Nog voordat 'n enkele sekonde Woensdag op die openingsdag van die 2020-21 college basketbal seisoen, the coronavirus pandemic was putting obstacles on the long road to March Madness.
‘Batwoman’ gets a new lead, but Season 2 looks like the same flawed show
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After a first season that never quite got off the ground creatively, "Batwoman" announced that original star Ruby Rose would be leaving but that the series would hang around without her. The contortions necessary to...
Trudeau says Canada needs to ‘buckle down’ as cases surge, vaccines delayed
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Canada got a one-two punch Friday as public health officials said vaccine deliveries would be delayed and its Covid-19 measures still aren't working to control a resurging virus. "We have to buckle down, this is our...
Health care in Brazil’s Amazonas state in ‘collapse’ as Covid-19 infections surge
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Hospitals in Brazil's largest state, Amazonas, are facing a crisis situation amid surging coronavirus infections, as oxygen supplies run short and hundreds of people wait in line for a hospital bed. Brazilian Health...
James Naismith: Basketball inventor is celebrated with Google Doodle
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James Naismith, the Canadian-American who invented the game of basketball, was celebrated with a Google Doodle on Friday. Naismith, who invented the sport in 1891, is gebore 30 jare vroeër, near the town of Almonte...
Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average US life expectancy, studie bevind
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The coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, it's also taking more than a year off the average US life expectancy. A new study published in the P...
HBO’s ‘Insecure’ will end after its upcoming fifth season
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After years of heartbreak, friendship, mirror rapping and, natuurlik, awkwardness, "Insecure" will be coming to an end after the next season. Issa Rae, the creator of the popular show, made the announcement on Wedne...
Moderna thinks its vaccine will protect against the coronavirus for at least a year
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Biotechnology company Moderna believes its vaccine should protect people against Covid-19 for at least a year, a top official told investors Monday. "Our expectation is that the vaccination should last you at least ...
Biden to receive second dose of coronavirus vaccine Monday
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Joe Biden will receive the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, according to the President-elect's transition team. The President-elect's vaccination will come the week before he is swo...
Wat u moet weet oor die 2021 College Football Playoff nasionale kampioenskap
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Die sewende National College Football Playoff-kampioenskap word aangebied. Na 'n moeilike seisoen te midde van die Covid-19-pandemie, dit is 'n prestasie dat die spel selfs gespeel word. Hier is alles wat u moet weet ...
Baie van die Amerikaanse data om die nuutste koronavirusvariante op te vang, is 'n paar maande oud
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As deel van die jag op nuwe koronavirusvariante, 'n internasionale databasis toon dat die Verenigde State 61ste is in die plek waar vinnig virusmonsters van pasiënte versamel word, ontleed en dan aanlyn geplaas. Lande w ...
China belowe steeds sy bondgenote in Afrika dat koronavirus-entstowwe vir die vasteland 'n prioriteit is. Maar waar is hulle??
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Die Chinese minister van buitelandse sake, Wang Yi, sluit hierdie naweek 'n toer van vyf dae deur Afrika af sonder om 'n enkele konkrete entstofverbintenis tot 'n kontinent te maak met die hoop dat 'n welwillende Beijing die bevolking sal help om sy bevolking te ent..
White House task force says there could be a fast-spreading ‘USA variant’ van coronavirus
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The US may have its own version of a more transmissible coronavirus and that might be helping fuel the already aggressive spread of the virus, the White House coronavirus task force said in its latest report to stat...