Sep 14 Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Toots Hibbert is one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement. Continue reading
Sep 14 Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny able to leave his bed By Geir Moulson, Associated Press Germany announced that French and Swedish labs have confirmed its findings that Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. Continue reading
Sep 14 Italy’s initial virus hotspot back to school after 7 months By Associated Press Schools throughout the country struggled to identify new classroom spaces, for instance in church oratory buildings, and construct outside learning spaces. Continue reading
Sep 14 TikTok owner picks Oracle over Microsoft as U.S. tech partner By Associated Press Much remains unclear about the proposed deal with Oracle, including whether it will only cover TikTok's U.S. business, and, if so, how it will be split from the rest of TikTok's social media platform. Continue reading
Sep 13 Israel to set new nationwide lockdown as virus cases surge By Tia Goldenberg, Aron Heller, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, with schools and parts of the economy expected to shut down in a bid to bring down infection… Continue reading
Sep 13 Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves By Associated Press India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million. The Health Ministry on Sunday also reported 1,114 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 78,586. Continue reading
Sep 13 Belarus protests enter 6th week, still demand leader resign By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Many in the crowd, which the human rights group Viasna estimated as numbering more than 150,000, carried placards critical of Russia, reflecting concerns about President Alexander Lukashenko’s planned meeting on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading
Sep 12 Thousands march in Mauritius to protest disastrous oil spill By Cara Anna, Associated Press Thousands of people protested in Mauritius again Saturday over the government’s handling of an offshore oil spill that has become the Indian Ocean island nation’s worst environmental disaster in years. Continue reading
Sep 12 10,000 women march to demand that Belarus president resign By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press About 10,000 women marched noisily through the Belarusian capital on Saturday, beating pots and pans and shouting for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president in the 35th consecutive day of large anti-government protests. Continue reading
Sep 12 Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of war By Kathy Gannon, Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Afghanistan’s warring sides started negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government Saturday for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war. Continue reading