Headlines
  • At a site that was the target of hostile Iranian attacks, a fire was brought under control..
  • On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that attacks on Iran "will continue until I say it's enough."
  • Early on Wednesday, air defenses around the Bushehr nuclear power station in southern Iran were activated, according to Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency.
  • According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. forces have resumed their naval blockade of vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports.
  • In a statement to Iran's leaders at the Negev Conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would become aggressive if tensions persisted.
  • Over the past two days, as the U.S.-Iran war has resumed, including Iranian strikes on cargo ships, the price of crude oil has shot up.

Tag: Coronavirus Pandemic

April 29, 2020

‘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

April 28, 2020

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

UN: Emergency COVID Measures Should Not...

Bachelet said emergency powers “should be used to cope effectively with the pandemic – nothing more, nothing less” and “should not be a weapon governments can wield to quash dissent, control the population, and even perpetuate their time in power.”

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

Virtual Yoga

Diego Del Sol, owner of Del Sol Yoga Studio in Washington D.C., speaks to us about how yoga is especially important during these self-isolating times. He has taken his yoga classes online, connecting with his students through mind, body….and Zoom

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