LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out a five-tier warning system for the coronavirus in England on Sunday when he outlines the government’s roadmap for gradually easing lockdown measures that have shut down much of the economy for nearly seven weeks. Johnson will use a televised address at 1800 GMT to announce […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported 34 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the highest daily number in a month, after a small outbreak emerged around a slew of nightclubs that a confirmed patient had visited. Of the new cases, 26 were domestically transmitted infections and eight were imported cases, the Korea Centers for Disease Control […]

A motorcyclist in his 50s is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Calgary on Saturday, according to police and EMS. Officers said the collision happened in the 3000 block of 114 Avenue S.E. at 6 p.m. EMS said the man died at the scene. Roads were closed as police investigated. Source: Read Full Article

President Trump blasted California’s “rigged election” in a string of tweets supporting Republican Mike Garcia, who could flip the district formerly held by disgraced Rep. Katie Hill back into the GOP’s column in a special election on Tuesday. “The Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just […]

A charity is bringing airline employees together to help healthcare workers by opening airport lounges in two New York City hospitals that have been hard hit by COVID-19. Project Wingman USA launched on Friday, opening its first two lounges for frontline healthcare heroes at Flushing and Jamaica Hospitals. In these lounges, crew members serve healthcare […]

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s military said it seized three abandoned Colombian light combat vessels that soldiers found on Saturday while patrolling the Orinoco river, several days after the government accused its neighbor of aiding a failed invasion. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said the boats were equipped with machine guns and ammunition, but had […]

PARIS (Reuters) – The number of people who have died from coronavirus infections in France rose by 80 to 26,310 on Saturday, the health ministry said, a much smaller daily increase than the previous day when it was 243. The ministry said the number of people in intensive care units – a key measure of […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to its second lowest since mid-March on Saturday, as half the country prepared to move to the next phase of an exit from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns. Spain began to loosen its lockdown this week, but Phase 1 will include a considerable easing […]

KABUL (Reuters) – Seven people were killed when protesters angry over what they see as unfair food aid distribution during the coronavirus pandemic clashed with police in Afghanistan’s western Ghor province on Saturday, according to a local member of parliament. Fourteen more were wounded during the protest – sparked by growing unhappiness at the distribution […]

NAIROBI/KAMPALA (Reuters) – Kenya and Uganda were hit by a power blackout on Saturday, and Kenya Power said the outage on Kenya’s grid was caused by a fault on a high voltage line. The neighbouring countries’ grids are interconnected. In January 2018, both suffered major blackouts due to what they said were system disturbances. Kenya […]