CAIRO – Iran’s health ministry said Saturday that 123 people had died of coronavirus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 1,556, with more than 20,000 people infected. The ministry stressed that the death toll for the day had dropped from 149 a day earlier. Some Iranian opposition sources, however, […]
WASHINGTON – Native Americans in tribes across the United States are coming together to help safeguard their families and communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. They say they face worrying shortages of medical supplies, though, particularly coronavirus test kits. The Indian Health Service, an arm of the U.S. Health and Human Services […]
The mayor’s comments come as Gov. Cuomo says peak of infectious outbreak could still be 45 days away. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday afternoon that city residents should be prepared for a “shelter in place” order with the next 48 hours to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, a dramatic escalation […]
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden swept to a convincing win in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primaries in Florida, Illinois and Arizona over Senator Bernie Sanders. With nearly all of the vote counted in Florida, the southeastern state that is the adopted home of Republican President Donald Trump, Biden was beating Sanders of Vermont 62% […]