Create your page here
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Suspected cartel shootout kills 19 in northern Mexico
Reuters 05 Apr 2020
A shootout between suspected drug cartel hitmen has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the state government said on Saturday, in one of the country's worst outbreaks of gang violence this year ... ....
photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Top U.S. watchdog vows ‘aggressive’ oversight of Trump administration after intel firing
Metro USA 04 Apr 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. federal watchdog vowed on Saturday to continue to conduct “aggressive” independent oversight of government agencies, after President Donald Trump fired the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community late Friday night ... The firing comes as U.S ... Treasury, headed by Steven Mnuchin ... FILE PHOTO ... ....
photo: Creative Commons / tvnewsbadge
China Cares More About Its Reputation, COVID-19 Figures Inaccurate: Nikki Haley
NDTV 03 Apr 2020
Indian-American politician Nikki Haley has cast doubt on the accuracy of China's official coronavirus figures, terming them "clearly not accurate", amidst reports that the CIA has advised the White... ....
photo: WN / Eteh
‘Africans are not lab rats’ trends after French doctors’ vaccine comments
The Grio 04 Apr 2020
Two French doctors are being slammed for suggesting that vaccines for the novel coronavirus should be tested in Africa during a television broadcast. According to the BBC, Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care Cochin Hospital in Paris, was featured on the TV channel LCI, debating with Dr ... READ MORE ... ITALY -13950 Deaths. China -3314 Deaths ... Dr ... ....
photo: AP / Ebrahim Noroozi
Does Iran's coronavirus crisis raise the risk of war?
Yahoo Daily News 04 Apr 2020
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening. President Trump on Wednesday issued a warning via Twitter about a potential “sneak attack” on U.S. troops in Iraq by Iran or its proxy forces. He said there would be a “very heavy price” if the alleged assault was carried out ... The U.S ... Why there’s debate ... AP. ....
photo: AP / Brian Witte
Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter and her son are presumed dead after a canoeing accident in Maryland
Yahoo Daily News 04 Apr 2020
A member of the Kennedy family and her young son are presumed dead after their canoe was found miles from where they were last seen struggling in choppy Chesapeake Bay waters ... Maeve McKean is the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, the grandniece of former President John F ... Kennedy's eldest child ... He continued ... It is now dark again ... Gov ... More ... ....
photo: AP / Kamil Zihnioglu
Two killed, several injured in stabbing attack in French town of Romans-sur-Isère – reports
Russia Today 04 Apr 2020photo: Creative Commons
Twins born during coronavirus outbreak in India named 'Corona' and 'Covid'
AOL 04 Apr 2020
A couple in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have named their twin babies - a boy and a girl - Corona and Covid amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The babies were born to Preeti and Vinay Verma on 27 March during the ongoing lockdown, according to NDTV ... 99 PHOTOS. Coronavirus across the globe. See Gallery ... Gov ... What does a continuous cough actually mean? ....
photo: AP / Rick Rycroft
28 feared dead after Solomons ferry ignores storm warning
The Jakarta Post 04 Apr 2020
Shares. At least 28 ferry passengers were swept overboard in a powerful storm off the Solomon Islands, reports said Saturday, with the captain unaware he had lost anyone until the boat docked ... Local media put the death toll at 28. But police said it was impossible to verify the number ... Topics .. ....
photo: Creative Commons / Palácio do Planalto
Coronavirus: Bolsonaro calls for day of fasting and prayer to ‘free Brazil from evil’ epidemic
The Independent 04 Apr 2020
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has said he will declare this Sunday to be a day of prayer and fasting in response to the coronavirus outbreak, encouraging citizens to call on God to “free Brazil from this evil” ... Download the new Independent Premium app. Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now ... Shape Created with Sketch ... ....
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
Coronavirus: China mourns thousands of ‘martyrs’
The Irish Times 04 Apr 2020
China on Saturday mourned the thousands of “martyrs” who have died in the coronavirus outbreak, flying the national flag at half mast throughout the country and suspending all forms of entertainment ... Cars, trains and ships sounded their horns and air raid sirens wailed ... Wuhan deaths ... “I had to (come) and bear witness ... –Reuters. . . ....
photo: White House / Shealah Craighead
Trump fires intelligence official who played key role in Ukraine complaint
China.dot.org 04 Apr 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress on Friday that he has fired Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general (ICIG) who first notified lawmakers of a Ukraine complaint that ultimately led to the president's impeachment. In a letter made public late Friday by U.S ... election and undermined U.S. national security ... ....
photo: AP / Mary Altaffer
Iran's Rouhani says low-risk economic activities to resume from April 11
Reuters 05 Apr 2020
Iran's president said on Sunday "low-risk" economic activities would resume from April 11 in the Middle Eastern country worst-affected by the new coronavirus ... ....
photo: WN / Eteh
Dear Black People: COVID-19 Can Kill
Afro 04 Apr 2020
Coronavirus or Covid-19, or “rona” as some are calling it, will kill you. You may have seen some of the conspiracy theories, myths or outright lies floating around the internet stating that Black folks cannot get coronavirus ... Stop the madness. Actor Idris Elba, NBA stars on multiple teams and Black folks in your everyday life have it ... Ms ... Ives Green ... Mr....
photo: Creative Commons
Kobe Bryant is officially in the Basketball Hall of Fame
Deseret News 04 Apr 2020
The city of Los Angeles hosted a public memorial service for Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven others who died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26 in Calabasas ... 1, 2020, in Miami. David J. Phillip, Associated Press ... What happened.. Bryant was one of several members inducted into the Hall of Fame Saturday ... ....
