(CNN) – This week, billions of people were supposed to be tuning into the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. But like thousands of other events around the world, the Olympics fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of completely canceling the games, officials have postponed them to 2021. The world sporting …
Read More »US Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 1,000 for Third Consecutive Day
(Reuters) – The United States recorded more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, marking the third consecutive day the nation passed that grim milestone as the pandemic escalates in the southern and western states of the United States. Deaths across the country were recorded at 1,014 on Thursday, and …
Read More »US coronavirus: cases reached 4 million, another million expected in 2 weeks
Coronavirus cases in the United States have now surpassed a staggering 4 million cases and are on track to record an additional million in just two weeks as over 1,100 deaths are recorded in one day and reach levels not seen in two months. The total of 4 million cases …
Read More »Video surfaces of the execution of humanitarian workers and others kidnapped in Nigeria
DAKAR, Senegal – A Nigerian terrorist group has executed five men, three of them aid workers, who disappeared while providing assistance in the north-eastern state of Borno last month. A video appeared Wednesday that shows the men kneeling and blindfolded. Then they were shot. The West African country, Nigeria, has …
Read More »Harry and Meghan sue over photo of son at California home
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sued Thursday to stop the sale and publication of a photo of their son Archie who they say was shot at their Los Angeles-area home in an invasion of their privacy. . The royal couple gives a detailed account in the …
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