“Murder hornets” have now entered the U.S. — and they could decimate the honeybee population
A roughly 2-inch long insect known as the “murder hornet” has made its way to the U.S. for the first time ever, researchers said. The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has been known to kill up to 50 people a … Read More
Japan’s Abe extends state of emergency to May 31
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday extended a nationwide state of emergency to May 31, saying the new coronavirus infection rate had yet to drop enough to justify ending measures aimed at slowing the outbreak. In … Read More
Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in 20 days, state media reports
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. North Korean state media has claimed that the country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, made his first public appearance in 20 days amid a flurry of speculation … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 May 2020
Greetings from Tyler, We were warned that hospitals would be overrun. They were sure to run out of ventilators, if not hospital beds. Car companies were recruited to manufacture ventilators instead of cars. Now nobody knows what to do with … Read More
Environmental disasters across world in April 2020
Authorities in Afghanistan warn more than 7 million people still at risk as 56 people die from severe flooding. ANKARA The fourth month of 2020 saw numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa, including severe flooding in … Read More
11 European ambassadors warn Israel against West Bank annexation
Envoys from UK, France, Germany, other states say move would violate international law, harm regional stability, Israel’s international standing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli … Read More
Trump says he’s seen evidence suggesting coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab, compares WHO to PR agency
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. President Trump said Thursday he has seen evidence suggesting that the coronavirus originated from a laboratory in China while continuing his criticism of the World Health Organization‘s … Read More
Abbas says Palestinian accords with Israel, U.S. null if Israel annexes West Bank land
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks aired on Wednesday that his administration would regard agreements with Israel and the United States “completely canceled” if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank. “We have … Read More
Egyptian TV show about Israel’s destruction opens real world rift
Israel’s foreign ministry reminds Egypt of peace deal after sci-fi drama El-Nehaya airs. Egyptian children play with fireworks at the start of Ramadan. Photograph: APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock An Egyptian science fiction drama that predicts Israel’s destruction has provoked an angry reaction from … Read More
Iran threatens Germany for ban on Hezbollah, says will have to face consequences
German special police gather near the Al-Irschad center in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020, after Germany banned Iran-backed Hezbollah on its soil and designated it a terrorist organization. (Reuters) Iran has slammed Germany’s ban on the activities of Lebanon’s Hezbollah … Read More
Germany faces huge economic slump due to coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic will hit Germany’s economy harder than any other calamity in decades, according to Economy Minister Peter Altmaier. An expert told DW that projections of recovery in 2021 were “wishful thinking.” With the coronavirus pandemic unleashing a wave … Read More