Here’s what’s happening with the COVID-19 pandemic around the world on July 5.A health-care worker prepares to take a swab at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Sunday. (Wilfredo Lee/The Associated Press)The latest: P.E.I. now has five active cases after being free of COVID-19 since April 28. India reports another record 24-hour jump…
New York|Coronavirus: New York City Eyes First Suspected Case, Officials SayA sample was being sent to the federal authorities for confirmation, the city Health Department said.The sight of people wearing masks has become more common in New York City as officials prepared for the arrival of the virus.Credit…An Rong Xu for The New York TimesFeb.…
In this Saturday, March 7, 2020, a cleric talks with a patient infected with the new coronavirus, at a hospital in Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. | Photo Credit: AP A large group of pilgrims from Kargil, Kashmir and Ladakh are stranded in holy city of Qom A…
The DNC’s superdelegate rules have changed dramatically since 2016, in large part because of the sharp criticism levied by Sanders and his allies about the clear favoritism many superdelegates showed toward Hillary Clinton. Party officials eventually agreed to weaken the power of superdelegates, allowing them to vote only if no candidate wins 1,991 pledged delegates…
Local & State Posted Yesterday at 3:37 PM Updated February 8 increase font size After repairing internet and cable TV outages Friday caused by the ice storm, the company encountered an additional outage Saturday afternoon that it fixed by about 5 p.m. As ice continued to snap tree branches all over Maine, Spectrum customers on…
Mr. Mubarak, who had been likened to a modern-day pharaoh, was deposed in 2011 by the popular unrest in the Arab world that came to be called the Arab Spring.Feb. 25, 2020Updated 8:19 a.m. ETVideotranscripttranscriptHosni Mubarak’s Legacy of Forced StabilityMr. Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for almost three decades, died after spending the last years of…
MEDICALLY, THEY WERE SPARED THE WORST EFFECTS OF COVID-19. ECONOMICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY, IRELAND’S YOUNG WILL SUFFER HUGE CONSEQUENCES FROM CORONAVIRUS Though not generally as physically susceptible to coronavirus as older people, young people may well suffer most psychologically and economically as a consequence of the pandemic. The economic evidence is stark. “The job losses that…
By PENNY SWIFT On September 23, 2019, the same day that Donald Trump made an unexpected appearance at the opening of the U.N. climate summit in New York, the World Green Building Council (GBC) has released a lengthy report on the “climate emergency” the world is facing. Titled Bringing embodied carbon upfront: Coordinated action for…
NEW YORK: In a decision that will adversely impact hundreds of thousands of Indian students in the US, the federal immigration authority has announced that foreign students pursuing degrees in America will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only classes in this fall semester. The Immigration and Customs…
As of Monday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 343,421 people across 167 countries and territories, resulting in over 14,790 deaths. In the U.S., all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying over 35,224 illnesses and at least 471 deaths. More than 176 people in the U.S. have recovered.CORONAVIRUS: WHAT…
