President Trump Declares National Emergency Over Coronavirus [VIDEO]
U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a national health emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus that has killed no fewer than 41 people and infected 1,875 others in the country. Trump said the move would open up access to $50 billion in federal funding to state and local governments to tackle the virus. Insisting that the U.S. had done better in efforts...
Kenya Commences Autopsies On Bodies Of Cult Followers Who Allegedly Starved To Death
Forensic experts in Kenya on Monday commenced autopsies of over hundred corpses exhumed from mass graves linked to a pastor alleged to have mandated his members to starve to death to see Jesus. “Officially the process of post-mortem of the bodies starts immediately,” Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told reporters outside a hospital morgue in the coastal town of Malindi. “We are...
Boy, 2 Found Dead In The Mouth Of An Alligator
A missing two-year-old boy, Taylen Mosley has been found dead after his body was recovered in the mouth of an alligator. Mosley was reported missing on Thursday after his mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20 was found dead in her apartment in St Petersburg, Florida. According to the Police, she was stabbed multiple times. The child’s father, Thomas Mosley, has since been arrested and...
UK Doctors Embark On Third Strike In 2023 Over Pay Rise
Up to 47,600 junior physicians from the British Medical Association (BMA) went on strike on Wednesday in response to a demand for higher pay. The strike, which began at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, will terminate on June 17 at 7 a.m. According to the organization, young doctors have experienced a 26 percent "pay erosion" over the previous 15 years as their...
Drug Lord Escobar’s Hitman Popeye Dies In Colombia
A notorious murderer who worked for Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has died of stomach cancer, Colombian officials say. Jhon Jairo Velásquez, who boasted of killing 300 people for Escobar, was 57. Known as "Popeye", he was released from prison in 2014 after more than 20 years and launched a YouTube channel, attracting more than a million followers. But he was jailed...
Ivory Coast Joins Western Countries In Pulling Out Troops From Mali’s Peacekeeping Mission
Ivory Coast on Wednesday announced plans to gradually withdraw its troops and police from United Nations peacekeeping force in neighbouring Mali, joining Western countries, including France and UK to back out from the mission. A Reuters report indicates that two senior Ivory Coast security sources confirmed the development. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the...
Hamas Fighter Free More Hostages After Delays
Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave. In a sign of the fragility of the exchanges, the latest swap Saturday was delayed for hours after Hamas accused Israel of breaching its side of the deal...
Iran Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar Tests Positive To Coronavirus
Iran’s vice president has been diagnosed with coronavirus as the deadly disease continues to take its toll on countries around the world. Masoumeh Ebtekar, who is Iran’s vice-president for women and family affairs, has become the latest person to be infected with the virus in the country. According to reports, no fewer than 254 people have been infected with Coronavirus in...
Renowned Italian Doctor Roberto Stella Dies from Coronavirus
The president of the Medical Guild of Varese, Roberto Stella, has died of coronavirus. He was 67. Stella died on Tuesday in Como, Italy, after being hospitalized following his coronavirus diagnosis, CNN and ABC News reported, citing a local Italian outlet. The Italian medical chief was hospitalized for respiratory failure, stemming from the disease, CNN reported. Italy’s National Federation of Doctors and...
Over 30 Killed In Russian Rocket Strike At Railway Station In Ukraine
At least 39 people were killed and dozens wounded when rockets hit a train station in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. Donetsk regional governor said thousands of people trying to flee Russi...
