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  • Early on Sunday morning local time, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
  • US president Trump said he believes Iran is to blame for the attack on the school of Iranian girls.
  • As the conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, dozens more people have died in Lebanon as a result with major Israeli air and ground operations.
  • On Saturday, Trump visited an air base in Delaware for honorable transfer of six US service members who had been killed in the fighting.
  • After a week of strikes, Israel and the United States had almost complete control of the skies over Tehran, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared on Saturday that Israel would continue its fight with Iran "with all our force."

Tag: coronavirus (nCoV)

March 31, 2020

American Stories

As the coronavirus cases increase daily the world over, movies about viruses spreading and threatening global communities are going viral on streaming services…COVID – LA Food Bank — With tens of millions of Americans restricted to their homes by the coronavirus, charities that give food to the poor are struggling to meet increased demand from people out of work

Healthcare Advocates, Businesses Worried As Zimbabwe...

Speaking via WhatsApp, Fortune Nyamande, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights, welcomed the lockdown. However, he said the lockdown needs to supplemented by increased efforts to detect COVID-19 cases

Colombian Militias Are Operating Out of...

Colombian paramilitary forces have found a new safe haven to conduct their illegal activities, the western border states of Venezuela~VOA NEWS

NY Restaurateur Feeding Hospital Workers on...

In New York City, where there are nearly 18-thousand confirmed cases of Covid19, doctors and nurses are on the frontline of the pandemic. One restaurateur there has figured out a way to help by raising money to deliver meals to area hospitals. Aaron Fedor reports for VOA from New York City~VOA NEWS

Spain Coronavirus Cases Surge; Nigeria Locks...

Hospitals in New York City are set to get some relief with Monday’s arrival of the Navy’s USNS Comfort hospital ship, which will clear space for coronavirus patients by taking those in need of care for conditions other than the virus.  Its sister ship, the USNS Mercy, began taking patients Sunday at the port of Long Beach, outside Los Angeles

News At A Glance

Malians voted Sunday in a long-delayed parliamentary election and other stories around African Continent….S. President Trump says social distancing will need to continue through April and other stories around United States

March 30, 2020

Moscow Coronavirus Lockdown Takes Effect

There were still some vehicles and pedestrians on the streets of Moscow after a lockdown came into effect on March 30 to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The city’s 12 million residents are only allowed to leave their homes to buy food or medicines, get urgent medical treatment, walk the dog, or take out the trash

Hundreds Risk Lives to Buy Mealie...

Hundreds of Chinhoyi residents ignored calls to keep a safe distance from each other to stop the spread of the coronavirus, as they lined up outside N. Richards Wholesalers to buy mealie meal ahead of a 21-day lockdown, starting Monday, announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa

March 29, 2020

COVID-19 PSA Prevention

Wash your hands with soap and water, before you eat, after using the toilet, after touching anything many other people touch, like a seat on a public bus, scrub thoroughly for 20 seconds, if you cannot wash your hands and use a hand sanitizer

Coronavirus Patients Share Their Trials and...

Much has been written of the warning signs, symptoms and dangers of COVID-19. But what is it like to live through an active infection? Three sufferers agreed to share their stories, day-by-day medical conditions, thoughts and observations with VOA chronicling life with the coronavirus

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