Day: November 25, 2020

Global push to end domestic violence, worse amid COVID-19

11:38 pm November 25, 2020

Paris: With domestic violence on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic, activists are holding protests Wednesday from France to Turkey and world dignitaries are trying to find ways to protect millions of women killed or abused every year by their partners. The pope called for global action to mark the International Day for the Elimination […]

Boy, 15, charged in Wisconsin mall shooting that injured 8

11:32 pm November 25, 2020

Wauwatosa: A 15-year-old boy faces multiple charges in a shooting at a Wisconsin mall that left eight people injured, and he has been ordered held in secure juvenile detention rather than being released to his parents. Court Commissioner J.C. Moore on Tuesday denied a defense request to allow the teen to be released to house […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

New Education Policy meant to develop self-confidence: PM

11:32 pm November 25, 2020

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the youth to develop the qualities of self-confidence and introspection, saying this was the goal of the New Education Police announced earlier this year by his government. “The aim of the new National Education Policy is that the youth of the country gets to know itself,” he said at […]

Puerto Rico to launch COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-December

11:20 pm November 25, 2020

Sanjuan: Officials in Puerto Rico announced Wednesday that the U.S. territory expects to receive its first COVID-19 vaccines by mid-December as the island hits a record number of daily cases and hospitalisations. Health care workers, teachers and certain public sector employees are among those who will take priority, officials said. “This will be the best […]

Congress braces for Biden’s national coronavirus strategy

11:16 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: Congress is bracing for President-elect Joe Biden to move beyond the Trump administration’s state-by-state approach to the COVID-19 crisis and build out a national strategy to fight the pandemic and distribute the eventual vaccine. The incoming administration’s approach reflects Democrats’ belief that a more comprehensive plan, some of it outlined in the House’s $2 […]