The updated data from the Georgia Department of Public Health shows at least 25,274 people have been infected and 1,052 have died of the novel virus since the outbreak began. Those figures, released ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia island prepares for 10,000 to flood its beaches after state reopens | Charlotte Observer
Tybee Island has been especially alluring to locals and out-of-towners itching to to head outdoors after riding out a weeks-long lockdown. The city’s decision to close its beaches was effectively ... ( read original story ...)
India green-lights UAE, Kuwait request for ex-military doctors, nurses
India will also send two military rapid response teams comprising army doctors, nurses and paramedics to Mauritius and Comoros to help them cope with the crisis ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Add To Its Winnings On Thursday
The Singapore stock market has moved higher in three straight trading days, rising more than 55 points or 2.2 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 2,575-point ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan in talks to restructure $1.8bln in debt to China
Import Bank of China to restructure its debt, Deputy Prime Minister Erkin Asrandiyev said on Wednesday. The Central Asian nation, which owes the Eximbank $1.8 billion, said last month it would seek ... ( read original story ...)
In the coronavirus pandemic, Israel is a model – opinion
Will Israelis be able to conduct semi-normal activities while maintaining safe distances? If Israelis can do it, the world is thinking, we can do it, too. ( read original story ...)
Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas Don’t Need to Apologize
Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan in the early ’90s was particularly heated. Thomas’s “Bad Boys” Pistons beat the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals in ’88, ’89, and ’90, winning NBA titles the last ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan Lifts Driving Ban as It Eyes Normality After Tight Lockdown
Jordanians took to the streets after a ban was lifted on driving and many businesses reopened in a rapid return to normality after the authorities relaxed a tough forty-day curfew to stem the spread ... ( read original story ...)
WHO Changes to U.N. Syria Memo Risk Stoking Trump-Fueled Criticism
Aid groups working with the United Nations want the Security Council to urgently allow an Iraq border crossing into Syria to be used again for deliveries to help combat the coronavirus pandemic, ... ( read original story ...)
As Fighting Surges, Yemen Is Hit With 1st Cluster of Covid-19 Infections
A handful of coronavirus cases in Aden appeared to confirm fears that the virus has been spreading, stoking concerns of an outbreak that could quickly overwhelm Yemen’s devastated health system. ( read original story ...)