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IKOM, Nigeria—Lucy was contemplating closing early for the day when soldiers—believed to be from the Cameroon government’s notorious Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR)—stormed her shop in the northwestern Cameroon town of Bamenda at the end of August, dragged her outside, asked her to take off the shirt she was wearing, and forced her to sit on the bare ground for hours.“When I asked them what I had done wrong, one of them gave me a terrible slap and began to kick me all over my body,” Lucy, who sells foodstuffs close to a market in Bamenda... Читать дальше...

Experts disagree on whether it's a problem that children aren't part of COVID-19 vaccine trials. In any case, they will have to wait to be vaccinated.

Cheap and quick COVID testing at home is still not available even though the technology exists. But home tests should be ready before the end of 2020.

The coronavirus has exposed a secret underbelly of the travel business. Many travel agencies operate Ponzi-style deposit schemes.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A widely watched indicator of German business confidence has risen for a fifth month in a row as Europe's largest economy rebounds from the coronavirus shutdowns - but the index remains below its long term average and uncertainty is high with virus cases rising.

The United Arab Emirates recorded another spike in cases of the novel coronavirus with 1,002 new infections in just 24 hours, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday.This brings the total number

YANGON: Myanmar recorded close to 4,000 new Covid-19 cases, including more than 70 deaths, within a week, the country’s Health Ministry said on Thursday.

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There’d be no true crime genre without law enforcement sloppiness, laziness, and obstinance. While some murderous mysteries are confounding simply due to their highly particular circumstances, a large number of such stories prove open-ended puzzles because detectives failed to secure a crime scene, properly examine evidence, interview the correct suspects, chase down all relevant leads, or do some other bit of basic police work that would have provided the information needed to identify and apprehend the culprit. Читать дальше...

MANILA, Philippines—The PBA is officially back after the league received a provisional approval from Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases to go ahead with its season resumption in Clark, Pampanga. From the original schedule of October 9, the continuation of the Philippine Cup will now open on October 11 with more stringer testing protocols […]

Leila Khaled giving a speech during an event for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement in South Africa in 2015. | Photo by Ashraf Hendricks/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Zoom has canceled a webinar due to be held at San Francisco State University (SFSU) this Wednesday featuring Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who took part in two plane hijackings in 1969 and 1970. YouTube and Facebook also intervened to stop the talk, according to reports. Читать дальше...

Sports events can be held without vaccines, says IOC President Thomas Bach

Economic inequality in the United States is real and deeply damaging to the living standards of the vast majority of families.

The enigmatic portrait is set to smash a record that has stood for seven years.

President Zuzana Čaputová also noted that Slovakia supports the integration of Ukraine in the EU.

Sure, it's still wedged in the OS, but maybe you'd prefer something shiny and Chromier?

Republican Jeff Dotseth wants to unseat Democrat Mike Sundin to represent District 11A in the Minnesota House of Representatives this November, and he used Facebook to announce a get-out-the-vote event in Cloquet Wednesday evening. The topics of discussion to be tackled by keynote speakers—Dotseth himself ...

AS we head into autumn it’s time to get your tights and boots out, but we all know the frustration of laddering a pair the second you step out the house.  If you spend your mornings in winter frantically rooting around your drawers for an in-tact pair of tights, experts have revealed some top tips […]

Baku / 24.09.20 / Turan: On Friday, September 25, stable weather without precipitation will remain in Baku and Absheron. Faint fog is possible in the morning and evening.A moderate north-east wind will blow.The air temperature during the day will be + 26 + 28 degrees.In the regions of the country, precipitation will take place in a number of northern and western regions, with an east wind. The air temperature in low-lying areas will be + 24 + 29 during the day, ...

Apple TV+ premieres series by the director of “Homeland” that captivated Israelis this summer.

Both 2019-20 Women's FA Cup semi-finals will be broadcast live on BBC TV on 30 September and 1 October.

Bezos has been explicit for many years about what qualities he looks for in a new hire.