Coronavirus contagion rate makes it hard to control
Reuters :Each person infected with coronavirus is passing the disease on to between two and three other people on average at current transmission rates, according...
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More than 2,000 now infected with coronavirus; 56 dead in China
Reuters :More than 2,000 people globally have been infected with a new coronavirus, the vast majority of them in China, where 56 people have died...
Fighting for those who have ‘no voice’: Trump at anti-abortion rally
US President Donald Trump addressed the country’s biggest annual anti-abortion rally on Friday as members of the Senate sat in judgment just blocks away at...
Virus attack worring China
AP, China :China’s most festive holiday began in the shadow of a worrying new virus Saturday as the death toll surpassed 40, an unprecedented lockdown...
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French tourist found dead after snowmobile breaks through ice in CanadaAFP, MontrealCanadian searchers on Friday found the body of one of five French snowmobilers whose...
258 million kids not in school
AP, United Nations :The U.N. deputy chief said on Friday there is an “alarming” crisis in education, pointing to the 258 million children under the...
Venezuela protests killed 67 last year, says NGO
AFP, Caracas :A total of 67 people died last year in protests in Venezuela’s ongoing power struggle, 59 of whom were killed by law enforcement...
Trump unveils US Space Force logo, mocked for looking like star trek sign
Over the years, Star Trek has been responsible for inspiring real world innovations from tablet computers to needleless injection devices and real time translators.Now, the...
Philippines President Duterte threatens to end US military pact
AFP, Manila :Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to end a pact key to annual war games with American troops if the US does not...
Imran Khan calls for UN action over Kashmir dispute
Reuters, Davos :Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Wednesday for the United Nations to help mediate between nuclear armed India and Pakistan over the...
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Pakistan still shelters insurgents: Afghan PresidentReuters, DavosAfghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that Pakistan continued to give sanctuary to an insurgent group that helps...
Annabella Sciorra says Harvey Weinstein brutally raped her
AFP, New York :“The Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra fought back tears as she told a court Thursday that being raped by Harvey Weinstein left her...