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WATCH: Amazing drone footage of seemingly empty San Francisco

San Francisco lit social media ablaze with haunting footage of boarded-up buildings and empty streets in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak has closed businesses, organizations and seemingly entire cities throughout the world. Residents of major metropolitan areas around the world are practicing social distancing to flatten the curve of one of the most gripping pandemics we have ever encountered. See the haunting footage below. Amazing drone footage of an empty San Francisco. [ https://t.co/G2BzTwrekb ] pic.twitter.com/Qa0OibkaRb — Kristy Tillman (@KristyT) March […]

todayMarch 31, 2020 20

World

South Korea welcomes Trump’s letter to Kim Jong Un

SEOUL, South Korea (UPI) -- South Korea says it positively evaluates U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to send a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, offering U.S. assistance on the novel coronavirus. Seoul's unification ministry spokeswoman Cho Hye-sil suggested Monday at a regular press briefing Trump's letter to Kim contributes to peace in the Koreas, Yonhap reported. Over the weekend, North Korea fired two short-range projectiles into the sea, according to the South's military. "The exchange of letters […]

todayMarch 23, 2020 35

World

Russian airstrikes kill more than a dozen civilians in Syria

MA'RAT MASRIN, Syria (UPI) -- Russian airstrikes in northwestern Syria killed at least 14 civilians and injured several others on Thursday, rescue workers said. Syria Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, said the attacks hit a shelter for displaced persons near Ma'rat Masrin in Idlib province. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 25 people were killed or injured and called the strikes a "massacre." A hospital worker in Ma'rat Masrin said at least 20 people were hurt. The […]

todayMarch 5, 2020 98

World

North Korean defector arrested after body found in suitcase

HWASEONG, South Korea (UPI) -- A North Korean defector was arrested in connection to the murder of a woman, another defector in the South, after police found her body stuffed inside a suitcase, according to local press reports. South Korean police in the city of Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, said Tuesday they have arrested a man who may have been in a domestic partnership with the victim at the time of her death, local newspaper Munhwa Ilbo reported. The suitcase containing […]

todayFebruary 25, 2020 60

Travel News

Two dead after passenger train derails in Australia

WALLAN, Victoria, Australia (UPI) -- Two people were killed Thursday when a passenger train derailed in southeastern Australia, authorities said.  The Australian Country Fire Authority said a diesel locomotive and five passenger carriages of the Melbourne-to-Sydney train jumped the tracks about 30 miles north of Melbourne, near Wallan in Victoria state. Officials said the train was carrying 160 passengers. An emergency medical center was set up at a nearby restaurant and gas station to treat the injured. The tracks […]

todayFebruary 20, 2020 32

Science News

LIVE: Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch to depart ISS

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (UPI) -- NASA astronaut Christina Koch has spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman. She has been living on the International Space Station since March 14, 2019. On Thursday, Koch and two others, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will depart from ISS and fly back to Earth. The trio boarded the Soyuz MS-13 crew spacecraft late Wednesday night. The Soyuz […]

todayFebruary 6, 2020 31

Entertainment News

ESPN tasked to deliver XFL broadcasts to more than 100 million homes worldwide

BRISTOL, Conn. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- ESPN International will be delivering global coverage of the 2020 XFL season around the world via ESPN-branded platforms and its distribution partners, according to a press release Wednesday. Distribution of XFL games will be in six of seven continents (sorry, Antarctica), meaning that more than 100 million households in more than 200 countries and territories will be able to tune in. Linear networks owned by Disney or ESPN will be broadcast in various languages, depending […]

todayFebruary 6, 2020 94

Business & Lifestyle

The latest on the Coronavirus epidemic for February 1, 2020

Coronavirus kills 259 in China, nearly 12,000 infected worldwide SHANGHAI (UPI) -- China's death toll from the Coronavirus rose to at least 259 people Saturday as the number of cases worldwide rose to nearly 12,000. The National Health Commission said that among those infected by the disease, which began in December, were 10 in Taiwan. Officials said the number of suspected cases reached 17,988, adding that they were monitoring about 137,000 people who had close contact with infected individuals. The […]

todayFebruary 1, 2020 85

Business & Lifestyle

ZeroHedge slapped with Twitter suspension for Coronavirus doxxing

SAN FRANCISCO/MAHWAH, N.J. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A pro-Trump financial news website who has experienced their fair share of social media censorship is once again in trouble. ZeroHedge, run by Daniel Ivandiiski (better known as Tyler Durden), has run afoul of the terms of service for social media platforms. Facebook banned the website's social media presence last March, with a reversal the following day, citing it was 'a mistake'. This time, it involves Twitter. The last update from the website under […]

todayJanuary 31, 2020 37

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