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Sun, 04/05/2020 - 05:39 AM

COVID-19 Pandemic

US Braces for Worst COVID-19 Weeks

“There’s going to be a lot of death,” president warns

Sun, 04/05/2020 - 03:14 AM

USA

Trump Calls Fired Intelligence Watchdog ‘A Disgrace’

Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson informed Congress about the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump’s impeachment

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in…

Sat, 04/04/2020 - 04:40 AM

USA

Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ships begin to depart

The ships were finally permitted to dock in Florida

Passengers that came off the cruise ship Rotterdam Thursday, board a charter plane at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International…

Sat, 04/04/2020 - 12:44 AM

US Politics

Trump Removes Intel Watchdog Who Revealed Whistleblower Complaint That Led to Impeachment

Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson informed Congress about the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump’s impeachment

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2019, file photo, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, arrives at the…

Fri, 04/03/2020 - 04:39 AM

COVID-19 Pandemic

Dolly Parton Launches Children’s Book Series Amid COVID Chaos

Books will focus on comforting and reassuring children during shelter-in-place mandates

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2019 file photo shows Dolly Parton performing at the 53rd annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Parton…

Sun, 08/04/2019 - 12:07 PM

USA

Looking for Motives After US Mass Shootings

Officials seek to connect an anti-immigrant online manifesto to the mayhem in Texas; no motive yet evident in Ohio killings

Bodies are removed from at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Several people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police…

Tue, 04/16/2019 - 06:46 AM

Africa

Ivanka Trump Carries Mission of Female Empowerment to Ivory Coast

U.S.

Mon, 04/15/2019 - 01:00 PM

Africa

US Agency Plans to Invest in Businesses That Empower African Women

A U.S.

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 06:32 PM

Africa

Mozambique Cholera Cases Jump from 5 to 139 in One Day

Officials in cyclone-stricken Mozambique say the number of cases of cholera has skyrocketed from five on Wednesday to 139 by late Thursday. Cholera is

Medical staff wear protective masks at a cholera treatment center set up in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 29, 2019.

Mon, 01/15/2018 - 07:35 AM

Africa

S. Africa Summons US Diplomat Over Trump's Reported Vulgar Remarks

South Africa is the latest country to call in an American diplomat to explain U.S.