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COVID-19 deaths of Serbian clerics highlight virus worries As coronavirus cases surge globally, the COVID-19 deaths of two senior Serbian Orthodox Church clerics -- one who died weeks after presiding over the funeral of the other -- are raising questions about whether some religious institutions are doing enough to slow the spread of the virus. by Associated Press Published Nov. 21 2020 @ 10:14pm

Iota's devastation comes into focus in Nicaragua The devastation caused by Hurricane Iota became clearer Wednesday as images emerged showing piles of wind-tossed lumber that used to be homes and concrete walls that were pounded into pieces by the second Category 4 storm to blast Nicaragua's Caribbean coast in two weeks. by Associated Press Published Nov. 18 2020 @ 11:35pm

Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua; 2nd hit in 2 weeks Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua with screeching winds and pounding surf Tuesday, chasing tens of thousands of people from their homes along the same stretch of the Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful hurricane just two weeks ago. by Associated Press Published Nov. 17 2020 @ 8:42pm

Austria starts tough lockdown to slow coronavirus spread Austria has started a new tough lockdown meant to slow the surging spread of the coronavirus in the Alpine nation. by Associated Press Published Nov. 17 2020 @ 4:15am

Hurricane Iota explosively intensifies to Category 5 MANAGUA — The Nicaraguan coast hs prepared for Hurricane Iota as it approaches as a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane that was expected to make landfall Monday night, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. by Washington Post Published Nov. 16 2020 @ 10:21pm

Syrian longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies BEIRUT — Syria's longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country's most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died on Monday. He was 79. by By Bassem Mroue / The Associated Press Published Nov. 16 2020 @ 10:18pm

Peru's interim president resigns as chaos embroils the nation Peru's interim president resigned Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation's popular leader. by Associated Press Published Nov. 15 2020 @ 10:21pm