The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are given out sparingly to health workers. And when the second person in this Uganda border town died after the virus outbreak spread from neighboring Congo , the hospital for several hours couldn’t find a vehicle to take away the body. “We. disease Mar 7, 2019
Health workers battling Ebola in eastern Congo are facing “a climate of deepening community mistrust” nearly seven months after the outbreak began, Doctors Without Borders warned Thursday. The medical aid group has temporarily suspended its operations at two treatment centers located in the epidemic’s epicenter after both were set ablaze by unknown attackers. There have been some “30 different incidents.
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Rep. Jeff Leach has called for the arrest of Midlander Jenny Cudd following a viral Facebook live video in which she said she was among the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.Tom Reel, Staff / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Former mayoral candidate Jenny Cudd (bottom left) was among the protesters that made their way into the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday afternoon as some breached the floors of the House and Senate, causing lawmakers to be evacuated. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
What Happened to China’s Richest Man?
What Winston Churchill once said about Russia also applies to China: The country is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
Two important cases illustrate the black-box opaqueness of the People’s Republic of China, reminding us just how little we know about what’s happening in the country whose governing citadel in Beijing is called, literally, the Forbidden City.
The first case is the disappearance of one of the country’s richest ($58 billion at its peak, now much less) man, Jack Ma, the 56-year-old founder of the Alibaba Group, a conglomerate of finance and e-commerce companies. Once a high-profile figure on the world stage, active in both business and philanthropy, Ma hasn’t been seen since October 24.
Texas GOP lawmaker calls for Jenny Cudd s arrest
Jan. 8, 2021
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Rep. Jeff Leach has called for the arrest of Midlander Jenny Cudd following a viral Facebook live video in which she said she was among the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.Tom Reel, Staff / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Former mayoral candidate Jenny Cudd (bottom left) was among the protesters that made their way into the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday afternoon as some breached the floors of the House and Senate, causing lawmakers to be evacuated. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
LIVE: Trump tells violent supporters to go home in peace
By: Associated Press , Jeff Tavss
Posted at 11:41 AM, Jan 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-06 17:47:52-05
WASHINGTON â President Donald Trump called in the National Guard after violent protests broke out inside and outside the US Capitol on Wednesday.
One person was shot as protesters breached the heavily-secured building and forced the evacuation of the Senate and House of Representatives, forcing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm Joe Bidenâs victory in the November election.
A protester got up on the dais inside the Senate chamber and yelled âTrump won that election,â while several dozen are roaming through the halls, yelling, âWhere are they?â