Fourth Estate Wire Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized overnight for medical observation but has returned home to Windsor castle. According to Buckingham Palace, the Queen was taken to the private King Edward VII’s Hospital in central London but did …
Canary Islands Security and Emergencies area of the Government advised residents to evacuate their homes on the Spanish island of La Palma on Wednesday as the Cumbre Vieja volcano continued to spew lava more than a month after it first …
Morocco has suspended flights going to and coming from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, starting October 20 due to the threat of a new COVID surge. On Monday, Morocco’s Health Ministry said that there is a need to …
Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand is ready to welcome visitors from 46 countries quarantine-free. On Thursday, Prayut signed the entry guidelines for the quarantine-free reopening, along with two other announcements on ‘Relaxed COVID-19 controls’ in 17 Thai destinations. …
Labor groups in South Korea held a demonstration against social distancing measures and the rules on assembly by holding major protests around the country on Wednesday. The umbrella union called a national strike and held demonstrations, including one in Seoul …
Lebanon raised its fuel prices on Oct. 20 by about 25 percent as the government removed all subsidies on petroleum products amid a worsening economic crisis. Local Lebanese media National News Agency reported that the price of 20 liters of …
Bangladeshi officials confirmed that two armed gangs of Rohingya refugees clashed early Friday morning in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar camps, resulting in at least seven deaths and ten injuries. Armed battles erupted in the Ukhiya camps a day after the …
The Ukrainian authorities reported a COVID-19 death surge to all-time highs on Thursday and blamed it on the slow pace of vaccination in the country. The Ukrainian Health Ministry has recorded 23,785 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 614 coronavirus-related deaths …
A shooting at a popular resort in Mexico killed two female foreigners and three others injured on Oct. 20 evening, according to Tulum Mayor Marciano Dzul. The District Attorney’s Office in the Quintana Roo state said in a statement that …
Actor and producer Alec Baldwin misfired a prop gun, killing a woman and injuring a man on the set of the 19th century Western film, “Rust,” on Oct. 21 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office …