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China's Inner Mongolia region reports bubonic plague case

/ from 9 hours ago

BEIJING -- While China appears to have reduced coronavirus cases to near zero, other infectious threats remain, with local health authorities announcing a suspected bubonic plague case in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.Authorities in the Bayannur district raised the plague warning on Sunday, ordered residents not to hunt wild animals ...

Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge

/ from 11 hours ago

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian authorities were preparing to close the border between the country's two largest states, as the country's second-largest city, Melbourne, recorded two deaths and its highest-ever daily increase in infections on Monday.The border between the states of New South Wales — home to Sydney — and Victoria ...

Africa's locust outbreak is far from over

/ from 15 hours ago

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The crunch of young locusts comes with nearly every step. The worst outbreak of the voracious insects in Kenya in 70 years is far from over, and their newest generation is now finding its wings for proper flight.The livelihoods of millions of already vulnerable people in East ...

‘Justice League’ actor: Director Whedon was ‘abusive’

/ from July 3, 2020

ACTOR Ray Fisher says director Joss Whedon’s behavior was “abusive” on the set of the 2017 film “Justice League.”“Joss Whedon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable,” Fisher, who played the young superhero Cyborg in the DC Comics film, tweeted ...

Judge rejects tabloid’s bid to throw out Depp libel suit

/ from July 3, 2020

A BRITISH judge on Thursday rejected an attempt by tabloid newspaper The Sun to quash a libel suit from actor Johnny Depp over an article claiming he abused ex-wife Amber Heard.Judge Andrew Nicol said “in my view it would not be just to strike out the claim.”The ruling means the ...

Study: World's pile of electronic waste grows ever higher

/ from July 3, 2020

BERLIN -- The world's mountain of discarded flat-screen TVs, cellphones and other electronic goods grew to a record high last year, according to an annual report released Thursday.The UN-backed study estimated the amount of e-waste that piled up globally in 2019 at 53.6 million metric tonnes (59.1 million tons) -- ...

Fish more vulnerable to warming water than first thought

/ from July 3, 2020

GLOBAL warming looks like it will be a bigger problem for the world’s fish species than scientists first thought: A new study shows that when fish are spawning or are embryos, they are more vulnerable to hotter water.With medium-level human-caused climate change expected by the end of the century, the ...

Landslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 162 people

/ from July 3, 2020

HPAKANT, Myanmar -- At least 162 people were killed Thursday, July 2, in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such sites in recent years that critics blame on the government's failure to take action against unsafe conditions.The Myanmar ...

India's virus cases surpass 600,000, curve rises

/ from July 3, 2020

NEW DELHI -- India's number of coronavirus cases passed 600,000 on Thursday, July 2, with the nation's infection curve rising and its testing capacity being increased.The 19,148 new cases reported in the past 24 hours raised the national total to 604,641, with nearly 100,000 of them in the past four ...

Wirecard headquarters raided in probe of accounting scandal

/ from July 3, 2020

BERLIN -- Investigators searched the headquarters of German payment systems provider Wirecard and four other locations Wednesday as part of their probe of an accounting scandal that led to the arrest of the company's longtime CEO and forced the firm to file for bankruptcy protection.Twelve prosecutors were supported by 33 ...

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