Swedish COVID-19 cases surge as testing struggles to keep up
Sweden, whose soft-touch virus approach has placed it in the global spotlight, recorded new 15,779 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as a resurgent pandemic stretched testing to the limit in many hard-hit and densely populated regions. Cases in Sweden, which …
Lebanon orders full lockdown to combat COVID-19, boost hospital beds
Lebanon ordered a full lockdown for around two weeks to stem a rise in COVID-19 infections and allow a badly strained health sector to bolster capacity as the country buckled under a financial meltdown. The Supreme Defence Council said in a statement …
Sterling Brown agrees to $750,000 settlement with Milwaukee
Customer wanted to show his gun to a cop at a Bal Harbour restaurant. The chef wound up shot
Business was quiet at the Palace Cafe in Bal Harbour following the Fourth of July, but it would turn out to be an explosive Sunday.
Botswana signs agreement with global vaccine scheme for 20% of population
Botswana has signed an agreement with the global vaccine distribution scheme co-led by the World Health Organization, giving it the option to buy coronavirus vaccines for 20% of its population, a senior health official told Reuters. Unlike many other …
Iran to double coronavirus tests to 100,000 per day
Iran plans to more than double the number of coronavirus tests it carries out daily to 100,000, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday, as the total number of detected cases surpassed 700,000 in the Middle East’s worst-affected country. Both the…
EU to approve Pfizer COVID vaccine contract on Wednesday
The European Commission will approve on Wednesday a contract for the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, its President Ursula von der Leyen said. “Tomorrow we will authorise a contract for up to 300 million doses of …
Two conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices suggest Obamacare may not be thrown out
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether all of Obamacare should be thrown out in a challenge by Republican-governed states, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, with two conservative justices suggesting the law should rema…
Estonia's far-right leader survives U.S. elex comment vote
The leader of Estonia’s far-right populist party, a key Cabinet member, has survived a vote of confidence at the country’s Parliament despite uproar over his statements that the U.S. presidential elections were rigged and undemocratic — comments that w…
Biden may face pressure to reshape Powell's Fed in first year
U.S. monetary policy won’t be a top-of-mind concern for President-elect Joe Biden as he prepares to take office in January, with the Federal Reserve’s economic arsenal already deployed against an ongoing recession and decisions about federal spending m…
Trial begins of man who admitted killing 10 in Toronto van attack
Judge-only trial will focus on mental state of Alek Minassian, 28, and his association with misogynistic ‘incel’ ideologyThe trial of Canadian man who killed 10 people when he drove a van on to a crowded Toronto sidewalk will begin on Tuesday, and is e…
Recent Comments