Portugal's COVID-19 cases hit record, health system under pressure
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Portugal pushed past the 200,000 mark on Friday as the number of new daily infections reached a record high, putting increasing pressure on an already fragile health system. “When we reach the peak of the disease it will…
Ethiopia Tigray crisis: UN warns 'war crimes' may have happened
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet calls for an inquiry over the killings in the Tigray region.
Biden coronavirus advisers nix national U.S. lockdown
The head of Democratic U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisory board said on Friday there was no plan to shut the country down and that the new administration’s approach will be targeted at specific areas. Dr. Vivek Murthy, a former U.S….
Iran blames U.S. sanctions for vaccine payment problems
U.S. sanctions are preventing Iran from making advance payment to the global COVAX facility set up to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries, the Iranian government said as the virus death toll kept climbing in the Middle East’s hardest-hit stat…
80 percent of Texas inmates who died from coronavirus were not convicted of crime
Prison populations have been largely ignored as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages communities. Approximately 80 percent of all Texas inmates who died from COVID-19 were in pre-trial detention and had not yet been convicted of a crime. The data was provid…
As Ethiopia's conflict rages, ethnic targeting turns deadly
Ethnic Tigrayans arrested, in hiding or cut off from the world. Ethiopia’s deadly conflict is spilling beyond its northern Tigray region and turning identity into a mortal threat. Amnesty International confirmed the killings via images and witnesses,…
Law firm Porter Wright withdraws from Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania
Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday, thanks in part to a win in Pennsylvania. Trump has refused to concede and has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that there was widespread voter fraud. In a court filing on Thursday, lawyers at…
Cummings Exit Opens a Door for Boris Johnson
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The U.K. passed the grim number of 50,000 Covid deaths this week, as Britain entered its critical final phase of trade talks with the European Union. One might think this is a terrible time for an overhaul of Prime Minister Boris…
RNC to spend at least $20 million on Georgia's Senate races
Republicans are flooding Georgia with cash and field operatives as they look to keep Democrats from seizing control of the Senate under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration. The Republican National Committee said Friday it is funding more than 60…
South African ruling party official charged with corruption
A top official of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, has been charged with 21 counts of fraud and corruption, a significant step in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s drive against graft in the country. ANC secretary-general Ace Maga…
With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state spiking to record levels, bus drivers and teachers in quarantine, students getting sick and the holidays looming, Schools Superintendent Scott Hanback in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, made a tough dec…
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