In the middle of the monsoon, India faces particularly violent and deadly thunderstorms. As of Thursday, no fewer than 107 people were killed by lightning, 83 in the state of Bihar and 24 in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The majority of the victims are farmers working on their plantations, according to a government source relayed by the AP news agency . Faced with this terrible toll which … Continue reading LIGHTNING STRIKES MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN 24 HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONSOON

The United States warned on Thursday that human trafficking around the world was taking advantage of the instability caused by the new coronavirus to develop. ” While the fight against human trafficking has always been marked by a sense of urgency, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic underline as never before the need for all actors to work together to lead this fight “, a declared the … Continue reading Human trafficking increases during pandemic, warns Washington

The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening globally as the number of infected will reach 10 million next week and the world will exceed 50,000 deaths, warned the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. . The latest data indicates that the coronavirus pandemic is hitting hard in the United States, with a significant increase in cases in the south and west of the … Continue reading Globally, there is no improvement: WHO warns that the pandemic is getting worse in the world and has a “very significant” resurgence in Europe

The situation is reversed. As the EU prepares to reopen its external borders on July 1 to a list of countries that have mastered the coronavirus pandemic , a major nation is not among them, according to the New York Times  : The United States . The list, which is not yet finalized and could still evolve, should be published by the end of the week. Last March, Donald Trump had suspended all trips from Europe. But as the … Continue reading Coronavirus: Situation Worsens in the United States, EU Plans to Ban US Travelers

A powerful earthquake of 7.5 on the Richter scale affected the state of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, Tuesday, June 23. In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, the tremor, which left at least six people dead, was felt even in the capital Mexico, already affected by deadly earthquakes in 2017 and 1985, and caused a tsunami warning until Hawaii. Mexico, already grappling with the Covid-19 health crisis , was … Continue reading Mexico earthquake leaves at least six dead