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Paris Hilton protest calls for closure of Utah school
Published On: October 11, 2020 07:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Paris Hilton has been speaking out about abuse she said she suffered at a boarding school in Utah, and on Friday she took her push nearly to the school’s front doors.
India cases cross 7 million as experts warn of complacency
Published On: October 11, 2020 12:42 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Oct 11: India’s confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in.
Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful content
Published On: October 10, 2020 05:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Pakistan blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unlawful content.
Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded Friday in Oslo
Published On: October 9, 2020 01:49 PM NPT By: Associated Press
OSLO, Oct 9: The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) in Oslo, with no shortage of causes or candidates on this year’s list.
Teen assumes Finland’s PM post for a day in “Girls Takeover”
Published On: October 9, 2020 09:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
A 16-year-old girl ceremoniously assumed the post of Finnish prime minister for one day for the “Girls Takeover” program — part of the U.N. International Day of the Girl to raise more awareness of gender equality.
Bill Cosby appeal set for Dec 1 in Pennsylvania high court
Published On: October 9, 2020 09:23 AM NPT By: Associated Press
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear Bill Cosby’s appeal of his felony sex assault conviction on Dec. 1. Cosby, 83, is serving a three- to 10-year prison term. A lower appeals court had upheld his conviction, but the state’s high court agreed this year to review two key issues in the case.
Rapper Tory Lanez charged with shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Published On: October 9, 2020 09:18 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Los Angeles prosecutors on Thursday charged rapper Tory Lanez with shooting artist Megan Thee Stallion during an argument earlier this year.
American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize
Published On: October 8, 2020 04:51 PM NPT By: Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Oct 8: The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”
Stolen Mao calligraphy worth millions found cut in half
Published On: October 8, 2020 03:09 PM NPT By: Associated Press
A calligraphy scroll by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong estimated to be worth millions of dollars was cut in half after it was stolen last month in a high-profile burglary in Hong Kong, police said.
Can the coronavirus travel more than 6 feet in the air?
Published On: October 8, 2020 01:07 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Research indicates it can, but it’s not clear how much of the pandemic is caused by such cases.
Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65
Published On: October 8, 2020 11:56 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock’s biggest groups and became elevated to the status of rock god, has died. He was 65.
Wallen dropped as ‘SNL’ performer after breaking COVID rules
Published On: October 8, 2020 11:51 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Morgan Wallen has been dropped from performing on “Saturday Night Live” after breaking the show’s COVID-19 protocols.
LIVE: Vice Presidential Debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris
Published On: October 8, 2020 07:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 8: Separated by plexiglass barriers, Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris sparred over the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic in a debate Wednesday night that highlighted the parties’ sharply conflicting visions for a nation in crisis.
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to Charpentier and Doudna
Published On: October 7, 2020 03:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Oct 7: French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing known as CRISPR.
Sri Lanka bans public gatherings amid sharp rise
Published On: October 7, 2020 11:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct 7: Sri Lankan authorities have banned all public gatherings as a new cluster of COVID-19 expands in the Indian Ocean island nation.
15 vaccine clinical trials underway in Africa
Published On: October 6, 2020 05:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6: Fifteen clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines are underway across the African continent, according to a comment published in the journal Nature by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for Spike Lee films, killed
Published On: October 6, 2020 03:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for his roles in Spike Lee films, has been shot and killed in Atlanta, police said Sunday.
Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld movie theaters to close
Published On: October 6, 2020 03:09 PM NPT By: Associated Press
In the latest blow to the beleaguered film industry, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. is temporarily shuttering its locations Thursday due to a lack of blockbusters on the calendar and major domestic markets like New York remaining closed.
210K in US have died from virus. Now Trump says he ‘gets it’
Published On: October 6, 2020 01:14 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHNGTON, Oct 6: Now that he has contracted COVID-19, President Donald Trump says he does “get it.” That revelation, seven months into the pandemic and after almost 210,000 American deaths, is not the first time he has relied on personal experience to shape his views.
WHO: 10% of world’s people may have been infected with virus
Published On: October 6, 2020 12:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
GENEVA, Oct 6: The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Monday the agency’s “best estimates” indicate roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus — more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases — and warned of a difficult period ahead.
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