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News by Steve Zemek 9th Jan 2021 2:41 PM Brisbane became a ghost town on Saturday as residents abided by stay-indoors orders to help quell the spread of a mutant coronavirus strain. Greater Brisbane has entered a three-day lockdown following the discovery a highly contagious UK COVID-19 strain which had leaked from hotel quarantine. Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall was empty on Saturday. Picture: News Corp/Attila Csaszar   Empt...

2020 hasn’t been a picture-perfect year by any means. It was mostly filled with loss and sadness, and with heavy doses of stress, anxiety, and fear of the unknown mixed in between. In just a month, the coronavirus pandemic derailed our spring semester and sent the world into a tailspin. Despite 2020’s hardships, Penn State adapted to unprecedented times. Our talented visual staff captured many of the highs and lows of this year and couldn’t help showing off some of its favorite shots. Ja...

On this tuesday night. like every other night, this is proving to be a very busy one. the death toll in the u.s. mounting, at least 100 dead. the cases of coronavirus topping 5,800. and officials believe the number is likely far higher due to the testing that is behind. tonight, so many families wonder where the next paycheck is coming from. how to pay for groceries for weeks. the white house hoping to send families a check. tonight, president trump proposing a massive relief plan, promising to ...

Of the conversation to cnn, not condoning violence and human rights violations. cnn has reported extensively on the philippines drug war and the thousands killed in its poorest slums, openly encouraged by the government. >> i have seen some of those colorful statements in the past. >> reporter: former president obama criticized the bloodshed. duterte called him a son of a bitch and told him to go to hell. but with trump, duterte has a good rapport. unlike his predecessor, trump seems unconcerned...

Fear. today, this once prosperous christian community is a ghost town of empty streets, blown-out buildings, gutted shops. everywhere reminders of isis hatred for everything the town stood for. workers have erected a large cross at one of the main roundabouts to signal the towns liberation, but its just a symbol. before isis took over this town in the summer of 2014, more than 60,000 people called it home. now, months after it was liberated, only a handful of families has returned. without elect...

>> reporter: the archbishop struggled to represent residents through the trauma but worries the specter of isis still hovers nearby. >> translator: we expected everything in kara koch, theft, damage and destruction, he tells me but arson for us is a message, a threatening message that the idea of isis is still here in the region, and thats what we fear. today, this once prosperous christian community is a ghost town of empty streets, blown out buildings, gutted shops. everywhere reminders of isi...

Thank you very much. in our next hour, terror fears as we head into the holiday season. new urgency added to a previously planned terror drill in new york citys subway. were going to talk about security measures around the country. plus, empty streets this monday morning in brussels amid tight security there. police raids throughout the city nabbed 21 suspects. the very latest ahead on msnbc live. why should over two hundred years of citi history matter to you? well, because it tells us some...

There is shelling. there is some people staying behind, basically to guard their houses. but as the man back there told me, 80% of the people in this area have already left and at this time, the deadline to leave ends in 35 minutes. on the drive into gaza city, empty streets and rubble from the israeli air strikes. by taxi, or mostly by foot, the people fleeing the north are heading to united nations schools, more than a thousand in this school alone. food has yet to be provided, only source of ...

Area, were leaving too. its dangerous. theres shelling. theres some people staying behind. basically to guard their houses. but as the man back there told me, 80% of the people in this area have already left. and at this time, the deadline to leave ends in 35 minutes. on the drive into gaza city, empty streets and rubble from the israeli air strikes. by taxi or mostly by foot, the people fleeing the north are heading to united nations schools. more than 1,000 in this school alone. food has yet t...

Me, 80% of the people in this area have already left. and at this time, the deadline to leave ends in 35 minutes. on the drive into gaza city, empty streets and rubble from the israeli air strikes. by taxi or mostly by foot, the people fleeing the north are heading to united nations schools, more than 1,000 in this school alone. food has yet to be provided. the only source of sustenance, a water tanker. she and her family of 15 fled their home at 2:00 in the morning. we told the kids, get up, ge...