Conavirus infection rates in the United States are significantly higher among children of minority race and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, according to a new study. The study examined 1,000 child patients tested between March 21 and April 28 in Washington DC. Only 7.3% of White children tested positive for…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Anthony Levandowski was dismissed by Uber An ex-engineer for Google’s self-driving car unit has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for trade secret theft shortly before he joined Uber. US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Anthony Levandowski had carried out the…
As talks drag on, McConnell signals openness to jobless aid extension that Republicans have opposed. Negotiators on Capitol Hill reported little progress on Tuesday toward reaching an agreement over an economic recovery package, but the top Senate Republican signaled that he might be willing to reverse course and accept the…
New York City’s health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, resigned on Tuesday in protest over her “deep disappointment” with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent efforts to keep the outbreak in check. Her departure came after escalating tensions between City Hall and top Health Department officials,…
A massive explosion has rocked central Beirut, shattering windows, knocking down doors and shaking buildings several hundred feet away. The source of the blast, which appeared to occur around the Lebanese capital’s port, is currently unclear. Cars were left strewn across the surrounding highway. Witnesses told LBC television that at…
Rabat – A fire broke out on Monday in a candy factory located in the Beausejour district, central Casablanca. The fire has caused significant material damage, but there were no human casualties. The production unit belongs to the Pastor Macao company—a 72-year-old leading chocolate and candy manufacturer in Morocco. Casablanca’s…
Image copyright EPA Image caption More than 1,500 police are patrolling the streets of Melbourne to enforce the lockdown Authorities in the virus-stricken city of Melbourne have warned of a “dangerous” rise in people resisting lockdown measures, sometimes violently. Police said this trend included so-called “sovereign citizens” being combative with…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Juan Carlos is under investigation in Spain, as well as in Switzerland Spain’s former King Juan Carlos has decided to leave the country, the royal palace says, weeks after he was linked to an inquiry into alleged corruption. Juan Carlos, 82, made the announcement…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Waves and wind as the storm brushed by Florida Coastal communities in the Carolinas are bracing for Hurricane Isaias, which is heading for the US eastern seaboard. The National Hurricane Center predicts it will hit between north-eastern South Carolina and southern North Carolina sometime…
Image copyright Tope Adenola/Ndidi Nwuneli/MOE+ Entrepreneurs in oil-rich Nigeria are finding it difficult to weather the economic fallout of the deadly coronavirus pandemic and a plummeting currency. Amid the lockdown a dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia sent the price of the fossil fuel tumbling, dragging down the value of…
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