Ecuador’s president declares 60-day state of emergency over rising crime
By Alexandra Valencia
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso late on Monday declared a state of emergency in the (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)World
Haiti gang seeks $1 million per person for kidnapped missionaries
(Reuters) -A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million — or (More…)
Older people in Moscow told to stay home for four months amid COVID surge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Moscow city government on Tuesday ordered elderly people to stay home for four months and told (More…)
Latvia announces four weeks of lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike
RIGA (Reuters) -Latvia announced a COVID-19 lockdown from Oct. 21 until Nov. 15 to try to slow a spike in (More…)
Ethiopian families fleeing fighting describe hunger, rape in Amhara
By Giulia Paravicini, Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick
DESSIE, Ethiopia (Reuters) – The pictures on her phone are all that (More…)
Hundreds protest in Bangladesh over religious violence
DHAKA (Reuters) – Hundreds of people protested in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Monday calling for an end to religious violence (More…)
FBI involved in effort to recover U.S. missionaries kidnapped in Haiti – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI will assist in the investigation and efforts to locate and free a group of U.S. Christian (More…)
Haitians strike to protest kidnappings; pressure grows to free missionaries
By Gessika Thomas
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitians on Monday joined a nationwide general strike to protest a growing wave of (More…)
More than 20 dead after floods hit southern India
By Jose Devasia
KOCHI, India (Reuters) – Leaders in the southern Indian state of Kerala opened near-overflowing dams on Monday (More…)
Statins may slightly lower COVID-19 death risk; using a different vaccine as booster may offer more protection
By Nancy Lapid
(Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that (More…)
