April 30, 2021
A ‘complete collapse’ of preventive health: India’s 2nd COVID wave explodes
India is caught in the throes of a ferocious second wave of coronavirus, with the nation's health authority reporting 360,960 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday alone, the seventh consecutive day with over 300,000 new infections. Hospitals are…
April 30, 2021
Brazil passes 400,000 deaths due to Covid
It was heart wrenching for our news team yet again, to look at the dashboard as the numbers climbed higher by the hour. The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 400,000 now in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as the country…
April 26, 2021
82 dead after ‘oxygen tank explodes’
At least 82 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad. More than 100 others were injured in the blaze, which erupted at the Ibn Khatib hospital on Saturday night. Reports say an…
April 26, 2021
US President Joe Biden to ‘propose hiking tax on rich’
US President Joe Biden is reportedly set to propose a tax hike on the wealthiest Americans. The proposal would raise the top marginal rate and increase taxes on investment gains for the rich.The tax rise would help pay for childcare and education,…
April 20, 2021
Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the death of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all three charges he faced in the death of George Floyd. The sequestered jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial deliberated a total of…
April 20, 2021
President Biden urges Senate to act quickly on gun reform
President Joe Biden, referencing the surge of mass shootings and gun violence in the country, said he is urging Congress to work on gun reform. The president referenced Thursday night's shooting, where a 19-year-old killed eight people at a FedEx…
April 19, 2021
China and US pledge climate change commitment
Australian and NeChina and the US say they are committed to working together and with other countries on tackling climate change. It comes after several meetings between Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and his US counterpart John Kerry in Shanghai…
April 16, 2021
Eight dead in Indianapolis FedEx facility shooting
Eight people were shot and killed and several others injured in a mass shooting Thursday night at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, according to local authorities. Officers arrived at the scene just after 11 p.m. local time to find an active shooter…
April 13, 2021
US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
US health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, after reports of extremely rare blood clotting cases. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said six cases in 6.8 million doses had been…
April 12, 2021
Pfizer aims to expand vaccine efforts to include kids as young as 12
With a little over one in five Americans completely vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, efforts are underway to ensure every U.S. citizen is vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.…