HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Outside a foreign currency exchange in Zimbabwe's capital, hordes of people desperate for United States dollars are pushed up against each other. “That's it, keep it tight,” some shout, trying...
PORT-OF-SPAIN: Physical classes will resume for all secondary and tertiary students, as well as Standard Five pupils, from February, while early childhood care and education and standards one to four students will return to the classroom in April...
WASHINGTON, (CMC): Five Caribbean countries may not meet the goal of having 40 per cent of their populations being vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO said on Wednesday that while its...
MOSCOW (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the West on Thursday to “immediately” meet Russia’s demand for security guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine, saying the US is “on the threshold of our home”. Speaking during a...
LONDON (AP): Preliminary data suggest that people with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are between 50 per cent and 70 per cent less likely to need hospitalisation than those with the Delta strain, Britain’s public health agency said on...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol led by his supporters....
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States health regulators on Thursday authorised the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of omicron infections. The Food and Drug Administration announcement...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis urged Vatican cardinals, bishops and bureaucrats Thursday to embrace humility this Christmas season, saying their pride, self-interest and the “glitter of our armour” were perverting their spiritual lives...
Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta version. Scientists stress that even if the findings of these early studies hold up, any reductions in severity need...
LONDON (AP) — The British government said Thursday it won't introduce any new coronavirus restrictions until after Christmas and called early studies on the severity of the omicron variant encouraging. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Grenada police on Wednesday said that preliminary investigations into the discovery of seven bodies in a boat found drifting within the island’s maritime borders on December 12 may have been victims of human trafficking or...
LAGOS (AP): Nigeria destroyed more than one million expired doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be used before their expiration date. Faisal Shuaib, head of Nigeria’s National Primary Health...
Nearly US$100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programmes set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the US Secret Service said Tuesday. The estimate is based on Secret Service cases and...
BEIJING (AP): China on Wednesday ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighbourhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi’an following a spike in coronavirus cases, setting off panic buying just weeks before the country...
NEW YORK (AP) — With COVID-19 cases spiking, New York City officials said Wednesday they're opening more testing sites and restricting visiting at city-run hospitals and jails — but having crowds in Times Square for New Year's...
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday that blanket booster programmes in rich countries risk prolonging the world's battle with COVID-19 and said that “no country can boost its way out of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States health regulators on Wednesday authorised the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited milestone...
LAGOS, Nigeria — Authorities in Nigeria have destroyed about one million expired doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine even as the West African country's vaccination rate has almost doubled in the last one week amid a spike in confirmed...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts say. Daily virus case counts are notoriously...
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2021 | 12:11 AM
MANILA (AP): The governor of a central Philippine province devastated last week by Typhoon Rai, pleaded on radio on Tuesday for the government to quickly send food and other aid, warning that without outside help, army troops and police would have...
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2021 | 12:11 AM
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be allowed to appeal a court ruling that ordered him back to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Zuma, 80, had been released on medical parole...
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2021 | 12:11 AM
MOSCOW (AP): The Russian president on Tuesday reiterated his demand for guarantees from the US and its allies that NATO will not expand eastwards, blaming the West for “tensions that are building up in Europe”. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2021 | 12:11 AM
KINGSTOWN (CMC): Three trade unions, including the St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Teachers Union (SVGTU), have gone to court challenging the government’s mandatory vaccination policy. The attorneys said they have also filed the court challenge on...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the omicron variant surging through the United States, President Joe Biden has announced that the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office announced the decision...
