Feb 27 Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The decision showed the growing worry across the Mideast about the virus as Iran confirmed that infected cases in the country spiked by over 100, to 254 now. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Deadly shooting at Molson Coors in Milwaukee In our news wrap Wednesday, a shooter attacked at a Molson Coors facility in Milwaukee where 600 people work. The city's mayor said multiple people were killed. Also, a federal appeals court in New York ruled the Trump administration can… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 6:35 Chinese activists confront censorship, violence to expose truth about outbreak By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran The spread of novel coronavirus in China has stabilized, but a battle between the country’s people and its government over information continues. In fact, several Chinese activists who raised alarm over the outbreak and the official response to it are… Continue watching
Feb 26 The search for Mexico’s drug war victims, distilled into sound art By Joshua Barajas What does it sound like to look for a lost loved one? This art installation doesn’t look away from the horror and pain of that reality. Continue reading
Feb 26 Virus adds to fears for targets of Muslim crackdown in China By Associated Press Members of the Uighur Human Rights Project say they also fear the virus could have devastating effects in detention camps where more than a million people are held in cramped and unsanitary conditions. Continue reading
Feb 26 How to help those in need in Venezuela By Marcia Biggs Several organizations are doing work in the country to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis. Continue reading
Feb 26 Death toll rises to 24 from Delhi riots during Trump India trip By Sheikh Saaliq, Emily Schmall, Associated Press The clashes are between Hindu mobs and Muslims protesting a new citizenship law that fast-tracks naturalization for foreign-born religious minorities excluding Muslims. Continue reading
Feb 26 An increasingly isolated Iran tries to control virus crisis By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press President Hassan Rouhani said there were no immediate plans to quarantine cities, but he acknowledged it may take “one, two or three weeks” to get control of the virus in Iran. Continue reading
Feb 26 Death toll rises to 22 from New Delhi protests over new citizenship law By Sheikh Saaliq, Emily Schmall, Associated Press The dead included a policeman and an intelligence bureau officer, and the government has banned public assembly in the affected areas. Continue reading
Feb 25 U.S. soldier in South Korea tests positive for novel coronavirus By Associated Press A U.S. military statement said the 23-year-old soldier who tested positive was in self quarantine at his off-base residence. He had been based in Camp Caroll in a town near Daegu. Continue reading