Headlines- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Tag: Coronavirus Lockdown
Windowsill Concerts and other COVID Music
Musicians around the world are being creative about performing and honing their craft while stuck at home
Russians Denied Critical Care As COVID-19...
Scheduled surgeries for patients in Russia are being canceled as resources are diverted to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. Treatments are being delayed or denied for patients with conditions like cancer, hepatitis and cystic fibrosis~RFE/RL
‘You Didn’t See the Boy You...
The Ethiopian community in the Washington D.C. area is mourning the loss of a mother who died from coronavirus earlier this month shortly after giving birth. The woman never got to see her newborn baby
Drones Spread Word About COVID-19 in...
Drones are helping to spread messages from the sky on how to prevent coronavirus infection in the far-flung, poor, rural areas of northern South Africa’s Greater Tzaneen Municipality. Local authorities have been pioneering the use of these aircraft in South Africa as a tool to educate people about COVID-19 in the local languages of Sepedi and Tsonga
Ugandan Healthcare Workers Cite Success Against...
Uganda’s healthcare workers say they are seeing some success in hospital wards as they fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. Uganda has confirmed 79 coronavirus infections, 49 recoveries, and – so far – no deaths. But outside of Uganda’s hospitals, healthcare workers face stigma
South African UIF Disbursements Surpass R3...
Kubayi-Ngubane, together with her colleagues in the economic cluster, briefed media on risk adjustment measures and economic relief interventions, on Tuesday
In Spain the confinement began on...
In Barcelona the city has been quiet for months. It’s required everyone to change and adapt to a new normal
New York is Feeding Its Residents...
New York City’s grab-and-go meal service program that once provided free meals to school children has been expanded during the pandemic. Evgeny Malsov investigated how the program works
Wuhan Residents Skeptical of Claim City...
China puts on the political show because “the harm from shutting down the factories has caused a worse impact on the ruling regime than that from the virus itself,” Yang added
Free at last: Confinement Nightmare Ends...
has relaxed what was one of the world’s strictest lockdowns, allowing children to go outside Sunday for the first time in more than a month. Under the relaxed measures, Spanish children under the age of 14 can go for one-hour walks within one kilometer of their homes between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m