Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. "Coming this early in the year, the only time we've seen tests this frequently were in 2016 and 2017, both of which were huge years for North Korea's missile programme", Shea Cotton, senior researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said in ... [Full Article...]
These "fetal heartbeat" laws are now being challenged by separate lawsuits against the respective states. ABC News headlined the issue, which pitted Planned Parenthood against states such as Texas and Ohio, "Are abortions considered "essential" medical procedures amid COVID-19 outbreak?" Kentucky's attorney general says abortions should cease as part of the governor's order halting electiv... [Full Article...]
The Earth Hour Challenge happens every year and is considered one of the most important days on the global environmental calendar. "In the interest of public safety the Annual Earth Hour Celebration was cancelled earlier this month and due to mandates restricting all public and utility workers to essential services only, plans to turn off lights in and around a few symbolic buildings in Hami... [Full Article...]
Karnataka reported its third death of a 60-year-old man, along with nine new cases, including a 10-month-old infant from Dakshina Kannada . A total of 19 people have died as of Saturday. The coronavirus has infected more than half a million people worldwide, and the global death toll has surpassed 27,000. While Maharashtra with 180 cases has the most number of COVID-19 patients, Kerala ... [Full Article...]
The rise in coronavirus tolls came as the official INSEE statistical agency said French economic activity and household spending are running at about 65 percent of normal levels due to the coronavirus outbreak . All of us should show solidarity. Last week, the lockdown imposed in France to battle the coronavirus should last at least six weeks in total, according to the committee of scientific... [Full Article...]
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, at the President Residence in Jerusalem on September 23, 2019. His short speech followed a sombre scene underlying the gravity of the health crisis in which parliamentarians walked into the Knesset's near-empty main chamber one by one to vote, to maintain social dis... [Full Article...]
However, with the country in lockdown , people will not be able to take advantage of the stretch in the evenings until Easter Sunday at the earliest. The European Parliament voted in favour of ending the time change by 410 to 192 with 51 abstentions. A Committee of experts has been set up by the Spanish Government and instructed to prepare a report to help decide whether Spain should remain in... [Full Article...]
Authorities are also considering a ban on movement inside the country. Russian regions are to "halt the activities of public food service organisations", except for delivery services, a government decree said on Friday. Worldwide passenger flights were grounded Friday, and Moscow's mayor shuttered all non-essential businesses Saturday, effective through April 5. President Vladimir Putin did no... [Full Article...]
Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. "Coming this early in the year, the only time we've seen tests this frequently were in 2016 and 2017, both of which were huge years for North Korea's missile programme", Shea Cotton, senior researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said in ... [Full Article...]
These "fetal heartbeat" laws are now being challenged by separate lawsuits against the respective states. ABC News headlined the issue, which pitted Planned Parenthood against states such as Texas and Ohio, "Are abortions considered "essential" medical procedures amid COVID-19 outbreak?" Kentucky's attorney general says abortions should cease as part of the governor's order halting electiv... [Full Article...]
The Earth Hour Challenge happens every year and is considered one of the most important days on the global environmental calendar. "In the interest of public safety the Annual Earth Hour Celebration was cancelled earlier this month and due to mandates restricting all public and utility workers to essential services only, plans to turn off lights in and around a few symbolic buildings in Hami... [Full Article...]
Karnataka reported its third death of a 60-year-old man, along with nine new cases, including a 10-month-old infant from Dakshina Kannada . A total of 19 people have died as of Saturday. The coronavirus has infected more than half a million people worldwide, and the global death toll has surpassed 27,000. While Maharashtra with 180 cases has the most number of COVID-19 patients, Kerala ... [Full Article...]
The rise in coronavirus tolls came as the official INSEE statistical agency said French economic activity and household spending are running at about 65 percent of normal levels due to the coronavirus outbreak . All of us should show solidarity. Last week, the lockdown imposed in France to battle the coronavirus should last at least six weeks in total, according to the committee of scientific... [Full Article...]
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, at the President Residence in Jerusalem on September 23, 2019. His short speech followed a sombre scene underlying the gravity of the health crisis in which parliamentarians walked into the Knesset's near-empty main chamber one by one to vote, to maintain social dis... [Full Article...]
However, with the country in lockdown , people will not be able to take advantage of the stretch in the evenings until Easter Sunday at the earliest. The European Parliament voted in favour of ending the time change by 410 to 192 with 51 abstentions. A Committee of experts has been set up by the Spanish Government and instructed to prepare a report to help decide whether Spain should remain in... [Full Article...]
Authorities are also considering a ban on movement inside the country. Russian regions are to "halt the activities of public food service organisations", except for delivery services, a government decree said on Friday. Worldwide passenger flights were grounded Friday, and Moscow's mayor shuttered all non-essential businesses Saturday, effective through April 5. President Vladimir Putin did no... [Full Article...]