TikTok Tops As Most Downloaded App Of 2020
August 11, 2021 TikTok was the world’s most downloaded app last year, overtaking Facebook and its messaging platforms, market tracker App Annie said Tuesday. The Chinese-owned video app surged in…
Cholera outbreak kills 12 people in Niger, health minister says
Aug 9, 2021 A cholera outbreak in southern Niger has killed 12 people and infected 201 others across three regions, with heavy rains helping to further spread the disease, the…
World leaders, others react to climate science report as UN says human influence “unequivocally” to blame for warming the planet
Aug 9, 2021 Eight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker warnings about how human-induced climate…
U.N. condemns Zimbabwe’s child marriages as girl dies after giving birth
Aug 8, 2021 The United Nations has condemned the practise of child marriage in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl after she gave birth at a church shrine,…
Guinea records probable case of Ebola-like Marburg virus
Aug 7, 2021 A probable case of Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, has been detected in Guinea, the health ministry said on Friday. Two laboratories in…
CNN fires 3 employees for working at headquarters without vaccination
August 6, 2021 All three have been terminated. Let me be clear — we have a zero-tolerance policy on this. You need to be vaccinated to come to the office….
Moderna says its COVID-19 shot 93% effective six months after second dose
Aug 5, 2021 Moderna Inc said on Thursday its COVID-19 shot was about 93% effective through six months after the second dose, showing hardly any change from the 94% efficacy…
COVID-19 infections rise for 4 consecutive weeks globally- WHO
Aug. 5, 2021 COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in the past week alone, the World Health…
Fauci warns ‘things are going to get worse’ with COVID
August 2, 2021 As the US grapples with a surge in the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that lockdowns the country saw last year are…
Tokyo daily Covid-19 infections hit record high of over 4000
July 31, 2021 Newly reported Covid-19 cases in Olympic host city Tokyo surged to a record high of 4,058 on Saturday, the metropolitan government said, exceeding 4,000 for the first…