Officials said shortly after the earthquakes that at least 80 percent of all buildings in Antakya would need to be demolished. Across Turkey, more than 50,000 people have died and more than 1.5 million people have been displaced. The destruction on Saray Street is a fraction of all that wasContinue Reading
As Matthew van Antwerpen, a 17-year-old in suburban Dallas, struggled with remote schooling during the pandemic last year, he grew increasingly despondent. Searching online, he found a website about suicide. “Any enjoyment or progress I make in my life simply comes across as forced,” he wrote on the site afterContinue Reading
Model based on Shanghai outbreak Estimate using travel patterns Estimate using recent testing data Estimate based on U.S. death rates Model based on Shanghai outbreak Estimate using travel patterns Estimate using recent testing data Estimate based on U.S. death rates After China relaxed the world’s most stringent Covid-19 restrictions inContinue Reading
Model based on Shanghai outbreak Estimate using travel patterns Estimate using recent testing data Estimate based on U.S. death rates Model based on Shanghai outbreak Estimate using travel patterns Estimate using recent testing data Estimate based on U.S. death rates After China relaxed the world’s most stringent Covid-19 restrictions inContinue Reading
Europe’s death toll from Covid will exceed two million people by next spring, the World Health Organization projected on Tuesday, adding that the continent remained “firmly in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic.” Covid is now the leading cause of death in Europe, the W.H.O. said in a statement, withContinue Reading
At least 45 people died when a bus caught fire and crashed on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials and local news outlets said. The bus had North Macedonian plates, and most of the victims were from that country, BTV television reported, citing an official from the NorthContinue Reading
Three men were arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act after a taxi exploded outside a hospital in Liverpool, England, on Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring another, the authorities said. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. About eight hours after it was reported, the authorities announced thatContinue Reading
Coronavirus deaths in Europe rose 10 percent in the first week of this month and made up over half of the 48,000 coronavirus deaths reported globally in that time, even as new cases and deaths dropped or remained stable in the rest of the world, according to World Health OrganizationContinue Reading
Germany’s state and federal politicians are scrambling to put new Covid rules in place as the country experiences record case numbers, and a top virologist has warned that the nation’s pandemic death toll could double if sufficient measures are not taken. Nearly 40,000 new cases were registered in the countryContinue Reading
NEW DELHI — India’s coronavirus crisis, which was killing thousands of people a day just seven months ago, has eased after the nation’s leaders revamped their policies and dramatically ramped up their vaccination drive. Now, as India celebrates the delivery of its one billionth dose, a feat that until recentlyContinue Reading