While parts of the medical community are on the hunt for a vaccine against the coronavirus, others are on the hunt for its origin. While the first confirmed case was in China, the exact steps of the virus’s early...
UAE stops issuing visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim states
The UAE has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Turkey, Pakistan and Iran, over unspecified “security concerns.”
Thousands of Yazidis head back to Iraq’s Sinjar despite tensions
This month marks five years since the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar, home to the country’s Yazidi minority, was liberated from the Islamic State group. Thousands of those forced to flee during the jihadists’...
Diego Maradona: Thousands mourn football icon – BBC News
People across Argentina have been mourning the death of football great and national icon Diego Maradona, who died following a heart attack on Wednesday at the age of 60.
Covid: US doctor’s video simulates what dying patient sees – BBC News
A doctor in Missouri has made a video simulating what a patient dying from Covid-19 might see – in a bid to urge people to wear face masks.