The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York City and Washington, DC, has set a new metropolitan area as a destination: Chicago. Undocumented migrants on board…
NCDC reports 506 new COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 506 new infections of COVID-19 Sunday. In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency said there are now 139,748 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus…
Chicago elects black gay woman as mayor (BBC)
The US city of Chicago has made history by electing an African-American woman as its mayor for the first time. Lori Lightfoot is a former federal prosecutor who has not held political office before. She fought off competition from 13…
