Saturday, May 18, 2024

World

Pregnant 19-Year-Old, Child Die Trying To Climb US Wall

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HOUSTON (AP) — A 19-year-old pregnant woman from Guatemala died this week from injuries suffered when she fell trying to climb the U.S. border wall near El Paso, Texas, U.S. and Gu...

US Health Officials Back Trump Europe Travel Ban

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Top U.S. health officials are defending President Donald Trump’s new travel restrictions on Europe. Under questioning Thursday at a House hearing, NIH’s Dr. An...

Jewish Brazilian Official Who Met Trump Tests Positive For Virus

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after traveling with Bolsonaro to a meeting with...

British PM: UK Could Have Up To 10,000 Total Virus Cases

LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called the coronavirus pandemic “the worst public health crisis for a generation” and said “many more families are going to l...

Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 1,000 As Europe Becomes New Center Of The World’s Pandemic

ROME (AP) — Italy, the center of Europe's coronavirus pandemic, has hit the milestone of 1,000 deaths since it saw its first cases in mid-February. Italy’s positive cases contin...

Canadian PM Quarantining Self After Wife’s Flu-Like Symptoms

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is quarantining himself at home after his wife exhibited flu-like symptoms. Trudeau's office said Thursday that Sophie Grég...

‘The Worst Situation We Have Faced Since World War Ii’: Rome’s Jewish Community Responds To The Coronavirus

ITALY (JTA) - Rome’s Jewish community is in a “state of complete uncertainty” amid Italy’s coronavirus crisis, according to its president. “We are a proud and ancient community ...

Philippine President Imposes Travel Limits, Quarantines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has suspended domestic travel to and from the Manila area for a month and authorized sweeping quarantines in the region to fight...

Virus Lockdown Means Italy’s Old Are Isolated From Relatives

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ROME (AP) — Natalina De Santis’ three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn’t let them in any mor...

Hotels Start To Close In Tel Aviv As Corona Crisis Deepens

TEL AVIV (VINnews) — The "corona effect" is already dramatically effecting the tourism industry both in Israel and abroad, with multiple cancellations and desperate airline compani...

Public Trial Of 68 Hamas Activists Gets Underway In Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA (JCPA) — The trial of 68 alleged Hamas members has begun in Saudi Arabia. They were arrested in April 2019 in Saudi Arabia; most were Palestinians from the Palestinian...

Our Chance Ends Tonight!

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This is our last opportunity to do what we need to do. Because when the stakes are this high, we do what we need - not want to do. Tonight we need to take a stand against the...

Russian Lawmakers Move To Keep Putin In Power Past 2024

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Wednesday rapidly rubber-stamped sweeping constitutional changes that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. If Putin won an...

Hezbollah Officials Test Positive For Coronavirus, Nasrallah Under Quarantine

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BEIRUT (JNS) — Senior Hezbollah officials have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and have been placed under quarantine after meeting with affected Iranian military officia...

Naomi Campbell Takes Selfie With Hazmat Suit, Adding “Safety First” Caption

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Supermodel Naomi Campbell is taking no chances with the coronavirus. In these pictures posted on her Instagram she can be seen wearing a hazmat suit. The first...

UN Agency Warns Nations For Scenarios Like Italy

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe: World Health Organization officials are telling national governments it’s time for aggressive action...

Turkey’s Erdogan Compares Greek Actions At Border To Nazis

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's president on Wednesday made the incendiary claim that the Greek authorities' alleged mistreatment of migrants at its border was comparable to "what t...

Iran Says Virus Kills 63 More, Death Toll Climbs To 354

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday that the new coronavirus killed 63 more people, raising the death toll to 354 amid over 9,000 cases in the Islamic Republic. Health Minis...

What’s Happening: Markets, Cruise Ships, Travel Chaos

ROME (AP) — More than half of the world's countries have now reported a combined total of more than 110,000 cases of the new coronavirus. While most of the people infected so far —...

Report: Software Pushed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max Nose Down 4 Times Before Crash

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ETHIOPIA (AP) - Software designed to stop an aerodynamic stall activated four times as Ethiopian Airlines pilots struggled to control their Boeing 737 Max 8 shortly before the jet ...