NAIROBI – The World Health Organization has warned that COVID-19 is gaining ground in Africa, with the death toll jumping 43% in the past week. WHO says the continent recorded 1 million new cases in just one month, with several countries facing shortag…
GENEVA – Roger Federer may have seen his dreams of Olympic gold dashed this week, but he can celebrate that t-shirts, racquets, and shoes from his trophy-laden tennis career proved a treasure trove at auction. The sports legend saw every single item th…
There was a heavy police presence in Cuba’s capital, Havana, on Monday, with the streets calm following Sunday’s anti-government protests. President Miguel Díaz-Canel gave a nationally broadcast speech in which he blamed the unrest on “a policy of econ…
World leaders are expressing their support for the Cuban people after Sunday’s demonstrations across the island. The foreign minister for the European Union, Josep Borrell, urged the Cuban government “to listen to these protests of discontent” during…
India’s daily tally of new COVID cases fell below 40,000 on Sunday. The health ministry reported Monday that there were 37,154 new cases in the previous 24-hour period. In South Korea, the country reported 1,100 new cases Sunday. The rising caseload c…
Taiwanese tech giants Foxconn and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced Monday they will each donate five million coronavirus vaccine doses to the government in a deal with a China-based distributor. Taipei has been struggling to secure …
Myanmar is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases prompting a shortage of oxygen supplies that COVID-19 patients desperately need, officials say. “Oxygen is scarcer than money,” Soe Win, a resident of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, told the Associat…
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO – Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.The nearly 71-year-old Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Gala…
