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25 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo state that at least 12 rangers and several civilians were killed and 4 others were injured after suspected members of the Rwandan Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebel group launch...
23 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
United States President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to temporarily suspend the approval of some green cards for the next 60 days, saying that the order will help protect the jobs of American workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. President...
23 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that an additional 73,180 soldiers will be deployed to supplement the current 2,280 soldiers to help enforce a lockdown intended to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Since March 27th, 202...
22 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Romanian officials announce that between March 24th and April 19th, 2020, the nation has issued about 200,000 fines equivalent to about 86 million United States dollars to people who failed to comply with restrictions to combat the spread of the Covi...
21 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
A court in Ghana has fined six Nigerians the equivalent of $2,500 United States dollars each for attending a birthday party in Teshie suburb of the capital city of Accra despite a 3-week lockdown implemented to combat the spread of the Covid-19 Coron...
21 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite
28 year-old Pyae Sone Win Maung, a driver collecting Covid-19 monitoring samples on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO), was killed and another health worker was injured after their well-marked United Nations vehicle was hit by gunfire near...
20 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Falling by 14%, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), a commonly used benchmark for United States oil, dropped to $15.65 United States dollars as a result of low demand. At its lowest, WTI dropped 21% and hit a low of $14.47, markin...
20 Apr 2020 1 minute read 5 comments AverageVancouverite
After a shooting rampage that ended in a fatal car chase and shootout in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, at least seventeen people, including one member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the primary suspect are confirmed dead. The...
18 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments AverageVancouverite
Amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese economy shrank by 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020, marking the first economic contraction since the world's second largest economy started recording quarterly figures in 1992. Official governmen...
16 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
About a third of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have been infected with the Covid-10 coronavirus. According to navy sources, 668 out of nearly 2,000 people have tested positive so far, and the number is expected to rise as about 30% of...
