Coronavirus was in Italy by Dec, waste water study
BBC Online :Italian scientists say sewage water from two cities contained coronavirus traces in December, long before the country’s first confirmed cases.The National Institute of...
International
Nearly 80 million people forcibly displaced worldwide : UN
Al Jazeera News :Nearly 80 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of last year as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and...
New coronavirus cases in NZ rattle public confidence
Reuters :New Zealand recorded on Thursday its third new case of the coronavirus this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confidence days...
India`s Coronavirus death toll is surging yet, PM Modi to ease lockdown anyway
Time :India reported its highest daily increase in recorded COVID-19 deaths so far on Wednesday, taking the country’s death toll up by more than 2,000...
Nepal’s parliament approves its new map
Reuters :The upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map of the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a row that...
Beijing cancels flights, shuts schools over new virus outbreak
AFP :Beijing’s airports cancelled two-thirds of all flights on Wednesday and schools in the Chinese capital were closed again as authorities rushed to contain a...
Self-cleaning mask can kill viruses with heat from phone charger, researchers say
Reuters :Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat by drawing power from a mobile phone...
Biden opens 13-point advantage as Trump popularity drops to seven-month low
Reuters, New York :Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has opened up a 13-point lead over President Donald Trump – the widest margin this year –...
Honduran president infected with coronavirus
Reuters, Tegucigalpa :Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, is receiving treatment and will work remotely and through his aides, he...
Rifaat al-Assad: Syrian President’s uncle jailed in France for money laundering
BBC Online :The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Paris court for money-laundering.Rifaat al-Assad was...
North Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border with South
Reuters :North Korea on Tuesday blew up an office set up to foster better ties with South Korea in its border town of Kaesong after...
`March on Georgia` after Rayshard Brooks shot by Atlanta Police
US News :People in Atlanta took to the streets on Monday to protest at the state Capitol after the death of Rayshard Brooks, an African...