BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in practically every state, despite assurances from President Donald Trump over the weekend that “we’re rounding the turn, we’re doing great.” With Election Day just over a week away, average deaths per day across the country are up 10% over the past two weeks, from 721 to nearly 794 as of Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Newly confirmed infections per day are rising in 47 states, and deaths are…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 70,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. The smoky fire exploded in size to over 6 square miles (16 square kilometers) within a few hours of breaking out around dawn in Orange County, south of Los Angeles. Strong gusts pushed flames along brushy ridges in Silverado Canyon and near houses in the sprawling city of Irvine, home to about 280,000 residents.…
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — The Dominica government will table legislation allowing for persons over the age of 18 to be in possession of 28 grams of marijuana as it moves towards the decriminalisation of the drug for medicinal and other purposes in the future. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking on his weekly television programme on Sunday night, said that the amendment to the existing legislation will be debated when the Parliament meets later on Monday to discuss a number of matters. “We are going to Parliament to have an amendment to the Act and to allow people to be able…
MANILA, Philippines — A fast-moving typhoon blew away from the Philippines on Monday after leaving at least 13 people missing, forcing thousands of villagers to flee to safety and flooding rural villages, disaster-response officials said. The 13 people missing from Typhoon Molave included a dozen fishermen who ventured out to sea over the weekend despite a no-sail restriction due to very rough seas. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The typhoon was blowing west toward the South China Sea with sustained winds of 125 kilometers (77 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 150 kph (93 mph). It…
Coronavirus cases in Guyana now stand at 4,023 with the confirmation of 29 new cases on Sunday. Data from the Ministry of Health shows that one new case was recorded in Region One, three in Region Two, 17 in Region Four, two in Region Seven, three in Region Eight, and one in Region Ten. Of the confirmed infections, only 904 are active. The Government of Guyana has so far tested 18,417 people for coronavirus. Source: Loop Caribbean
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China tightened the rules on a number of US media outlets on Monday, in a move it said was “necessary and reciprocal” after Chinese journalists in America were hit with restrictions last week. The world’s two largest economies, sparring over issues from trade and technology to human rights, have restricted visas for each other’s reporters, while China has expelled journalists. After the US declared several more Chinese media outlets to be “foreign missions”, Beijing late Monday demanded that six US media groups report to the government about their staffing, finances and real estate. They included the…
As a consequence of steady emigration, especially beginning in the 1970s, only about half of Guyanese now live within the borders of Guyana, with the remainder scattered in diaspora communities across the globe. This is according to an analysis of the Guyanese diaspora done by the Washington based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The analysis found that Guyana’s emigration rate is one of the highest in the world, numbering about 30,000 annually, a sizable portion for a country with a total population that has never reached one million. A report on the analysis published recently explains that since…
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is becoming increasingly less tolerant of criticisms that his near twenty-year administration has done nothing for the development of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The man who is the longest serving Prime Minister in the history of the country has taken a fondness of using a glass analogy to demonstrate what he claims is a deliberate manipulation of his party’s record of achievement. He has surmised that he came and met the glass empty in 2001, filled it up with water [projects, policies and programs], has taken it above the three-quarters mark but the opposition…
If one former ganja farmer had his way, everyone in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and across the world will be waking up with a ‘Chatoyer spliff’ singing the lyrics of Jamaican artiste ‘Culture’ song: The International Herb. Boasting that the New Democratic Party will create “jobs, jobs and more jobs” for the people of North Leeward and the country, North Leeward MP Roland ‘Patel’ Matthews has called on the electorate to support his party’s quest for political power in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On the eve of the 41st Anniversary of Independence which will culminate with a watershed…
(BBC) Nigeria’s chief of police has ordered the immediate mobilisation of all police resources to put an end to days of street violence and looting. Mohammed Adamu said criminals had hijacked anti-police brutality protests and taken over public spaces. He said this was no longer acceptable. Police officers said they had been ordered to end the “violence, killings, looting and destruction of property”. Protests calling for an end to police brutality began on 7 October. The demonstrations, dominated by young people, started with calls for a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars), to be disbanded. President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved…