For a fourth day in a row, India has set an unwelcome world record for the number of new coronavirus infections: a further 349,691 cases in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, with another 2,767 lives lost. The capital, Delhi, is one of the worst-hit areas. The BBC’s Vikas Pandey […]
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India reports a further 349,691 cases, as the US vows to send supplies amid an oxygen shortage. Source link
Some foreign companies are facing a boycott in China – they are not the first and won’t be the last. Source link
Flames across several floors lead to scenes of panic at a hospital in the Iraqi capital. Source link
The country has so far confirmed more than 186,000 deaths and 16 million cases – three million have been added just in the last two weeks. And it continues to see record single-day spikes, evidence of a curve that is far steeper than the first wave in mid-September last year. […]
“In Africa what has generally been considered the tech hubs of the continent have traditionally been Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya,” says Kenya-based Kagure Wamunyu, who leads the expansion of Kobo 360, a digital haulage start-up that connects freight owners with lorry drivers. Source link
Dr. Fasomoyin Oluwaseyi works at the Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital in the northern region of Sierra Leone. The hospital serves close to 400,000 people and malaria is the number one killer of children in the region. It is the only place where patients can receive medical care from a qualified doctor […]
Former footballer, Armel Zola, is teaching Congolese dance to people with Down’s syndrome across the UK to stop them feeling so isolated during the pandemic. Armel, who also is a personal trainer to singers like Fleur East, says that he was inspired to run the classes by his younger brother, […]
Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon has earned a fifth Oscar nomination for its latest film Wolfwalkers. The studio uses a mix of hand-drawn animations and computer graphic techniques in its films. Tomm Moore is co-founder of the Kilkenny-based operation that is now considered a key player on the animation world […]
Brazil’s environmental police force, IBAMA, is facing new challenges due to government policy changes, an anonymous senior officer has told the BBC. Cuts to government funding and equipment from abroad, as well as the coronavirus pandemic and rioting have left the authority with little resources to protect the Amazon from […]