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Coronavirus UK: Billionaire Sir Philip Green wants taxpayer help

Sir Philip Green provoked outrage today as he demanded emergency taxpayer help to pay the wages of 14,500 workers he has furloughed during the coronavirus lockdown.

Sir Philip and his wife Tina enjoying the sun while on holiday in Monaco, where she is a resident.

Twitter users today claimed Sir Philip should contribute some of his own money to paying his staff during the coronavirus outbreak.

Nonetheless, Sir Philip's bid for taxpayer help sparked anger on social media today, with one Twitter user writing: 'There are brass necks and then there's Philip Green...'.

Sir Philip has three yachts, including the Lionheart (pictured) which is thought to cost around £122m.

John Spiers said: 'Billionaire Philip Green asks government to pay 14,500 employees out of emergency wage scheme.

Sir Philip also faced allegations that he groped a female executive, paying her more than £1million to stay quiet. »

Trump is preparing the ground for a totalitarian dictatorship — but we can stop him

Authored by salon.com

Already there are stories in the newspapers and on TV questioning the White House estimates of 100,000 to 240,000 dead.

Much of the chaos is the responsibility of Donald Trump in his role as president of the United States.

All we have to do is remember those who have been sacrificed to this despicable man's criminal lying and dereliction of duty. »

"It's Not Like We Have a Massive Recession or Worse," Says Trump After 10 Million Lost Their Jobs in Two Weeks

Authored by commondreams.org

"It's not like we have a massive recession or worse.

Amid widespread criticism that the federal government's economic stimulus and relief efforts have been far too slow and inadequate, Trump said "we will probably do more.".

Trump's message to the 6 million people who filed unemployments claims in the last week is that "it's an artificial closing. »

Georgia beaches reopened as of Friday night

Authored by ajc.com

Some of the state’s most popular beaches will be allowed to reopen Friday night due to Gov. Brian Kemp’s statewide order superseding that of some city-level shelter-in-place mandates.

The beaches had the option to reopen at the start of the stay-at-home order’s execution at 6 p.m. Friday.

“The Georgia State Patrol and Department of Natural Resources are increasing patrols on the beaches, parking lots, and surrounding areas. »

Goats prefer happy people

Authored by phys.org

Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to interact with happy people, according to a new study led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London.

However, to date, there was no evidence that animals such as goats were capable of reading human facial expressions.

More information: Goats prefer positive human emotional facial expressions, Royal Society Open Science, rsos.royalsocietypublishing.or … /10.1098/rsos.180491 Journal information: Royal Society Open Science Goats prefer positive human emotional facial expressions,. »