New York, December 30 (RHC)-- Airline cancellations are already piling up in the United States, with 1,086 flights scrubbed as rising coronavirus cases hobbled staffing. Winter storms meanwhile threatened to further disrupt travel over New Year’s weekend.... More
Washington, December 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, an armed man was arrested after telling police officers he was going to kill U.S. President Joe Biden and other high-profile individuals, among them White House COVID adviser Anthony Fauci.... More
London, December 30 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President George W. Bush revealed in a 1998 conversation with the then-UK ambassador that he knew little about international issues, according to documents released by the National Archives.... More
Geneva, December 30 (RHC)-- COVID-19 directly infects cells and can cause severe damage to the kidneys, according to a scientific study connecting serious infection with organ failure. In a paper published in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell on Friday, a group of researchers report that COVID-19 can cause serious complications affecting a patient’s kidneys.... More
Tucson, December 30 (RHC)-- Chuck Kaufman, a U.S. political activist and long-time fighter against U.S. imperialism, has died at the age of 69 in Tucson, Arizona. ... More
Geneva, December 30 (RHC)-- According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is evidence that the Omicron variant has a growth advantage over the Delta variant with a doubling time of two to three days, and rapid increase in the incidence of cases is seen in a number of countries including the UK and the United States.... More
Boston, December 30 (RHC)-- A newly released poll has revealed that media outlets and Democrat politicians have made essentially zero progress over the past year in convincing skeptical Americans that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected.... More
Rome, December 30 (RHC)-- Maurizio Buratti, a mechanic who gained a cult following for his radio show call-ins, has died of coronavirus after 22 days in intensive care. He had boasted about going to the supermarket maskless while suffering from a fever.... More
Gaza City, December 30 (RHC)-- Three Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army tank fire that came after an Israeli civilian was lightly wounded by gunfire from Gaza along the border fence with Israel, officials said, in the first exchange of fire in months on the Gaza frontier.... More
New York, December 30 (RHC)-- Hundreds of flights were cancelled Wednesday as the Omicron variant creates havoc both for travelers and for airlines that are having to cobble together flight crews as pilots, flight attendants and ground crews become infected or are exposed to others who have been.... More
Lima, December 30 (RHC)-- The president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has called on the 10 political parties with parliamentary participation to a conference to jointly analyze internal issues of the South American nation.... More
Washington, December 30 (RHC)-- In the United States, the average number of daily coronavirus infections is poised to surpass last winter’s record high, with nearly a quarter-million new cases being reported each day. ... More
Ottawa, December 30 (RHC)-- The Canadian province of Quebec will allow some essential workers to continue working even after testing positive for COVID-19, in what Health Minister Christian Dube said was an effort to prevent staff shortages from impeding healthcare services.... More
Sydney, December 30 (RHC)-- Australia’s COVID-19 infections surged to a new record on Wednesday, due to the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, and overwhelmed testing facilities in the country’s most populous state.... More
Paris, December 30 (RHC)-- France is seeing a “tsunami” of COVID-19 infections, with 208,000 cases reported during the past 24 hours on Wednesday, a new national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran has told lawmakers.... More
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