South Korea continued to pour water on mounting speculation about the health of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, telling CNN he is “alive and well.” “Our government position is firm,” Moon Chung-in, the top foreign policy adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, […]
The Olympics could be canceled if the Covid-19 pandemic continues into next year, according to the Tokyo 2020 president. The Games are scheduled to start from July 23, 2021, having already been postponed a year amid the virus outbreak. This would be the strongest […]
The world is facing multiple famines of “biblical proportions” in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. Famines could take hold in “about three dozen […]
With a spike in anti-Asian discrimination related to the coronavirus pandemic, New York City has formed a team to respond to the incidents. The New York City Commission on Human Rights announced Sunday that the coronavirus response team would handle reports of harassment and discrimination […]
At 10:06 p.m. EST on Monday, the lives of thousands of existing and would-be immigrants to the United States were suddenly thrown into further disarray in the midst of a global crisis. At that time, President Donald Trump tweeted that in order to “protect […]
It took 10 years for the U.S. to create 20 million jobs after the housing crisis and recession. It took just one month for the coronavirus pandemic to destroy that job growth. According to MarketWatch, more than 5 million citizens have filed for unemployment benefits for […]
The world’s biggest trial of drugs to treat Covid-19 patients has been set up in the UK at unprecedented speed, and hopes to have some answers within weeks. The Recovery trial has recruited over 5,000 patients in 165 NHS hospitals around the UK in a month, […]
Last Monday, María Felícitas Infante Zamora and her siblings heard from Texas prison officials that their father, Bartolo Infante, had died. Infante, 72, had been in prison since 2000 for a sexual assault. The family did not learn the cause of death […]
Obesity may be one of the most important predictors of severe coronavirus illness, new studies say. It’s an alarming finding for the United States, which has one of the highest obesity rates in the world. Though people with obesity frequently have other medical problems, […]
By ELI HAGER In Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, the sheriff’s department has turned an old bank into a socially distanced payment location where residents can pay court fines and traffic tickets. “Drive-Thru ONLY,” the agency posted on Facebook. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, officers continue to […]
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