Nineteen people were on board a commercial ship when it capsized Tuesday during a thunderstorm off the Louisiana coast. But this was no ordinary storm.
Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million
The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.
Brazil asks women ‘if possible’ to delay pregnancy over Covid variants
• Doctors close in on cause of blood clots potentially linked with vaccines • Trudeau warns Canada faces third wave • US made little progress in preventing more Covid-19 deaths, experts say
Heart patients advised to move more to avoid heart attacks and strokes
Elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes increase the risk of heart disease. But a large study today reveals that in people with these conditions, increasing activity levels is associated with a reduced likelihood of heart events and mortality. The research is presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021, an online scientific congress of the European …
Myanmar Protesters Arm Themselves With Homemade Weapons
What began as peaceful demonstrations against the military coup has rapidly grown into a resistance movement in which citizens use improvised weapons to fight the junta.
Portland police disperse crowd with pepper spray following fatal officer-involved shooting
Police in Portland, Oregon, said they used pepper spray and smoke canisters to break up a crowd that gathered on Friday as they investigated the fatal shooting of a suspect by police in Lents Park.
Loneliness won’t end when the pandemic ends
When the world goes back to normal, Shanan Cale’s life won’t change much.
The region’s Sikh community is devastated by the attack.
Many recalled a 2012 attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
