1.5 m children lost parents to pandemic
Reuters :The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19. During the first 14 months of the pandemic,...
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71% of Lebanon’s population risks losing access to safe water
Reuters :The United Nations warned on Friday that more than four million people in Lebanon, including one million refugees risked losing access to safe water as shortages of funding, fuel and supplies affect water...
138 dead in Maharashtra rain fury, 90,000 moved to safety
NDTV :At least 138 people have died in rain-related incidents, including multiple landslides, in Maharashtra. The deaths include 36 who died in a landslide in the coastal Raigad district, about 70 km from state...
Imam in France fired over verses recited during Eid prayers
Anadolu Agency :An imam of a mosque in France’s Loire region was fired after verses and hadiths he recited during his Eid al-Adha prayer sermon were considered “contrary to the values of the Republic”...
Philippines evacuates thousands as monsoon rains flood cities
Reuters :Philippine authorities moved thousands of residents of the capital, Manila, out of their low-lying communities on Saturday as heavy monsoon rain, compounded by a tropical storm, flooded the city and nearby provinces. The...
Spacing Pfizer Covid shots boosts antibody levels : Study
Reuters :A longer gap between the two doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a British study found on Friday, but there is a sharp drop...
Fresh floods in central China as typhoon heads towards east coast
Al Jazeera :Villagers were evacuated over makeshift bridges on Friday as floods submerged swaths of central China, and a clean-up began in Zhengzhou where at least 33 people died earlier this week after days...
Death toll from two prison riots in Ecuador climbs to 22
Al Jazeera :At least 22 inmates have been killed and several police injured during riots at two of Ecuador’s largest jails, the Andean nation said, marking the second big deadly wave of prison violence...
Colombia says attack on president was planned from Venezuela
AFP :The Colombian government claimed Thursday that a recent attack on President Ivan Duque’s helicopter was planned from neighboring Venezuela by dissident FARC guerillas and a former Colombian army officer.Three of the alleged perpetrators...
16 killed in DR Congo militia attack
AFP :Suspected members of a notorious Islamist militia killed 16 people as they were returning from a weekly market in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local and medical sources said Friday.The dead from...
Fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar forces 54,000 people to flee, official says
Reuters :Attacks by Tigrayan fighters in Ethiopia’s Afar region have forced over 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday, and refugees in a camp in southern Tigray described heavy clashes nearby.Tens...
Macron changes phone fallowing Pegasus case
Reuters :French President Emmanuel Macron has changed his mobile phone and phone number in light of the Pegasus spyware case, a presidency official said on Thursday, in one of the first concrete actions announced...