THE Spanish flu was the most devastating pandemic in modern history, with one-third of world's population getting infected. It was caused by a virus with genes of an avian origin, according to the CDC, and was otherwise known as the swine flu. About 10 percent of patients who contracted the Spanish flu died from it. […]

Jersey Shore beaches may be re-opening for Memorial Day weekend, but that will not be the case in New York City as Mayor Bill de Blasio suggested Friday that Big Apple shorelines won’t be opening any time soon. “On the beaches we’re just not ready,” de Blasio said during his daily coronavirus press briefing, explaining, […]

Vice Media said Friday it is slashing more jobs as the coronavirus continues to slam ad revenue at its web operations. The gonzo news gatherer is facing “business challenges,” Chief Executive Nancy Dubuc said in a Friday memo, confirming that the Brooklyn-based company is eliminating 55 positions in the US and 100 jobs internationally, primarily […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Cars will be banished from miles of streets in central London to encourage more walking and cycling and help public transport cope with social distancing restrictions, the city’s mayor said on Friday. Sadiq Khan said the plan, which covers major cross-town routes, would transform parts of central London into one of the […]

Bundesliga becomes Europe’s first major league to resume after two-month shutdown due to coronavirus pandemic. Germany’s Bundesliga will be the first major football league in Europe to resume after a two-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite many fans opposing the resumption of the season. The Bundesliga, however, will not be the same when […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has further highlighted the desperate situation in which minority Muslim groups – predominantly Uyghurs – have been under intense pressure from China’s Communist Party (CCP) since the spring […]

CORONAVIRUS has helped plunge Germany into a recession, following the collapse of the economies of Italy, France and Spain. The German economy shrank by 2.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, according to the federal statistics agency Destatis, making it the steepest quarterly contraction in more than a decade. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus […]

Shuttered sectors of New York‘s economy will begin inching back to life Friday with more construction, manufacturing and curbside retail pickups allowed in parts of the state that are hours away from pandemic-stricken New York City. The smaller cities and rural regions of upstate New York have been spared the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak. […]

KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Delkhah Sultani scrubs laundry outside her home in Kabul as her young daughter watches on. She says she once got paid around $3 a day to wash clothes for other households but since the coronavirus outbreak hit, work has dropped and she now earns $1 every few days to support her and […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Typhoon Ambo is the first named storm to hit the West Pacific and is expected to bring torrential rains to the region on Saturday. The Philippines is regularly struck by typhoons, experiencing […]