[ad_1] By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) – At the Kanyinya COVID-19 treatment facility a short distance from Rwanda’s capital Kigali, Akazuba, Ikizere and Ngabo report for duty, but these are no ordinary health care workers. In a bid to minimize contact between patients infected with the coronavirus and doctors and nurses, the country has deployed
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[ad_1] PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters broke into the police headquarters in Portland, Oregon, Friday night and authorities said they lit a fire inside as a rally over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis turned violent. Portland police said at least one shooting was tied to the protest, although details weren’t immediately released. A
[ad_1] By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than 400 people were demonstrating on the Las Vegas Strip Friday afternoon calling for policing reforms following the death this week of a black man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer. The crowd gathered in triple-digit-heat in front of the dormant fountains of
[ad_1] SEATTLE (AP) — Dozens of people gathered in downtown Seattle Friday night to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody and some black-clad anarchists smashed up a storefront window. The rally started in the city’s International District, and then moved north to downtown. Protesters chanted :” I can’t breathe” and “Black
[ad_1] The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. — Two United Nations peacekeepers serving in Mali have died of COVID-19. — New Orleans likely to reopen
[ad_1] By CUNEYT DIL, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters in November will decide whether to increase property taxes on commercial and industrial land to raise up to an estimated $12 billion annually for public schools and city halls across the state. The ballot measure contest will pit big city mayors and pro-labor
[ad_1] By STEVE LeBLANC and MARK PRATT, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The state’s professional sports teams will soon be able to begin practicing again and diners could also begin enjoying outdoor eating at local restaurants, Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday. Baker said he plans to announce an executive order on Monday that will give
[ad_1] BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A third defendant has been sentenced to prison in the kidnapping and beating death of a man at a Burlington apartment complex. Stanley Baldwin, 50, was sentenced this week in a written order to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to willful injury, the Hawk Eye
[ad_1] SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Five weeks after the International Monetary Fund gave Bosnia $370.46 million in emergency aid to help combat the coronavirus crisis, the funds have still not been disbursed due to a disagreement between its rival ethnic leaders, officials said. Even though the lender had doubled the original amount, the leaders have not
[ad_1] JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Coronavirus infection rates have risen in Israel, particularly in schools, since the government began easing restrictions and it may reimpose them if the trend continues, the health ministry said on Friday. The number of positive tests rose to 101 on Friday from four last Saturday and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will
[ad_1] The economy may have hit rock bottom and is poised for a slow recovery from the effects of the coronavirus, says Gene Goldman, chief investment officer for Los Angeles-based Cetera Financial Group. Goldman says the current economic crisis, which has seen more than 40 million people file unemployment and gross domestic product decline precipitously,
[ad_1] By DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricanes. Earthquakes. COVID-19. Caribbean islands have rarely been so vulnerable as an unusually active hurricane season threatens a region still recovering from recent storms as it fights a worsening drought and a pandemic that has drained budgets and muddled preparations. “It is crazy,”
[ad_1] DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A Tanzanian court ruled on Friday that an opposition leader was guilty of sedition and incitement on accusations that he falsely said some 100 people were killed in clashes between herders and police in his home region in 2018. The court however set Zitto Kabwe, the head of ACT
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was informed in advance by the company’s staff of a decision to tag a tweet by President Donald Trump as “glorifying violence”, a spokeswoman for the company said. “The decision was made jointly by teams within Twitter, and our CEO Jack Dorsey was informed of the plan before
[ad_1] By TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station Thursday that the department was forced to abandon as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man
[ad_1] By ANDREW TAYLOR, JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has taken the unusual step of deciding not to release an updated economic forecast as planned this year, a fresh sign of the administration’s anxiety about how the coronavirus has ravaged the nation just months before the election.