House approves spending bill in effort to avoid government shutdown during pandemic

The House voted 359-57 to approve the stop-gap measure. The House easily passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday evening in a bipartisan effort to keep the government funded through the beginning of December. The House voted 359-57 to approve the stop … Read More

Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane

Greek authorities have moved almost all of the 12,000 displaced migrants and refugees on Lesbos island into a new camp after the Moria camp where they were living was destroyed by fire. Since the fire that engulfed Moria camp on … Read More

U.S.-Mexico border crossings continue to rise, with 50,000 arrests made amid pandemic restrictions

Apprehensions of unauthorized migrants along the southern border rose for a fourth consecutive month in August, with U.S. immigration authorities making nearly 50,000 arrests and expelling the majority of those apprehended under pandemic-era restrictions. More than 43,000 of the apprehensions … Read More

The three worrying statistics that show how bad the COVID-19 situation is in Europe

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As coronavirus cases rise across Europe the World Health Organization has sounded the alarm about how bad the situation really is. WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, warned on Thursday the situation across the continent looks as bad as it was … Read More

Chinese virologist: China’s government ‘intentionally’ released COVID-19

posted in: Far East, News

‘I work[ed] in the WHO reference lab, which is the top coronavirus lab in the world’ The Chinese government intentionally manufactured and released the COVID-19 virus that led to mass shutdowns and deaths across the world, a top virologist and whistleblower told Fox … Read More

Testing positive: half of Argentina’s coronavirus checks yield infection

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s coronavirus “positive rate,” the number of daily infections to the number of tests carried out, has topped 50%, underscoring how much work the South American country has to do to bring the virus under control. … Read More

Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German ‘anti-corona’ protests

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Police in Berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against Germany’s coronavirus restrictions. Some 38,000 people took to the streets in the city for mostly peaceful demonstrations. Later hundreds of protesters, many from the far right, tried to storm the … Read More

Inside Look: How COVID-19 Is Deepening The Migrant Crisis In Honduras

A mother and her child photographed in Honduras on June 3, 2020, aboard a bus headed for Toncontin international airport, where they will be tested for COVID-19 and then quarantined for two weeks in nearby Tegucigalpa.  © UNICEF/UNI344621/SIERRA/AFP Lea Beaudry, … Read More

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