Headlines- According to Yemen's government, a Houthi missile attack on the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden was survived by the prime minister and cabinet. At least five people died and sixteen were injured.
- Attacks on King Khalid International Airport between October 7 and October 11 resulted in 17 fatalities and 333 injuries, according to the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran's navy said an oil tanker that tried to cross a forbidden area in the Sea of Oman is on fire in the eastern portion of the Strait of Hormuz.
- After a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday, at least three people—including children—have died.
- Nidal Hasan, a convicted military base shooter who killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was canceling plans to broadcast the execution live.
- Only a few days after undergoing surgery, Pope Leo XIV resumed work, the Vatican press office announced on Thursday.
Tag: Wuhan Coronavirus
Mixed Messages From WHO Wuhan Investigation...
A World Health Organization (WHO) team sent to Wuhan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has sent out mixed signals regarding the transparency of the probe, Chinese commentators said on Monday
Wuhan Citizen Journalist Formally Arrested, Held...
Zhu said Zhang’s mother had received a notification of her daughter’s arrest, but was too frightened to talk to journalists following heavy pressure from state security police, and hadn’t publicized the arrest details
Shanghai Police Hold Lawyer-Turned-Blogger Who Reported...
In Zhang’s last YouTube video posted on May 13, she had reported on the impact of a huge fall in passenger numbers on the livelihoods of Wuhan’s taxi drivers, as well as loss of employment in the wake of the lockdown among the city’s residents.
Wuhan Residents Fear Second Wave of...
Wuhan’s epidemic control center on Monday issued a notice to officials of a city-wide program of nucleic acid tests for millions of residents after a cluster of cases emerged in the Dongmin residential compound in Jianghan district
WHO Says Wuhan Wet Market Played...
BenEmbareksaidextensive studiesat the scene would beneededtodetermine the original animal source of COVID-19.China has not yet invited WHO or other external experts to be part of their investigation
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
Wuhan Raises Coronavirus Death Toll Amid...
Eight doctors who tried to warn people of a new viral pneumonia similar to SARS were hauled in by police for questioning in December and accused in state media of “rumor-mongering.”
Wuhan Lockdown Diary Author Says She...
She talked about her friends and family, how uncomfortable it is to wear a mask, and the deaths of coronavirus patients, as well as poking fun at her nationalist critics who crowded onto Maoist patforms to criticize her
China Targets Thousands Who Spoke Out...
Since state news agency Xinhua first reported that President Xi Jinping would lead “a people’s war” on the epidemic on Jan. 20, police had handled 5,111 cases of “fabricating and deliberately disseminating false and harmful information,” according to a Feb. 21 statement from the ministry of public security
Wuhan Migrant Workers Who Built COVID-19...
Workers from other parts of China were initially attracted by a promise of 3,000 yuan/day for labor on the two field hospital sites at Leishenshan and Huoshenshan in Wuhan