313,000 COVID-19 tests done in U.S., 41,000 tested positive

As part of the combat the spread of coronavirus, 313,000 coronavirus tests have been completed in the U.S, and personal protective equipment for medical professionals is being shipped to “hotspots” around the country. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday that 313,000 coronavirus tests have been completed in the United States, and more than […]

5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia | Watch Video

A 15-year-old was reported to be in critical condition and 16 others were injured, authorities said. The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the earthquake measured 5.3 and struck a wide area north of the capital, Zagreb, at 6:23 a.m. (0523 GMT) Sunday. The epicenter was seven kilometers (four miles) north of Zagreb at a depth […]

Coronavirus: Iran, Spain announce 532 deaths in 24 hours

Iran on Sunday announced 129 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, raising to 1,685 the official death toll in one of the worst-hit countries along with Italy and China. Health ministry spokesman Kianouche Jahanpour said more than 1,028 new cases had been recorded in the past 24 hours and a total of 21,638 people […]

Coronavirus Kills 475 People In Italy Within 24 Hours

About four hundred and seventy five people are dead in Italy within twenty four hours, making it the world’s worst affected country after China. BBC noted that there are a total of 35,713 confirmed cases in the country, with more than 4,000 having successfully recovered. Lombardy, the worst-hit region, recorded 319 deaths in one day. […]

Coronavirus kills Iranian MP one week after he was elected

A member of Iranian parliament, Mohammad Ali Dastak has been confirmed dead days after he was hospitalized for the flu-like virus. Dastak who was elected as the representative for Astana Ashrafieh last week, was among five Iranian MPs who tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus. ISNA reported that the MP died on Saturday morning after being “hospitalised […]

Google removes ‘spying’ app ToTok from android play store again

Google has removed the chat app ToTok, which is allegedly an espionage tool for the United Arab Emirates, from the Play Store for a second time. The app was previously pulled from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store in December, shortly before The New York Times published a report about it. Google quietly […]

Deaths In China From Coronavirus Reach 811, Surpassing Death Toll From SARS Epidemic

The coronavirus death toll in China has risen to 811, surpassing the death toll from the SARS epidemic of 2002-3, according to official data released early Sunday. The number of confirmed infections rose to 37,198, according to China’s National Health Commission. Eighty-nine deaths and 2,656 new cases were recorded in the preceding 24 hours, most […]

Donald Trump Survives Impeachment Scare As Republican Senate Clears Him Of Wrongdoing

Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts has read the final votes on both articles of impeachment and declared Trump to be acquitted. Roberts said, “The Senate having tried Donald John Trump, President of the United States, upon two Articles of Impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, and two-thirds of the Senators present […]