DUBAI (Reuters) – Analysis from the black boxes of a descending Ukrainian passenger plane shows that it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for a while after the impact of the first explosion, Iran said on Sunday. PHILO PHOTO: General view of …
Read More »Global deaths from coronavirus are more than 800,000
(Reuters) – The global death toll from coronavirus exceeded 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters census, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in deaths. Nearly 5,900 people die on average every 24 hours from COVID-19, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past …
Read More »Indy 500: TV times, how to watch and more for NASCAR’s biggest race
The event was originally planned in May, but it was postponed due to the pandemic. This is the first time that the Indy 500 will be held without spectators. NASCAR has already held a number of races without spectators, so this is nothing new. Despite the lack of spectators, the …
Read More »California fires: Nearly 1 million acres burned in state fires, officials say
Hundreds of fires were started by lightning, Cal Fire spokesman Steve Kaufmann said. There were about 12,000 lightning strikes that started 585 fires in the state last week. Approximately 950,000 acres are burned in the state with more than 13,000 firefighters working the fires, he said. Gavin Newsom of California …
Read More »Approximately one-fifth of enrollments in Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine study are black than Latino
People gather downtown amid outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. Chicago / New York: Approximately one-fifth of the 11,000 people enrolled so far in a 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial testing a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and German partner BioNTech are Black as Latino, groups hardest hit by the pandemic …
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