Giorno: 7 Agosto 2021

Last month was worst July for global wildfires since 2003: report

Post Content Researchers report that last month was the worst July for wildfires around the world since at least the year 2003. According to The Guardian, scientists from the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service found that the fires released 343 megatonnes of carbon during the month – a measure that’s approximately a fifth higher […]

Israel’s exhausted hospitals fear wave of serious COVID cases

Read More The steep rise in the number of coronavirus patients in serious condition has revived the debate on overcrowding in hospitals, and most of all the fear that plagued Israel even before the delta variant: the hospitals’ so-called insufficiency to provide adequate treatment to some patients. If forecasts of about 1,000 patients in serious […]

Israel isn’t coming through on its pledge to help risk groups beat the heat

Read More Three and a half years ago a government report said longer and more-intense heat waves “appear to be our country’s most problematic issue,” but the ministry tasked with tackling the problem has come up short, sources say. As a result, many of the poor, ill and elderly are suffering because of the failure […]

Thai Anti-Govt Protesters Clash With Police in Bangkok

Read More Demonstrators react to tear gas during a clash with police at a protest against what they call the government’s failure in handling the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 7, 2021. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters) BANGKOK—More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters clashed with police on Saturday, as they demonstrated against the […]

Wuhan in Panic Mode: China Admits Residents Hoarding Food, Hiding amid Virus Surge

Conditions in the Chinese coronavirus origin city of Wuhan have so deteriorated that state propaganda outlet the Global Times could not mask Wednesday the “bombshell” damage of the current outbreak, reporting empty streets, residents hoarding food, and citywide lockdown measures. China is currently experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide. Beijing reported its first confirmed […]

Former Staffer Files Criminal Complaint Against N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Aug. 6 (UPI) — A former staffer for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has accused the governor of groping her, filed a criminal complaint with the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. The staffer, identified as “Executive Assistant #1” in a report by New York Attorney General Letitia James, filed the complaint Thursday, NBC News, Bloomberg […]

Coronavirus: Beijing Cancels All Large-Scale Events in August

Beijing’s government has canceled all large-scale events and exhibitions in the city for the rest of August in an effort to contain the city’s latest outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus, the state-run China Daily reported Thursday. “The Chinese capital Beijing has decided to cancel large-scale exhibitions and events scheduled this month, after three locally-transmitted COVID-19 […]