3,261 15,238 326 10.0% Italy 143,626 2,375 18,279 302 12.7% France 117,749 1,804 12,210 187 10.4% USA 462,391 1,397 16,454 50 3.6% Germany 116,801 1,394 2,451 29 2.1% UK 65,077 959 7,978 118 12.3% Iran 66,220 788 4,110 49 6.2% World 1,593,515 204 95,047 12.2 6.0% S. Korea 10,423 203 204 4 2.0% Data source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK?

Hippo kills Mpuma man 23/02/2004 15:17 - (SA) p>Zenzele Kuhlase Hazyview - The mangled body of an Mpumalanga villager was recovered on Sunday after he was attacked by an adult hippopotamus near the holiday town of Hazyview. Alfred Dube's body, with deep bite marks to his torso, was found trampled in a thicket over 10m from the Sabie River by distraught friends and neighbours. He was seized by the hippo on Friday morning while swimming across the strongly flowing river with two friends. "The men knew the river was home to crocodiles and hippo, but claim they had no other...

American satirist Michael Moore has stormed out of Britain after a bust up with the London theatre hosting his one-man show. The Bowling For Columbine moviemaker performed Michael Moore - Live! to packed audiences for two months before Christmas at The Roundhouse in Camden, North London. But on the penultimate night he reportedly flew into a rage, verbally attacked everyone associated with the theatre because he thought he wasn't being paid enough. During the performance he complained he was making just $750 a night. A member of the stage crew says, "He completely lost the plot. He stormed around all...