Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, is scheduled to provide an update on the province’s current situation regarding the novel coronavirus as well as its public health response. Hinshaw has been holding daily news conferences to provide updates on the number of confirmed cases in the province and the additional health measures being implemented to protect Albertans, […]
Read moreThe hit cartoon series has helped me process my biracial identity. By Nicole Clark Ms. Clark is a culture writer. For most of my life, Taiwan was a place that lived in my head. My mother told me her origin stories like a series of tall tales, full of pitched, tin roofs and fields of underbrush that my grandmother used […]
Read moreBBC meteorologist Chris Fawkes noted that quite an intense area of low pressure is affecting Italy at the moment. He told viewers that in the last 24 hours, 113 millimetres of rain had been seen in Sicily. The weather presenter forecast that heavy rain is moving into Calabria where yesterday the area even saw some snow across some of the […]
Read more(Reuters) – The number of travelers flying from China to the United States fell 84.1% in February from a year earlier, according to data from an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, as travel curbs were imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Arrival data from the International Trade Administration (ITA) also said the number of Chinese […]
Read moreM.I.A. is facing a wave of criticism online after revealing she’s an anti-vaxxer as the world grapples with the new coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, the British rapper, born Mathangi Arulpragasam, took to Twitter, saying she’d rather “choose death” over “the vaccine or chip.” The comment came as researchers around the world work to develop a vaccination against COVID-19, the disease caused […]
Read more(Reuters) – In the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, filmmaker Mohammed Arafat has been making public safety videos to warn about the dangers of coronavirus. The 25-year-old is worried that the disease will devastate the vast, crowded camps that house more than one million Rohingya, members of a mostly Muslim minority who fled a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar. […]
Read moreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a two-hour debate on a sweeping, $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid bill at 9 a.m. (1300 GMT) on Friday but it was not clear whether the measure would be able to pass on a voice vote, the House Majority Leader’s office said late on Thursday. While most House members are in […]
Read moreThe Royal Navy has been “monitoring every movement” of Russian warships, it has emerged. The decision to dial-up security comes after the vessels displayed unusually high levels of activity in the English Channel and North Sea. Former NATO Commander Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry spoke to talkRADIO’s Ian Collins about why Russian leader Vladimir Putin would be making such a […]
Read moreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a two-hour debate on a sweeping, $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid bill at 9 a.m. (1300 GMT) on Friday, despite doubts over whether it can quickly pass on a voice vote or will be delayed into the weekend. While most of the House’s 430 members are in their home districts because […]
Read moreDUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s prime minister ordered citizens to stay home until April 12 to help slow the spread of coronavirus, telling them they can only leave to shop for groceries, for brief individual physical exercise or to make family visits that are essential. Almost all shops will be shut, all public gatherings outside of household units prohibited completely, and […]
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