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Fifty of Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen to Taliban militants since May, according to the UN’s special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons, as the United States continues its military withdrawal from the country. “The Taliban recent advances are even more significant and are as a result of an intensified military campaign; more than 50 of Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen since the beginning of May,” Lyons told the UN Security ...

Everything is opening at the same time and people are desperate to travel. As concerts resume, theme parks open, families reunite, lovers tie the knot and stir-crazy Americans dream of vacation, airlines that had to hurriedly recommission fleets are struggling to keep up: American Airlines cancelled 188 of flights over the weekend and is trimming hundreds more in the coming summer travel season. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned on Sunday of a longer-term problem filling cockpi...

A coronavirus variant first spotted in India is poised to become the dominant one in the United States, where infectious disease modelers say it could cause a “resurgence” of Covid-19 later this year. And it may already account for 1 in every 5 infections nationwide, experts say. The Delta variant, as it’s now called, has swept across the UK, all but replacing the Alpha variant first identified there late last year.  “This is the most trans...

The United States has extended Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential travel at land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico until July 21, according to a tweet from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Sunday. "To reduce the spread of #COVID19, the United States is extending restrictions on non-essential travel at our land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico through July 21, while ensuring access for essential trade & travel," DHS wrote. "DHS a...

Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against Covid-19, but the ones that are not may soon be contending with a more transmissible variant, experts say. About 45.2% of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, CDC data showed, and in 16 states and Washington, DC, that proportion is up to more than half, and 16 have reached President Joe Biden’s goal to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one dose. But some states &n...

The New York Police Department is investigating an incident in which a car rammed into a family of six early Sunday in the Bronx before fleeing the scene. The incident occurred at 2:46 a.m., a spokesperson for the NYPD said, when a gray car ran into the family, pinning two individuals – a 16-year-old boy and a 34-year-old woman – beneath it. A NYPD spokesperson told CNN the vehicle was a Jeep and that the suspect fled the scene on foot. The 34-year-old is in critical cond...

As Americans continue to come out of coronavirus isolation and states lift restrictions on gatherings, shootings continue to plague the nation, with 10 mass shootings occurring in the US since Friday night. Seven people were killed and at least 45 were injured in the shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). Among the victims were at least two children, a 10-year-old and a 15-year-old, police said. The latest shootings are among a streak of de...

The body of a 7-year-old boy was found Sunday, four days after a group of tubers went over a dam on the Dan River in North Carolina, officials said. A 911 call alerted emergency responders to the body, which was recovered from the river near Draper Landing in Eden, according to a statement from the Rockingham County Department of Emergency Services. The boy was part of a group of nine tubers who went over a dam Wednesday evening near a Duke Energy power plant. Four of the tubers were...

Canada is easing its mandatory two-week quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated nationals and residents arriving in the country after traveling abroad.From just before midnight on July 5, Canadians and permanent residents who've received a full course of a coronavirus vaccine accepted by the government can leave isolation early of if they test negative for Covid on entry. The move, announced by federal officials on Monday, will bring an end to both the two-week quarantine for nones...

 Ashley and Michelle Monterrosa took a deep breath and looked toward a group of mothers and siblings who understood the outrage and sorrow that led them to this moment. A few feet away, dozens of photos of people killed by police covered the plaza. A photo of their brother, Sean, stood right in the middle. “We want justice for Sean, and we want that justice to mean that this can't happen to anyone anywhere else,” Ashley Monterrosa, 21, said standing on a stage in front...

At least 20 people were injured when a tornado carved a 22-mile path through southern Alabama Saturday morning, officials said. The tornado struck as Tropical Storm Claudette was passing over the area, the National Weather Service said in a storm damage survey. Much of the damage was reported in Escambia County, AL, but it continued into Conecuh County, the survey said. Initially, there were reports of three injuries in Escambia County, but after the survey and data gathe...

A Tennessee father and his infant daughter were among 10 people – nine of whom were children – killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway this weekend. Cody Fox, 29, of New Hope, Tennessee, and his 9-month-old daughter were identified in a press release issued by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday night. The other victims in the crash were children aged between 3 and 17, who were traveling in a vehicle belonging to a ranch for n...

A Tennessee father and his infant daughter were among 10 people – nine of whom were children – killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway this weekend. Cody Fox, 29, of New Hope, Tennessee, and his 9-month-old daughter were identified in a press release issued by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday night. The other victims in the crash were children aged between 3 and 17, who were traveling in a vehicle belonging to a ranch for n...

A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group's director said Sunday, correcting initial speculation that it was a hate crime directed at the gay community. Wilton Manors Vice Mayor Paul Rolli and Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said the early investigation shows it was an accident. The 77-year-old driver was taken into cu...

The delta variant of the COVID-19 virus is more infectious and more virulent than the alpha variant first identified in the United Kingdom, according to new research. The good news is that vaccines still work against it, though somewhat less well, the studies say. "Delta is a much more concerning variant globally, even than the other variants," said Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Center for Communicable Dis...

A new study in the United States reveals that nearly 25% of COVID-19 patients experienced new health problems well after their initial diagnosis. The non-profit group FAIR Health analyzed the health insurance claims of nearly two million people between February 2020 and February of this year. The study found the most common new conditions among so-called “Long COVID” patients included pain, breathing difficulties, high blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol and fatigue. ...

Researchers in New Zealand are testing new techniques to find out whether masks and gowns used by health workers as protection against COVID-19 can be decontaminated and safely used again. Researchers want to reduce the “mountain” of personal protective equipment, or PPE, that is discarded around the world daily. According to experts in New Zealand, estimates indicate that in China alone, hundreds of thousands of metric tons of PPE are going to the landfill each day. Mark St...

The U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna said Wednesday the U.S. government has purchased another 200 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of Moderna doses it has committed to 500 million. In a release Wednesday, the Massachusetts-based company said the U.S. government orders include 110 million doses expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 90 million expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2022. As of Monday, the company says it has suppl...

Japan unveiled plans Thursday to slowly ease the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and several other prefectures in time for next month’s opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that the government will switch to “quasi-emergency” measures once the state of emergency expires Sunday. The looser restrictions would remain in place until July 11, just 12 days before the start of the Olympic Games. In addition to looser restrict...

A judge has approved a $15 million settlement against a doctor in a lawsuit by the parents of an incapacitated woman who was sexually assaulted and later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care center, marking the last of several deals to resolve legal claims over the rape. The settlement made on behalf of Dr. Phillip Gear, who cared for the woman for 26 years while she lived at Hacienda Healthcare, was deemed reasonable last week by a judge. But the insurer for Gear, who died lat...

Royal Caribbean International is delaying the inaugural sailing of its Odyssey of the Seas cruise ship after eight crew members tested positive for Covid-19, officials said Tuesday. "During routine testing, eight crew members received a positive test result for Covid-19," company CEO Michael Bayley said in a statement. "All 1,400 crew onboard Odyssey of the Seas were vaccinated on June 4th and will be considered fully vaccinated on June 18." Out of the eight cas...

The death certificate of Jamal Sutherland, a Black man who died in police custody after he was pepper-sprayed and shocked with a stun device in a jail cell, was amended to say the manner of death was homicide, attorneys representing Sutherland's family said. Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal made the change after additional testing found that the death was "best deemed to be homicide," attorneys Mark A. Peper and Gary Christmas added. "The family reached this sa...

Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild Safeguard Defenders 110 Overseas 110 Overseas ：The last decade has witnessed the rapid spread of telecom and online fraud globally, which seriously infringes on people's legitimate rights and interests, becoming a prominent crime and a public hazard. To address this problem, the Chinese police have been committed to intensifying their efforts in the combat against and control of such crimes, and strengthening international law enforcement cooper...

Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild Safeguard Defenders 110 Overseas 110 Overseas ：The last decade has witnessed the rapid spread of telecom and online fraud globally, which seriously infringes on people's legitimate rights and interests, becoming a prominent crime and a public hazard. To address this problem, the Chinese police have been committed to intensifying their efforts in the combat against and control of such crimes, and strengthening international law enforcement cooper...

Five people were wounded in a shooting in Chicago on Tuesday night, hours after another mass shooting in the city that killed four and injured four more. Four men and one woman were shot near the 3800 block of West Monroe Street around 9:20 p.m. CT, possibly by multiple offenders, police said. There are currently no cooperating witnesses and no arrests have been made. All victims were being treated at nearby hospitals. Of them, a 38-year-old man is in critical condition after sustaining...

A coronavirus variant first identified in India is “like Covid on steroids,” Andy Slavitt, former White House senior adviser for Covid-19 response, said Wednesday. “(The Delta variant) is a more virulent strain,” Slavitt told CNN. “This is like Covid on steroids. You can be around people for less time and still get exposed.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has labeled the Delta variant a “variant of concern,”&...

"All 1,400 crew onboard Odyssey of the Seas were vaccinated on June 4th and will be considered fully vaccinated on June 18. The positive cases were identified after the vaccination was given and before they were fully effective," Bayley said. The company pushed back the Odyssey's inaugural sailing from July 3 to July 31. It was set to sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and make several stops in the Caribbean. A simulation cruise originally scheduled for late June w...

  The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza overnight Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, citing incendiary balloons launched from Gaza earlier in the day. According to reports in Israeli media, incendiary balloons launched from Gaza sparked multiple fires in southern Israel. WAFA, the official Palestinian News Agency also reported the airstrikes in Khan Younis and said “material” damage occurred. The news agency also reported on ...

Construction flaws led to the collapse of a Mexico City subway line that killed 26 people and left dozens injured last month, according to the preliminary findings of an independent probe released by the city government on Wednesday. The investigation, carried out by Norwegian risk management firm DNV, suggests that deficient welding of metal studs, which apparently were not well connected to steel beams supporting a concrete slab and the elevated train rails, was among a number ...

The family of Cameron Lamb, a Black man killed in his own backyard by a white cop in 2019, is suing the Kansas City Police Department and the officer for $10 million. The lawsuit, filed by Lamb's four minor children, accuses detective Eric DeValkanaere of violating Lamb's civil rights when he ran onto Lamb's property without a warrant and fatally shot Lamb while he sat in his pickup truck. DeValkanaere has been suspended for more than a year and is awaiting trial on charges ...

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner recently apologized to the family of a man who was killed by Houston police officers in 1977, saying that it was "straight-up murder." "I am the chief of police, but I am a son of Houston, and what people need to understand is if you cannot see and feel 44 years of pain and suffering of this family, you are not human," Finner said on Saturday during a ceremony in front of the man's family members. Finner continued, "Let's...

Ahospital has apologized to a woman who had her right breast removed after she was misdiagnosed with cancer. Brenda Young, a hospice nurse from the U.K. town of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, had a routine scan on February 3, 2020, and was later diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, according to a press release from the law firm that has investigated her care. In invasive cancers, the disease spreads from the place where it originated into healthy tissue. Surgeons removed Young&...

Some people who already had COVID-19 are hesitant to get the vaccine, as many believe their natural antibodies are enough protection, but those who never tested positive for the virus are even more resistant to being inoculated. A recent Axios-Ipsos poll found 25 percent of people who think they had COVID-19 but never tested positive aren't interested in being vaccinated. Without knowing if a person actually had COVID-19, there's no way for health officials to accurately calculate ...

Brisbane and surrounding Australian cities will enter a lockdown late Tuesday after recording two new COVID-19 infections, the Associated Press reported. The Queensland state capital joins Sydney and Perth, which are already in lockdown. Sydney documented 19 new infections on Australia's east coast, while Perth reported two new cases on the west coast. Northern Australia's Darwin also recently reported two new infections. Despite Australia's success in limiting the COVID-19 ...

The United States on Monday will begin shipping its first doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine abroad as part of the Biden administration’s pledge to donate millions of vaccine doses to other countries, a White House official told CNN. The first of 2 million Pfizer vaccine doses will be shipped to Peru on Monday, the official said, as part of President Joe Biden’s initial commitment to share 80 million doses of the US’ vaccine supply with the wo...

A boat was found drifting about a mile off Grand Turk island with 20 dead people on board, including two children, authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands said Sunday. Officials said investigators had ruled out foul play but were still trying to determine what happened. The identities and origin of the dead were also under investigation. Fishermen spotted the small boat Thursday morning and alerted the marine branch of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, who towed the v...

 In August 2020, Russia became the first country in the world to register a Covid-19 vaccine. President Vladimir Putin announced the news on national television and said one of his daughters had already been vaccinated. At the time, Russia was set to race ahead of other countries in its efforts to vaccinate its population. Instead, 10 months after Sputnik V’s approval, Russia's vaccination rate is one of the lowest in countries where vaccines...

Japan’s vaccination drive has gone from a marathon to a sprint as the country rushes to protect as many of its 126 million people as possible from Covid-19 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Less than a month away from the lighting of the ceremonial torch, the Japanese government recently announced that it had hit the benchmark of vaccinating 1 million people in a single day. But hobbled by a slow rollout, a severe shortage of doctors and nurses, and by the fact that it must i...

The World Health Organization on Friday urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks, social distance and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe. “People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still need to protect themselves,” Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, said during a news briefing from ...

Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild Safeguard Defenders 110 Overseas 110 Overseas ：The last decade has witnessed the rapid spread of telecom and online fraud globally, which seriously infringes on people's legitimate rights and interests, becoming a prominent crime and a public hazard. To address this problem, the Chinese police have been committed to intensifying their efforts in the combat against and control of such crimes, and strengthening international law enforcement cooper...

Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild Safeguard Defenders 110 Overseas 110 Overseas ：The last decade has witnessed the rapid spread of telecom and online fraud globally, which seriously infringes on people's legitimate rights and interests, becoming a prominent crime and a public hazard. To address this problem, the Chinese police have been committed to intensifying their efforts in the combat against and control of such crimes, and strengthening international law enforcement cooper...

The search for any signs of life continued on Monday morning, four days after a condominium building partially collapsed in Florida with its residents asleep inside. Late Monday, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County said the death toll has risen to 11 after another body was discovered. She said another 150 people remain unaccounted for. No one has been pulled alive from the rubble since Thursday when the condominium crumbled in the middle of the night, but search teams...

The United States will begin shipping its first doses of the coronavirus vaccine to other countries on Monday. A White House official told CNN that the U.S. is shipping the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech to Peru. The first 2 million doses to be shipped abroad are part of the Biden administration's promise to send millions of vaccine doses to other countries in need of the vaccine. President Joe Biden committed to share 80 million doses of America'...

The Australian state of New South Wales has reported 30 new Covid cases on the second day of Greater Sydney's two-week lockdown. An expanded lockdown now covers 5m people in Greater Sydney, as well as the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong. Cases of the highly infectious Delta variant now stand at 110. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Sunday that she expected that figure to rise. "Given how contagious this strain of the virus is, we do anticipate that in t...

New satellite images show more clearly the damage caused by an Ethiopian missile strike on a market town in the northern region of Tigray. Conflicting accounts have been circulating in the days following the incident on 22 June. The Ethiopian government said it was targeting militants, but multiple sources have described heavy civilian casualties including women and children. We've used witness accounts, aerial images and official statements to build a detailed picture of what ha...

Crowds have flocked to Dhaka's ferry terminals for a second day to get out of the city before a strict national lockdown comes into force. For seven days from Thursday, no one in Bangladesh will be allowed to leave their homes unless in an emergency. As a result, people are fleeing the busy capital city for their homes in towns and villages. Covid cases in the country have surged, many linked to the Delta variant first identified in neighbouring India. The latest wave of the v...

The death toll has risen to nine after the collapse of an apartment block in Florida, authorities say. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said four of the recovered bodies had been identified, but more than 150 people remain unaccounted for. "Our top priority continues to be search and rescue and saving any lives that we can," she told reporters. Part of the building collapsed early in the morning on Thursday while many residents slept. The cause of the collapse remai...

Five people have been killed after a hot air balloon hit a power line in Albuquerque, New Mexico, early on Saturday morning. The basket the passengers were riding in detached from the balloon and crashed, according to the city's police department. Witnesses on Twitter described seeing the balloon fall to the ground in a completely deflated state. The incident cut off power to more than 13,000 people in the area. The balloon hit the power line just after 07:00 (13:00 GMT) on Sa...

Their mothers had contracted Covid-19 more than a month ago. The children had developed no symptoms of the disease. At the 1,000-bed Kasturba Hospital in Sevagram, the young patients, however, were found to have antibodies to Covid-19, indicating past infection. Now they were battling a rare, inflammatory and potentially life threatening condition called multi-system inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). This condition usually develops four to six weeks after children and teenagers have recovered...

 Federal officials said Wednesday they plan to strengthen cautions about a rare side effect of some COVID-19 vaccines — chest pain and heart inflammation, mostly among teenagers and young adults. But in an unusual joint statement, top U.S. government health officials, medical organizations, laboratory and hospital associations and others stressed the overriding benefit of the vaccines. “The facts are clear: this is an extremely rare side effect, and only an exceedingly ...