Las Vegas: MGM Resorts announces layoffs, closures, ‘several’ employees with coronavirus

Gai Phanalasy After almost two years of construction, which blocked Las Vegas Strip traffic at time, new superclub-restaurant Hakkasan is set to open. – Armando Navarro/FOX5 UPDATE (8:30 p.m.): MGM Resorts International announced in a company-wide letter on Friday that … Read More

Locust swarms put millions at risk of starvation across Africa and Asia

Photo: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images In East Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, traveling swarms of locusts the size of Manhattan are putting potentially hundreds of millions at risk of starvation in what the UN has called the … Read More

Vatican Confirms First Case of Coronavirus

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Outpatient services at Vatican’s health clinic suspended The Vatican has reported its first coronavirus case, saying it had suspended outpatient services at its health clinic after a patient tested positive for Covid-19. The clinic inside the city-state – which has around … Read More

Powerful drone images reveal destroyed homes, rubble left from deadly Tennessee tornadoes

As Tennessee reels from a pair of thrashing tornadoes that left 25 people dead this week, staggering aerial images captured by a drone reveal the widespread destruction in the area. The storm ripped through Middle Tennessee early Tuesday morning, knocking out power for nearly 50,000 customers, destroying homes, … Read More

Washington state says coronavirus death toll rises to 6

Health officials in Washington state announced four additional deaths among coronavirus patients on Monday, bringing the total number of fatalities to six. Two of the patients were considered “new” cases of COVID-19, while a third death involved a patient who was previously confirmed to have … Read More

Adviser to Iran’s Supreme leader dies from coronavirus, as other top officials infected

An adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died from the new coronavirus, as other top officials in the country are confirmed to be infected, according to multiple reports on Monday. The Iranian Health Ministry recorded 523 new cases in the past … Read More

Second man in King County with coronavirus dies

Public Health – Seattle & King County confirmed Sunday the second coronavirus-related death in the United States, a man in his 70s, in Kirkland. Here’s what we know now: Both men who died had underlying health conditions. The first man … Read More

COVID-19 Continues to Spread in S.Korea

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YONHAP News “Citizens of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, stay strong. We can fully overcome this COVID-19 and we will.” President Moon Jae-in visited the southeastern city of Daegu, which has become a hotbed of coronavirus cases in South Korea. … Read More

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