INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Hospitals in Indiana are still reeling from the recent spurt in new Delta Covid cases across the state. According to a report by the Indiana State Department of Health, 2,631 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals, as of September 12, rising over six-fold from some 400 recorded on a daily basis in […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A rocket carrying four tourists and no professional astronauts on board blasted off into Earth orbit on Wednesday, marking the first commercial manned flight in the 60 years of human spaceflight. SpaceX’s first private flight is entirely funded by 38-year-old entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, who is lead the crew that includes physician assistant […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths, even against the highly contagious Delta variant, according to new U.S. studies. Based on a study that monitored over 600,000 COVID-19 cases in 13 states from April to mid-July while the Delta variant surged, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed […]

GENEVA, Switzerland: Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, a member of Kuwait’s ruling family and former Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries secretary-general, was convicted by a Swiss criminal court on Friday of involvement in faking a Kuwaiti coup plot to gain an advantage over political rivals. Sheikh Ahmad, a power broker in international sports, who denies […]

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Ethel Kennedy, the widow of the late Robert F. Kennedy, said Sirhan Sirhan, who was convicted of killing her husband in Los Angeles, California in 1968, should not be released from prison. Her statement further divided the Kennedy family on whether Sirhan, 77, should be freed on parole. On Tuesday, […]

Brisbane, Queensland: On Saturday, Queensland, Australia’s third most populous state, said it could order a snap lockdown after recording several new COVID-19 cases. With a population of more than 5 million people, the state announced five new cases in the past 24 hours, after a family in the state capital, Brisbane, tested positive, adding that […]

NEW YORK CITY, New York: The United States and China were encouraged to leave aside their differences to help maintain cooperation in combating climate change by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, ahead of the UN COP26 climate change conference next month. The relationship between the two largest economies in the world is currently at its […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: At the start of its new session on 4th October, the Supreme Court will again hear in-person oral arguments, for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. When its building was closed to the public in March 2020, the justices heard oral arguments via teleconferencing for the first time in […]

RALEIGH, North Carolina: A North Carolina judge has given state legislators until the middle of October to carry out a plan directed by the courts to offer funds to boost public education, and in the event of non-compliance vowed to personally administer the plan. Superior Court Judge David Lee admitted feeling “very disheartened” about the […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanon’s new government said Thursday it will provide U.S. dollar payments to hundreds of thousands of poor families, beginning in October. Payments will be delivered to 500,000 families, with each member receiving $20 per person up to six people, according to Minister of Tourism and Social Affairs Ramzi Moucharafieh. The average payment per […]