Category : COVID-19

A new series of “Black Mirror” is in the works at Netflix, Variety can reveal. It’s been almost three years since Season 5 of the dystopian drama premiered on the streaming service in June 2019, but sources indicate that a new anthology series of “Black Mirror” is shaping up, and casting is now underway. While […]Read More

BAGHDAD (AFP) – Another sandstorm descended on Monday (May 16) on Iraq, forcing the closure of airports, schools, universities and public administrations across the country, officials said. It is the eighth dust storm since mid-April to hit Iraq, which has been battered by soil degradation, intense droughts and low rainfall linked to climate change. The last […]Read More

Well over two years into the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of COVID cases continue to be recorded around the world every day. With the rise of new variants, the symptoms of COVID have also evolved. Initially, the NHS regarded a fever, cough, and loss or change in sense of smell or taste as the main […]Read More

SACLAY, FRANCE (AFP) – The United States and the European Union plan to announce on Monday (May 16) a joint effort aimed at identifying semiconductor supply disruptions as well as countering Russian disinformation, officials said. Top US officials are visiting the French scientific hub of Saclay for a meet up of the Trade and Technology […]Read More

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Last spring, as the end of the academic year approached at Susquehanna Valley High School outside Binghamton, New York, students were asked for a school project about their plans after graduation. Payton Gendron, a senior, said he wanted to commit a murder-suicide, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the […]Read More

After a teen was shot and killed near The Bean, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has banned unaccompanied minors from visiting Millennium Park after 6 p.m. from Thursday through Sunday, a policy aimed at keeping large crowds of teenagers from creating chaos, but one that has inspired criticism from civil libertarians. The move is reminiscent of Lightfoot’s […]Read More

CNN  —  John Fetterman, the favorite to win Pennsylvania’s Democratic US Senate contest, announced Sunday that he’s recovering after a stroke. Fetterman is at the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, according to a statement, which noted he first went to the hospital Friday. Pennsylvania’s primary is on Tuesday, and polls show Fetterman, […]Read More

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wears a face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, while inspecting a pharmacy in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) […]Read More

LOS ANGELES (NYTIMES) – A gunman who opened fire inside a Southern California church Sunday (May 15), killing one person and critically wounding four others, was overpowered by congregants who then hogtied him, preventing further bloodshed, authorities said. The shooting occurred at 1.26pm inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, about 50 miles (80km) south-east of Los Angeles in […]Read More

Finland, Sweden on the fast track to Nato membership over Ukraine Finland and Sweden are on the fast track to becoming the newest members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) following their respective governments’ historic announcements on Sunday that they will seek membership in the military alliance over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The motion will […]Read More