Indonesia's Mount Sinabung spewed a gigantic ash column three miles into the air and plunged local villages into darkness. Thick layers of ash covered areas up to 12 miles from the crater. "Currently Mount Sinabung is at Level III (Alert) Status," said Dr Devy Kamil Syahbana
Lebanon will observe an official period of mourning for three days after a massive explosion in the capital city of Beirut killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000. The whole city was shaken by the blast, which began with a fire at the
Buddy, a 7-year-old German shepherd from Staten Island, New York, was the first dog to test positive for the coronavirus in the United States. He died on July 11 after a three-month illness, according to National Geographic. It's unclear whether Buddy died from complications of the
United Nations News - The COVID-19 virus is likely not impacted by the changing seasons like other respiratory diseases, the UN health agency said on Tuesday, before urging much greater respect for physical distancing measures to stop it spreading. “The season does not seem to be
United Nations News - Governments everywhere should adopt a much more focused approach to stopping coronavirus transmission if they want to avoid having to impose sweeping lockdowns once again. That’s the message on Monday from the World Health Organization, (WHO), whose head of emergencies, Dr Mike
United Nations News - COVID-19 cases worldwide have surpassed 15 million, and nearly 620,000 deaths. On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged people everywhere to play a part in preventing further spread of the disease, warning that there will be no return to “the
A Russian university said that clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine on 38 paid volunteers have been completed successfully. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University launched clinical trials of the potential COVID-19 vaccine produced by Russia’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on June 18. "The research has been completed
Their parents nor caregivers did not apply for the twins' citizenship Once they get out of prison for separate sentences of "grievous bodily harm," London-born twins Darrell and Darren Roberts could end up getting deported to two Caribbean countries that they have never previously visited. In a
Scotland has announced its list of 57 countries exempt from mandatory two-week quarantine upon arrival into the country. The list is similar to UK’s Travel Corridor Exemption released earlier this week, minus Spain and Serbia. Travel industry leaders in the country asked the Scottish government to include Spain on that
But COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course A recent report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) revealed that the new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the Caribbean has decreased by 29 percent since 2010, while AIDS-related deaths have
