A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread to humans, Chinese researchers have reported. representative image | Photo Credit: Freepik A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv on February 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday after a flurry of phone calls with leaders of allied countries that Europe must do “much more” to bring about peace. After speaking to … Read more
Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. | Photo Credit: AP The Los Angeles district attorney said Friday he hasn’t yet made a decision on whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be resentenced in their 1996 conviction for the murder of their wealthy parents at their Beverly Hills home. The proposed resentencing for the brothers will be taken … Read more
North Korea’s defence ministry said “military provocations” by the United States and its allies were becoming more “pronounced” under the current Trump administration, according to state media. File photo of Kim Jong Un. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea’s defence ministry said on Saturday “military provocations” by the United States and its allies were becoming … Read more
People hold placards, as the USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers … Read more
Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, confers with attorney’s during a court hearing, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City … Read more
President Donald Trump speaks at the Governors Working Session in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its … Read more
Police officers work in the background of the memorial of the murdered jews of Europe, the scene where a person was stabbed in Berlin on February 21, 2025, next to an election poster of German Chancellor and Social Democratic Party (SPD) main candidate Olaf Scholz. | Photo Credit: AFP An assailant seriously injured a man … Read more
People drive past a billboard with a picture of the late Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah displayed on Beirut airport highway, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, thousands of supporters of the longtime leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group have flown into … Read more
An explosion at a Hawaii beachside resort injured seven people, including three in critical condition, and left a pile of debris in a popular tourist area of west Maui, according to police and video footage. Preliminary investigations suggested liquefied petroleum gas, which supplies barbecue grills in the resort’s common area, was involved in the explosion, … Read more