Small island just off mainland China is home to almost 24 million people, but they'd been bracing for a crisis like COVID-19 for 17 years. ( read original story ...)
Flights to Cyprus to Resume From Select Countries Starting June 9
Cyprus anticipates losing 70 percent of its predicted tourism-driven revenues this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, so to jump-start the industry, the government is allowing people to visit from ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia’s latest coronavirus news: new cases up but causes unclear
Georgia rapidly ramped up the number of tests administered statewide, which means that a jump in detected cases could reflect an improved testing system a ... ( read original story ...)
Virus review: Dangerous blood clots pose perplexing threat; Georgia governor offers to host RNC
Blood clots that can cause strokes, heart attacks and dangerous blockages in the legs and lungs are increasingly being found in COVID-19 patients. ( read original story ...)
As Georgia reopens, is it creating a model for America?
Georgia’s rapid reopening one month ago had many officials predicting a new spike in cases. So far that hasn’t happened. ( read original story ...)
Georgia woman, brother OK after turtle strikes car window
A Georgia woman and her brother were not seriously hurt after a turtle launched through the air and became lodged into the windshield of a car they were in ... ( read original story ...)
GOP senators suggest Georgia staffers work same hours for less pay
Georgia Senate Republican budget-writers raised the possibility that instead of furloughing state employees to meet planned spending cuts they might require staffers to work the same number of hours ... ( read original story ...)
Diaspora Affairs minister: Israel to support Jews abroad hit by COVID-19
New Diaspora Affairs Minister MK Omer Yankelevich pledged the “unconditional commitment” of the State of Israel to Jewish communities in the Diaspora, and said that both Israelis and Diaspora Jews ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan Henderson says Liverpool title win in empty stadium would be strange
Jordan Henderson said winning the Premier League without fans there to celebrate is something the players will ‘just have to deal with’ ... ( read original story ...)
Michael Jordan recording: ‘I won’t play if Isiah Thomas is on’ 1992 Dream Team
Author Jack McCallum, in an episode of “The Dream Team Tapes” podcast series, said Michael Jordan brought up Isiah Thomas himself in a 2011 interview. ( read original story ...)