Category: World

(BBC): A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has reportedly been refloated. Video posted on social media on Monday appeared to show the stern of the Ever Given swung towards the canal bank, opening space in the channel. Maritime services company Inchcape also reported the vessel was freed.… Continue reading Stranded Suez container ship reported freed

(BBC): Dozens of people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar, on what activists say is the deadliest day since last month’s military takeover. At least 89 deaths, including children, were recorded by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) as of early evening local time. The lethal crackdown came as protesters defied warnings… Continue reading Myanmar: Dozens killed as army opens fire on protesters during ‘deadliest day’

(BBC): North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, says the US and Japan – the first such test since Joe Biden became US president. Pyongyang is banned from testing ballistic missiles, considered threatening weapons, under UN Security Council resolutions. Both Japan and South Korea have condemned the test. It comes… Continue reading North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan

(CNN): The number of people reported dead in the aftermath of winter storms that pummeled Texas in February now stands at 111, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).The agency reported the statewide total Thursday in its weekly report of winter storm-related deaths. The deaths included in the Thursday report occurred between… Continue reading At least 111 people died from the winter storm that hit Texas in February

BOULDER, Colo. (AP): A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said. Police arrested a suspect, but didn’t reveal his name or any details about the shooting at an evening news conference where Boulder police Chief Maris Herold fought… Continue reading 10 people killed in Colorado supermarket shooting

BERLIN (AP): German authorities are expected to extend lockdown measures again on Monday and possibly tighten some restrictions as they face a steady rise in new coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state governors, who in highly decentralized Germany are responsible for imposing and lifting restrictions, are holding a videoconference nearly three… Continue reading Germany looks set to extend virus lockdown measures again

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP): Bill and Esther Ilnisky spent nearly seven decades together as Christian ministers and missionaries, including stints in the Caribbean and Middle East before preaching for 40 years in Florida. They complemented each other — he the bookworm, she outgoing and charismatic. One without the other seemed unthinkable. So when they died… Continue reading Married 66 years, husband, wife die minutes apart of virus

WASHINGTON (Reuters): The United States plans to send roughly 4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine that it is not using to Mexico and Canada in loan deals with the two countries, an administration official told Reuters on Thursday. Mexico will receive 2.5 million doses of the vaccine and Canada will receive 1.5 million doses,… Continue reading U.S. plans to send four million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico, Canada – official