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The White House directed everyone entering the West Wing, where daily operations of President Donald Trump’s administration take place, to wear masks after two aides tested positive for coronavirus, administration officials according to Reuters.  The new guidelines were released in a memo to the staff and they show new tighter procedures at the highest levels …

In a shocking turn of events, a man in northern China was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly buried his mother in an abandoned grave where she was found alive after three days. Representational Image According to AP, the accused’s wife told police her husband carried his mother away in a type of wheelbarrow on May 2. When she …

The deadly coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 2,50,000 people across the world since its outbreak late last year. Alarmingly, 85 per cent of the total death toll is reported from the US and Europe, according to the AFP tally. Till Monday, the US had recorded 68,689 virus deaths, the most for any single country, while Europe was the hardest-hit …

British Sikh doctors want a better procurement strategy by the National Health Service for PPE needed on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. This was after many failed to get important roles in hospital due to their beards. The Sikh Doctors Association had reports of at least five Sikhs being shifted at the NHS hospitals for refusing to shave their beards.  …

The United States is the worst-hit country due to the COVID-19 outbreak and has around 1.21 million confirmed cases and 69,680 deaths from it. This alone accounts for almost one-third of the COVID-19 cases globally.  AFP Between 1,000 and 2,000 deaths are currently being reported in the US each day.  But things are likely to get even worse in the …

Showing how government building can be put to good use in times of crisis, a European Parliament building in Brussels has been sheltering 100 homeless women, many of whom are victims of domestic abuse.  RTBF The Helmut Kohl building, an office block in the city centre, opened its doors to them on Wednesday. Offices have been turned into bedrooms, each for …

The human nature is such that people are often fascinated by death and tragedy. That is not to say that people have no remorse, but there is curiosity that knows no bounds.  It is this curiosity that takes people to places across that world that have had the unfortunate opportunity to meet a calamity. We are talking about dark tourism. Dark …

Though we may never know why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was missing for almost three weeks, a newspaper has claimed that he is indeed alive and at a fertiliser factory, where the most recent picture of him was taken. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a fertilizer factory completion ceremony, state media reported on Saturday, his first public …

While the coronavirus pandemic has put the world on its knees, healthcare workers are selflessly putting their lives at risk to help us overcome these times of desolation.  In Israel, an Arab doctor Khitam Hussein, is leading her hospital’s fight against COVID-19. Every day she wakes before dawn to rush to a job on the frontline of the country’s fight against the …

The coronavirus pandemic has grappled the United States and the country is scrapping to contain the virus as death toll topped the grim figure of 50,000 on Friday.  Yesterday, US recorded 1,258 COVID-19 deaths, the lowest daily toll in the country in nearly three weeks, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Reuters According to the recent figures, the fatalities …