London, December 24 (RHC)--British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on the eve of Christmas, has urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a gift to their families and the nation, as a surge in cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant casts a shadow over the festivities.... More
New York, December 24 (RHC)-- Millions of Americans are pushing ahead with holidays that include cross-country flights, busy tourist attractions, and indoor dining -- even as the surge in COVID-19 infections, fuelled by the Omicron variant, forces them to adapt plans on the fly.... More
New York, December 23 (RHC)-- The New York Times is reporting the FBI sent surveillance teams to infiltrate racial justice and anti-police brutality protests in Portland, Oregon, starting in July 2020. ... More
London, December 24 (RHC)-- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed an application to the British Supreme Court to appeal against a lower court verdict that gave the green light to his extradition to the United States.... More
Washington, December 24 (RHC)-- A New York man who joined the far-right Proud Boys organization at the January 6th Capitol insurrection has pleaded guilty to charges of obstructing Congress and conspiring to obstruct law enforcement. ... More
Washington, December 23 (RHC)-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved emergency use of the first oral medication against COVID-19. The pill was developed by Pfizer and is marketed as Paxlovid. ... More
Pretoria, December 23 (RHC)-- South African scientists say an explosion of COVID-19 cases around Johannesburg has peaked — just one month after the fast-spreading Omicron variant was first detected in the region.... More
Managua, December 23 (RHC)-- The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health expects for December 24 the arrival of 800,000 vaccines against the virus causing COVID-19 from the People's Republic of China, in addition to the arrival of 500,000 doses from AstraZeneca sent by the Government of Japan through the Covax mechanism of the World Health Organization.... More
Tokyo, December 23 (RHC)-- Japan has urged the U.S. military to get a grip on a cluster of COVID infections inside a Marine Corps base in Okinawa. Tokyo previously complained that American testing rules were inconsistent with the rules in Japan.... More
London, December 23 (RHC)-- AstraZeneca has said that a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine “significantly” lifted antibody levels against the Omicron coronavirus variant, citing data from a new laboratory study. Findings from the study, yet to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, match those from rivals Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which have also found a third dose of their shots works against Omicron.... More
Antananarivo, December 23 (RHC)-- The death toll from a shipwreck off the coast of Madagascar this week has risen to 85, maritime officials have said. Maritime authorities said 138 people were on the 12-foot-long (3.6-metre) boat carrying cargo which sank on Monday, adding that only 50 had been rescued.... More
New York, December 23 (RHC)-- Hunger is rising this holiday season with the U.S. Census Bureau estimating more than 21 million Americans didn’t have enough to eat in early December as pandemic relief payments run out and grocery prices rise.... More
Mexico City, December 23 (RHC)-- Applications for refugee status in Mexico have roughly tripled this year compared with 2020, the government has said, in the face of a significant influx of people bound for the United States.... More
Geneva, December 23 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization chief has warned that the rush in wealthy countries to roll out additional COVID-19 vaccine doses was deepening the inequity in access to jabs that is prolonging the pandemic.... More
Sydney, December 23 (RHC)-- An Afghan refugee held in Australian immigration detention, Jamal set himself on fire in 2019 in front of medical staff and security personnel at the offshore detention facility on the Pacific Island of Nauru.... More
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