The man who sat next to him didn t even bat an eye. Photo credit: Boing Boing
The World Health Organization names the virus COVID-19 - short for coronavirus disease 2019 - on February 11. By then over 43,000 people had been infected worldwide, and more than 1000 dead from the illness.
Residents in low-lying areas of Gore, Wyndham, and Mataura in Southland had to be evacuated as flooding ravaged the area. Gore pictured from above. Photo credit: Facebook / Hamish Walker
US President Donald Trump s impeachment drew demonstrations across the country, but he was ultimately acquitted in his US Senate impeachment trial. U.S. President Donald Trump holds a copy of The Washington Post as he speaks in the East Room of the White House one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted on two articles of impeachment, ion February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. After five months of congressional hearings and investigations about Pres