Month: February 2020

A Virginia state senate committee voted on Monday to delay a bill that would have banned the sale of certain semi-automatic weapons, in a significant setback for gun-control measures pushed by Governor Ralph Northam. Four moderate Democrats joined Republicans on the State Judiciary Committee to delay the bill for one year, while the state’s crime…

D’abord actrice de théâtre, membre de la troupe du Théâtre National Populaire, elle avait mené une carrière également à la télévision et au cinéma. Christiane Minazzoli est décédée ce dimanche 2 novembre à l’âge de 83 ans des suites d’un cancer, dans un hôpital de la capitale. Mariée en 1969, elle était mère de deux…

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons has failed after members of his own party balked at the proposal. Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome that drew cheers from a committee room packed with gun…

Rockets have dropped near the US embassy in Iraq and a military base hosting American troops, according to officials. There have been no causalities reported following the strikes, which fell amid heightened tensions in the Middle East. Two rockets dropped inside the sprawling embassy compound in Baghdad, three Iraqi security officials have claimed. They said…

Despite China’s incredible economic success as of late, it’s important to remember that it is still fundamentally a communist country. Recent events have been a stern reminder. Freedom can be messy, but it’s nothing like the mess an authoritarian regime creates when it fears losing power. The disturbing outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China…

Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines are working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Japanese health officials to trace the path of a couple from Nagoya, Japan, who were diagnosed with coronavirus after returning from Hawaii. Hawaiian state health officials say the couple, who are in their 60s, were in Hawaii from Jan.…

Sihanoukville (Cambodia) (AFP) – Cambodia’s strongman premier defended on Tuesday his decision to allow a US cruise ship to dock despite at least one passenger later being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, while authorities scrambled to track down hundreds that came in contact with her. The Westerdam was turned away by several Asian ports before…

There was a moment of what seemed like sweet relief when passengers were able to disembark from Holland America’s MS Westerdam after being turned away from multiple ports. But things took a turn when a passenger from the ship was diagnosed with coronavirus on her journey home. As a result, hundreds of passengers and crew members, now…

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — When Cambodia’s prime minister greeted passengers on a cruise ship amid a coronavirus scare on Valentine’s Day, embraces were the order of the day. Protective masks were not. Not only did Prime Minister Hun Sen not wear one, assured that the ship was virus-free, his bodyguards ordered people who had donned masks…

MILWAUKEE – A mother and two daughters who were the subjects of an Amber Alert were found dead Sunday afternoon, the victims of an apparent homicide, police said. Amarah J. Banks, 26; Zaniya R. Ivery, 5; and Camaria Banks, 4, were found in a garage, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales said at a news conference.  They were…