As COVID-19 reaches rural India, “people are dropping dead like flies”

Gasping for breath Reuters/Adnan ABIDI On the evening of April 23, Dhanraj Singh, a 40-year blind man, arrived at the Sikanderpur community health centre in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, complaining of breathlessness. Singh, a resident of the nearby Bansi … Read More

Pope Francis prays for 130 refugees drowned in Mediterranean

Debris from a dinghy that was supposedly carrying over 100 migrants are seen floating in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, Thursday, April 22, 2021. SOS Mediterranee, which operates the rescue vessel Ocean Viking, said late Thursday … Read More

Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths

Brazil this week becomes 2nd country after US to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths that exceeded 4,000. In this April 7, 2021, file photo, cemetery workers wearing protective gear lower the coffin of a person who died from … Read More

Military chiefs of a dozen countries, including Australia, condemn use of deadly force against Myanmar protesters

posted in: Far East, News

The death toll of 114 in the last 24 hours exceeds the previous high of between 74 and 90 people killed on March 14. Australia, the United States, Britain, Japan, and South Korea joined together to condemn Myanmar’s use of … Read More

Ten years on: Syria’s war in numbers

Ten years of war in Syria have upended the lives of millions of Syrians, pummelled the economy, and ravaged key infrastructure. Here are some numbers:  Human cost 387,000: people killed since the start of the war in 2011 with the … Read More

Utah woman, 39, dies 4 days after 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine; autopsy ordered

posted in: Breaking News, News

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — During a KUTV investigation into COVID-19 vaccine side effects and where to report them, we found four reported deaths, filed by Utah families and their caregivers to the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System. One case stood … Read More

Migrants’ journey to Europe turns deadly as boat capsizes in Mediterranean

posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe

At least 41 refugees and migrants have drowned with more than 70 others rescued by a commercial vessel that took them to Sicilian port town Porto Empedocle. Migrants wearing lifejackets on a rubber dinghy are pictured during a rescue operation … Read More

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