Toilet paper aisles are emptying again as COVID-19 curfews and shutdowns in the U.S. from California to New York send pandemic-weary shoppers on a new scramble for essentials. The country recorded its 12th million COVID-19 case on Saturday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, ignoring warnings from […]
Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian culture ministry said on Saturday. One was probably a man of high status, aged between 30 and 40, who still bore traces of a woollen […]
A federal judge issued a scathing order Saturday dismissing the Trump campaign’s futile effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania, shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots. The case was always a long shot to stop President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, but it was President Donald Trump’s best hope to affect the […]
Recently, Bieber held a live session on Instagram, and was joined by Indian Tik Tok star Riyaz Aly. Among other things, they discussed India’s situation during the pandemic. Bieber, who joined in from home in the US, asked Riyaz: “What’s Covid looking like over there?” While the video is not clear and is not audible […]
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted off the coast of Tacola, central Chile today. The German “GFZ” Center for Earth Sciences Research said that the quake occurred off the coast of central Chile, 10 kilometers below the surface of the earth. There were no reports of material or human losses, and no […]
LONDON – Investors stormed into riskier assets last week, pumping $27 billion into equity funds as positive COVID-19 vaccine updates led to euphoric buying of shares in worst-hit sectors such as banks, travel and leisure, and oil, BofA said on Friday. Citing data from EPFR, the bank said inflows into global stocks in the last […]
NEW DELHI – The number of new cases of the new Coronavirus in India exceeded the barrier of nine million infections on November 20, 2019, as the capital, New Delhi, continues to report a rise in the number of cases across the country. India ranks second after the United States in terms of the number […]
The United Kingdom has decided to ban all gasoline and diesel vehicles in its country from 2030. This means that after 2030, vehicles that only use fossil fuels (such as gasoline and diesel) will no longer be sold and allowed to travel. Hybrid vehicles that use both electric and gasoline/diesel hybrid power will be allowed […]
US coronavirus deaths passed a quarter of a million Wednesday as New York announced it would close schools to battle a rise in infections. America has now registered 250,426 fatalities, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University, by far the highest reported national death toll. US states and cities were imposing a raft […]
Hundreds of people protested in Chile’s capital Santiago on Wednesday to demand the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera over police repression of the country’s social protests. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to keep around 500 protesters from approaching the Moneda presidential palace. The demonstrators blocked the capital’s main Alameda thoroughfare near the palace […]
German police on Wednesday used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse thousands of unmasked protesters at a demonstration in central Berlin against government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. A total of 365 arrests were made and ten police officers injured as around 5,000 activists gathered at the city’s Brandenburg Gate, after the […]
