Jurgen Klopp believes there is still room for improvement from Liverpool despite their incredible Premier League campaign, which is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Reds were 25 points clear of second-placed Manchester City and on the verge of their first top-flight title since 1990 when football was halted last month.
But Klopp said Liverpool, who won the Champions League last year and have only lost one Premier League match all season, could get even better.
"We will not change, that's the first thing, but whether we will be successful depends on what other clubs are doing as well because they have all the chance to improve things, do things better," he told Sky Sports.
"So I have no clue what the future will hold for us. But we will not change, this team is not the finished article, and we have a lot of space for improvement, and we work on that.
"We have fresh blood internally coming through. We can improve with this team, which is great."
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Klopp says Liverpool are not finished article

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County cricketer Tom Alsop is kicking his heels because of the coronavirus pandemic but says his mother's job on the front line in a British hospital puts his frustrations into perspective.
Global cricket is on hold, including the start of the English season and the lucrative Twenty20 Indian Premier League, with dire warnings sounded over the potential financial fallout from a prolonged shutdown.
Hampshire player Alsop has been placed on the furlough scheme -- which sees 80 percent of wages up to a certain level covered by the British government.
The players are in talks with the club about the remaining 20 percent.
The 24-year-old, who says county cricketers' wages are "very good for what we do", said the issue pales into insignificance compared with the work his mother and other National Health Service staff are doing.
"My morale is as positive as it can be during these uncertain times. With my mother's job in intensive care (working as a senior critical care nurse) at RUH (Royal ...

County cricketers play waiting game during virus lockdown

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had ordered the US military to attack and destroy any Iranian vessel that harasses US Navy ships.
"I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea," Trump said on Twitter.
The order came one week after 11 small armed Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps speedboats swarmed around US Navy and Coast Guard ships in international waters in the northern Gulf.
The incident took place while the US vessels were engaged in exercises as part of their patrols in the region.
No shots were fired, but the Pentagon said the Iranians engaged in "dangerous and provocative actions" that risked collision or worse.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boats "repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the US vessels at extremely close range and high speeds," coming at one point within 10 yards (nine meters) of the bow of one.
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Trump says US will destroy Iranian gunboats harassing US ships

Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Facebook of "caving" to Vietnam's strict censorship regime, after the US tech giant confirmed it was blocking content deemed illegal by the country's communist government.
Authorities regularly sentence domestic critics to harsh prison terms but have come under fire recently for targeting dissent on the world's most popular social network.
Facebook is a popular platform for activists in Vietnam, where all independent media is banned, but the company confirmed in a statement to AFP that it had been instructed by Hanoi to restrict access to content "deemed to be illegal".
"We have taken this action to ensure our services remain available and usable for millions of people in Vietnam, who rely on them every day," a spokesperson said.
But Amnesty said the decision was "a devastating turning point for freedom of expression" in the country.
"Ruthless suppression of freedom of expression is nothing new, but Facebook's shift in policy makes them ...

Facebook 'complicit' in Vietnam censorship: Amnesty

A Spanish mayor resigned on Wednesday just hours after being arrested for drink driving and attacking police who stopped him, a court and local media reported.
Nearly six weeks into one of the most restrictive coronavirus lockdowns in the world, Alex Pastor stepped down as Badalona mayor following reports he was caught driving under the influence and bit an officer who tried to give him a breathalyser test.
"Alex Pastor has resigned," said a statement from the Badalona town hall, a beachfront town just north of Barcelona that is home to 200,000 people.
He was arrested in Barcelona Tuesday night and later charged with "a road safety violation and for attacking police", a court statement said.
"He was arrested after showing symptoms of having drunk alcohol," Catalan regional interior minister Miquel Buch told local radio, without giving further details.
Local press reports said Pastor physically lashed out at police, even biting one of the officers.
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Spain mayor resigns for drink driving, attacking police

Developing countries are losing a key source of revenue as the coronavirus pandemic causes worldwide shutdowns, sharply reducing payments from workers living abroad, the World Bank said Wednesday.
Remittances are expected to plunge by about 20 percent globally this year, the biggest decline in recent history, as closures cause a global recession and job losses that prevent workers from sending money to their families back home, the World Bank said in a report.
Total remittances, which comprise up to one-third of the economies of some poor countries, are expected to fall to $445 billion from $554 billion in 2019, the report said.

Migrant worker remittances to fall 20% amid virus: World Bank

President Donald Trump confirmed he would sign Wednesday an order partially blocking immigration to the United States, in a move he argues would protect workers from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Immigration is a key issue for Trump's conservative base, which he is keen to energize ahead of the November election.  "I will be signing my Executive Order prohibiting immigration into our Country today," he said in a tweet.
The president said on Tuesday that he would stop the issuing of green cards -- permanent residency permits -- for 60 days, but would exempt temporary workers such as seasonal farm laborers.
"It will help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as America reopens," he said Tuesday. "It would be wrong and unjust for Americans to be replaced with immigrant labor flown in from abroad."
The US -- with 45,000 deaths and more than 825,000 coronavirus infections -- is the world's hardest-hit country, and healthcare infrastructure in major hotspots ...

Trump to sign virus immigration order Wednesday

Hong Kong police charged on Wednesday two teenagers with murder over the death of an elderly man in a clash between rival protesters during the city's political unrest last year.
Luo Chang-qing died in November when pro-democracy supporters and government loyalists started hurling bricks at each other in the border town of Sheung Shui.
The fight was one of dozens that broke out between ideological opponents during the seven straight months of pro-democracy protests that upended the city.
Luo, 70, died from a blow to the head.
Local media reported at the time that he had been filming a fight between the two sides on his mobile phone.
On Wednesday police said they had charged two boys, aged 16 and 17, for his murder.
"The two were jointly charged with murder, wounding with intent and rioting," a police spokesman told reporters.
Even though they are minors, the teens face up to life in prison if convicted.
Hong Kong's protests were sparked by an attempt to allow extradition to China's ...

Hong Kong teens charged with murder over protest death

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had ordered the US military to attack and destroy any Iranian vessel that harasses US Navy ships.
"I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea," Trump said on Twitter.
The order came one week after 11 small armed Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps speedboats swarmed around US Navy and Coast Guard ships in international waters in the northern Gulf.

Trump says US will destroy any Iranian gunboats harassing US ships

Iran announced on Wednesday 94 new deaths from the novel coronavirus but said the cases of people infected in the country was on the way down.
Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said the fatalities detected in the past 24 hours took Iran's overall death toll to 5,391.
The number of people infected with the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease rose by 1,194, bringing the total to 85,996.
"The gradual downward trend in cases of infections has been maintained," Jahanpour told a televised news conference.
President Hassan Rouhani however called on people to remain vigilant.
"If we arrogantly think that the job is done and we have won, then this would be the biggest problem that could affect us," he said during a weekly meeting of his cabinet.
Iran has struggled to contain the virus outbreak since reporting its first cases on February 19 -- two deaths in the Shiite holy city of Qom.
The number of Iranians killed and sickened by the virus is widely thought to be much higher, ...

Iran reports 94 virus deaths but says cases going down

South Africa's communications minister has paid an "admission of guilt" fine for lunching at a friend's house during lockdrgown, the national prosecuting authority said Wednesday.
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams was placed on special leave earlier this month for flouting a stay-at-home order meant to curb the spread of coronavirus.
She was suspended after a picture posted on Instagram showed her having lunch at the home of a former deputy minister during the second week of lockdown -- which came into force on March 27 and is set to run through to the end of April.
A statement from the National Prosecuting Authority said Ndabeni-Abrahams had paid an admission of guilt fine of 1,000 rand ($53) for failing to confine herself to her home.
Ndabeni-Abrahams has also been summoned to appear before a court next month.  The state alleges her lunch stop was "unlawful" under lockdown regulations, which only allow citizens to leave their homes for ...

S Africa minister fined over lockdown lunch visit

Can dogs detect COVID-19? A British charity believes so, and has begun training canines to sniff out the coronavirus following previous screening success with various illnesses.
Medical Detection Dogs, set up in 2008 to harness dogs' sharp sense of smell to detect human diseases, started working on the project late last month.
In its training room in Milton Keynes, in central England, the dogs are being intensively trained to sniff out samples of the virus, and indicate when they have found it to receive a treat.
The approach is based on a belief that each disease triggers a distinct odour, which canines are uniquely well-placed to smell.  The charity has previously worked with its dogs to detect cancers, Parkinson's disease and bacterial infections using samples taken from patients.
"We believe dogs can detect COVID-19 and will be able to screen hundreds of people very, very rapidly so we know who needs to be tested and isolated," Claire Guest, founder and chief executive of Medical .

Can dogs detect COVID-19? Canines in training to sniff out virus

The family of the renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has donated his ventilator to help treat hospital patients with novel coronavirus, it said on Wednesday.
Hawking died in 2018 aged 76 after a glittering career dedicated to unlocking the secrets of the universe, despite a life-long battle with a severe form of motor neurone disease.
His daughter, Lucy, said the ventilator he used has been given to the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, eastern England, where he received medical care during his life.
"As a ventilated patient, Royal Papworth was incredibly important to my father and helped him through some very difficult times," she said.
"We realised that it would be at the forefront of the COVID-19 epidemic and got in touch with some of our old friends there to ask if we could help." Hawking, who spent most of his life in a wheelchair and talked using a computer speech synthesiser, had some equipment from Britain's state-run National Health Service.
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Stephen Hawking's ventilator donated to British hospital: family

President Donald Trump confirmed he would sign Wednesday an order partially blocking immigration to the United States in a move he has said would protect workers from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
"I will be signing my Executive Order prohibiting immigration into our Country today," he said in a tweet.

Trump says will sign 'order prohibiting immigration' Wednesday

Spain on Wednesday said another 435 people died in the past 24 hours, a slight increase in the figures for a second day running and bringing the overall death toll to 21,717.
Spain has suffered the third-highest number of deaths in the world after the United States and Italy, with infections now hitting 208,000 cases, health ministry figures showed.
Monday's figure of 399 deaths was the lowest in four weeks, but a day later, it rose to 430 with officials explaining the numbers tend to go up slightly on Tuesdays following delays in receiving regional data on weekend deaths.
The March 14 lockdown has been twice extended with parliament on Wednesday expected to prolong it until May 9.
But from Sunday, the conditions are to be eased for youngsters in Spain, who have not been allowed out of the house for nearly six weeks under one of the most restrictive lockdowns in the world.
From April 26, those under 14 will be allowed to go for a walk with one of their parents or accompany them on ...

Virus deaths up slightly in Spain for second day

UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday slammed Iran for reportedly executing two juvenile offenders in four days and urged Tehran to call an immediate halt to such killings.
Shayan Saeedpour was 17 when he was alleged to have committed murder in 2015. He was reported to have been executed on Tuesday, the UN said.  Majid Esmailzadeh, reportedly executed on Saturday, was convicted of a murder allegedly committed when he was under 18.
"The executions of these two child offenders are absolutely prohibited under international human rights law," Bachelet said in a statement.
"The imposition of the death penalty for crimes committed by people below the age of 18 at the time of the offence is strictly prohibited." The former Chilean president said that despite repeated interventions from her office, the sentencing and execution of child offenders was still going on in Iran.
"This is both regrettable and, given the clear illegality of these actions, reprehensible," she ...

UN rights chief slams Iran over execution of young offenders

West Ham and Crystal Palace have announced they will not be travelling to Australia after the pre-season Queensland Champions Cup in July was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Premier League clubs had been set to travel to Australia as part of their preparations for the 2020/21 season, with A-League side Brisbane Roar also involved in the three-team tournament.
But global sport is currently in turmoil, with no clear indication of when the English football season will end.
A statement from West Ham said: "West Ham United regret to confirm that, due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the inaugural EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup has been postponed."
Manager David Moyes said: "It is a real shame that we will no longer be able to make it over to Queensland this summer. However, it is the right decision to postpone given the circumstances."
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish described it as "bitterly disappointing" but said football was of secondary ...

West Ham, Palace cancel Australia pre-season trip

More than 10 million employees in France -- one out of every two in the private sector -- have been laid off during the coronavirus lockdown and are now benefiting from an extended indemnity programme to weather the crisis, the government said Wednesday.
"Today in France there are 10.2 million employees whose salaries are being paid by the state," Labour Minister Muriel Penicaud told BFM television.
Around 820,000 employers, or more than six in ten, have applied for a social security programme that grants 84 percent of net pay for workers temporarily laid off because of a drop in business, a number that is increasing "day after day,"" she said.
"It's a considerable number, we've never done anything like it in our country," she said.
President Emmanuel Macron vowed that "no company would be abandoned to the risk of bankruptcy" when announcing the widespread business closures and stay-at-home orders implemented on March 17.
His government last week raised its economic relief package to .

Half of French private-sector workers now unemployed: minister

Last year was the hottest in history across Europe as temperature records were shattered by a series of extreme heatwaves across the continent, the European Union's satellite monitoring surface said on Wednesday.
In its annual report on the state of the climate, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said that 11 of the continent's 12 warmest years on record have been since 2000 as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.
Warm conditions and summer heatwaves contributed to widespread drought across southern Europe, while areas of the Arctic were close to one degree Celsius hotter than a typical year, it said.
Overall, temperatures across Europe have been 2C hotter during the last five years than they were in the latter half of the 19th century, C3S's data showed.
The year 2019 globally was second-hottest only to 2016, a year that experienced an exceptionally strong El Nino warming event.
C3S director Carlo Buontempo said that while 2019 was Europe's hottest year on record, 

2019 was Europe's hottest year ever: EU

Long lines of unemployed relying on free food across Bangkok, scrambles for cash handouts and fishing in fetid canals -- Thais are getting increasingly desperate as the pandemic destroys the economy and the government struggles to respond.
Some 27 million informal workers -- who lost their jobs in the tourism, entertainment, food and service sectors -- have applied for a monthly cash handout from the government, though only half have received approval.
Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha has also issued conflicting information on how long the state can afford to give people 5,000 baht ($150) a month.
A spirit of volunteerism has filled the gaps left by the state.  "The government hasn't helped me with anything," said Chare Kunwong, a 46-year-old masseur who caters to tourists -- a revenue stream that dried up with COVID-19's stranglehold on global travel.
He stood in line alongside hundreds on Wednesday in Bangkok's historic quarter, waiting to receive food donations of rice, noodles, milk and .

Queues for food as pandemic causes pain for jobless Thais

A former executive at China's internet search giant Baidu is being investigated for corruption, the company said Wednesday.
Ex-Baidu vice president Wei Fang is under suspicion of corruption following internal investigations, and his case has been handed over to public authorities, said the firm's professional ethics committee in a statement to AFP.
Baidu vowed it would "resolutely crack down on all violations of law and discipline", but did not give further details of Wei's alleged wrongdoing.
The case comes just weeks after it was revealed that a top executive at Starbucks competitor Luckin Coffee might have faked 2.2 billion yuan (USD 310 million) worth of sales last year, causing the shares of the NASDAQ-listed firm to plummet over 70 per cent.
The former chief operating officer and several staff members at Luckin Coffee -- which debuted on Wall Street in May 2019 -- have been suspended pending an internal investigation.
The company also apologised.
On Wednesday, an official at the 

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