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US facing 'critical' coronavirus surge

Coronavirus infections are surging across large parts of the United States, the top US infectious disease expert has warned, as the death toll in Latin America passed 100,000. The developments highlighted how far away the world remains from ending the pandemic, six months into a crisis that...

Adnan Walid Elbi: How one refugee's journey ended in tragedy

'My name is Adnan Elbi and my date of birth is 25th January 1990. I am a Syrian national and I currently reside at McLays Guest House, Room 50, 264/276 Renfrew Street." On May 5th 2020, Adnan Walid Elbi died in Room 50 of the Mclays Guest House in Glasgow. The Mears Group, a Home Office...

Virus pushes Syrian war-displaced to greater need: UN

Syria's war along with the COVID-19 virus has pushed hundreds of thousands of refugees deeper into need, the World Food Program said Tuesday. “Most have fled to neighboring Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt and these five countries alone host more than 5.5 million Syrians, the...

German court orders Facebook to rein in data collection

A top German court on Tuesday ordered Facebook to stop merging data collected through its Whatsapp and Instagram subsidiaries or other websites unless users explicitly agree, in a legal victory for competition authorities. Germany's Federal Cartel Office (FCO) had told Facebook to rein in...