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Brooklyn activist attorney Colin Moore dies

Published:Friday | January 14, 2022 | 12:06 AMLester Hinds/Gleaner Writer

Activist Brooklyn attorney Colin Moore, who figured in a number of high-profile cases, including the murder trial of Jamaican Collin Ferguson who gunned down several commuters on a Long Island Railway train in the 1990s, has died. Moore was born...

COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages

Published:Thursday | January 13, 2022 | 6:17 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the United States are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron wave of infections. The...

Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses

Published:Thursday | January 13, 2022 | 3:40 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. At the same time,...

Prince Andrew’s military affiliations returned to queen

Published:Thursday | January 13, 2022 | 12:52 PM

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace said on Thursday that Prince Andrew's military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to Queen Elizabeth II with her “approval and agreement.” The palace statement came after more...

UK government cuts COVID isolation period to 5 days, from 7

Published:Thursday | January 13, 2022 | 9:31 AM

LONDON (AP) — British officials said Thursday the self-isolation period for people in England who test positive for COVID-19 will be reduced from next week to five full days, instead of seven. Health Secretary Sajid Javid also said that early...

Spain doctors win suit for lack of protection from COVID-19

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 5:13 PM

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's medical community has scored a victory after a court ordered that a regional government must compensate doctors with up to 49,000 euros ($56,000) for having to work without personal protection suits during...

WHO: COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 3:02 PM

GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus infections in the last week jumped by about 55%, although the number of deaths remained stable, the World Health Organization said in its latest pandemic report. In the weekly report issued Tuesday...

Giuffre’s Prince Andrew suit goes ahead despite Epstein deal

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 10:55 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge gave the green light Wednesday to a lawsuit by an American woman who says Britain's Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote in an opinion that Andrew's...

Biden sending more COVID tests to schools to keep them open

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 10:26 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge. The White House announced Wednesday that a dedicated stream of five million...

UK’s Johnson apologises for attending lockdown party

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 9:18 AM

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised Wednesday for attending a garden party during Britain's coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but brushed aside opposition demands that he resign for breaching the rules his own government had...

Johnson accused of breaking lockdown with garden party

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 12:10 AM

LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a wave of public and political outrage on Tuesday over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020, while Britons were barred by law...

Author charged with ‘disturbing’ president’s peace

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 12:10 AM

KAMPALA (AP): Ugandan authorities on Tuesday brought criminal charges against an author critical of the government whose ongoing detention has sparked concern at home and abroad. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who has been detained since December 28, was...

US Mint begins shipping quarters honouring Maya Angelou

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 12:10 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): The United States Mint said on Monday it has begun shipping quarters featuring the image of poet Maya Angelou, the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program. Angelou, an American author, poet and Civil Rights activist,...

Nurse caught faking shots, ditching vaccine

Published:Wednesday | January 12, 2022 | 12:10 AM

ROME (AP): The police in Italy have arrested a nurse on charges that he faked giving coronavirus vaccinations to at least 45 people so they could get a health pass fraudulently, ditching vaccines in a bin, and even putting bandages on his ‘patients...

Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay financial penalty

Published:Tuesday | January 11, 2022 | 6:30 PM

MONTREAL (AP) — The premier of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec announced Tuesday that adult residents who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be charged a financial penalty. Premier Francois Legault said not getting...

China locks down 3rd city, raising affected to 20 million

Published:Tuesday | January 11, 2022 | 9:52 AM

BEIJING (AP) — A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. The lockdown of Anyang, home to 5.5 million people, was...

UK’s Johnson faces lockdown-breach claims over garden party

Published:Tuesday | January 11, 2022 | 9:35 AM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a wave of public and political outrage on Tuesday over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020 while Britons were barred...

Senate reconvenes after one year amid instability

Published:Tuesday | January 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): Haiti’s senate reconvened Monday, for the first time in a year, with only a handful of legislators present, a move that highlighted the country’s dysfunctional government as it prepares for elections following the...

Uganda’s schools reopen, ending world’s longest lockdown

Published:Tuesday | January 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP): Uganda’s schools reopened to students on Monday, ending the world’s longest school disruption because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of the capital, Kampala, and students could...

Russia, US still far apart after talks over Ukraine tensions

Published:Tuesday | January 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

GENEVA (AP): Russia and the US remained far apart on Monday after talks aimed at defusing tensions over Ukraine, with Moscow insisting on guarantees to halt NATO’s eastward expansion and even roll back the military alliance’s deployments in Eastern...

Human rights group calls for protection of journalists

Published:Tuesday | January 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): The human rights group, Citizen Protection Office (OPC), Monday called for the promotion and protection of journalists in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, following last week’s double murder of...

EU ends omicron travel ban on flights from southern Africa

Published:Monday | January 10, 2022 | 5:45 PM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union ended travel restrictions on flights from southern Africa on Monday, well over a month after imposing them in hopes of containing the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The highly contagious...

Safety doors failed in high-rise fire that killed 17: officials

Published:Monday | January 10, 2022 | 5:18 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators sought answers today for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke to rise through the tower and killing 17 people, including eight children, in the city...

Surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient in medical first

Published:Monday | January 10, 2022 | 5:02 PM

AP, United States – In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said today that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery....

Doctors race to save lives after NYC fire that killed 17

Published:Monday | January 10, 2022 | 3:31 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors raced Monday to save survivors of New York City's deadliest fire in three decades as authorities began investigating how thick smoke could billow through a high-rise, trapping many families inside and killing 17...

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