Pelosi to discuss worker, patient safety in next coronavirus response bill on Monday
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold a news conference call at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday to discuss the planned fourth...
Egypt’s Sisi tells authorities to boost strategic food reserves
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has told the relevant authorities to boost strategic reserves of staple goods, a presidency spokesman said on Monday, as global...
Hungary’s PM secures open-ended emergency powers to fight coronavirus
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday secured the right to rule by decree after his Fidesz party passed a law in parliament granting him...
Zimbabwe locks down to fight coronavirus amid economic crisis
Zimbabwe began a 21-day nationwide lockdown on Monday, following South Africa in implementing some of the world’s toughest anti-coronavirus measures likely to hurt an economy...
On Oklahoma plains, an island of near normality in a pandemic
On red cobbled Main Street in Guymon, the biggest town in Oklahoma’s panhandle, Jesus Ruiz gives “high and tight” hair cuts as a red, white...
Colombia’s ELN guerrillas declare unilateral cease-fire amid coronavirus
The National Liberation Army (ELN), the largest active guerrilla group in Colombia, will observe a unilateral cease-fire for one month from April 1 in an...
British authorities suspend Saunders’ boxing license
WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders had his license suspended by Britain’s boxing authorities on Monday after a social media post in which he...
Dates in summer 2022 being sought for 2021 world championships
Athletics’ world championships have been postponed until the summer of 2022 and the global governing body is seeking new dates for the event in Eugene,...
J&J, U.S. government plan one billion doses of coronavirus vaccine
Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it made a $1 billion deal with the U.S. government to create enough manufacturing capacity for more than 1...
Spread of coronavirus accelerates in U.S. jails and prisons
Sean Hernandez says he covers his mouth and nose with a t-shirt or towel when he leaves his cell, the only defense he can improvise...
