The Daily Populous

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) asked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to suppress news about the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the German intelligence agency BND found, according to a report by German magazine Der Spiegel.

During a conversation on Jan. 21, Xi reportedly asked Tedros not to announce that the virus could be transmitted between humans and to delay any declaration of a coronavirus pandemic.

It took until the end of January before the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak needed to receive international attention. »

It's rough for pay-TV providers, but experts say it's even worse for media networks that rely on the basic-cable bundle to make their economics work.

The traditional US pay-TV industry lost a record 1.8 million net subscribers in the first quarter, by MoffettNathanson's tally.

Cable providers including Comcast and Altice, as well as satellite operator AT&T, reported heavier net subscriber losses than they had a year earlier. »

According to his son Danny Jones Penniman, speaking to The New York Times, Little Richard died of cancer.

Known for his wild, flamboyant performing style, Richard Wayne Penniman inspired young musicians all over the world.

Little Richard was among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's first class of inductees in 1986. »

“I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it,” Elton John told Rolling Stone in 1973.

“Prince is the Little Richard of his generation,” Richard told Joan Rivers in 1989, before looking at the camera and addressing Prince. »