DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization says it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days to combat the recent epidemic of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has...
WASHINGTON (AP) — By the thousands, US service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down Internet rumours and find the right pitch that will persuade troops to get the shot. Some...
BRIDGETOWN: Government on Wednesday announced a weekend curfew as part of efforts to further restrict the unnecessary movement that it said is contributing to the spread of COVID-19 here. The announcement came from Minister of Health and Wellness,...
Rush Limbaugh, the talk-radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a captivating brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, influencing the rightward push of...
YANGON (AP): Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city Wednesday, in one of largest protests yet of a coup, despite warnings from a UN human rights expert that recent troop movements could indicate the...
DUBAI (AP): Emirati police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing a highly valuable newborn camel to give to his girlfriend for her birthday, the United Arab Emirates’ state-linked newspaper reported Wednesday. The owners of the baby camel...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden’s effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour could provide a welcome opportunity for someone like Cristian Cardona, a 21-year-old fast food worker. Cardona would love to earn enough to afford to...
TOKYO (AP): Japan launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday, months after other major economies started giving shots and amid questions about whether the drive would reach enough people quickly enough to save a Summer Olympics already...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake 3M brand N95 masks in recent weeks, the result of an ongoing investigation into counterfeits sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities, and government...
Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a captivating brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, influencing the rightward push of...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2021 | 12:42 PM
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Heavy snowfall blanketed the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens, caused power cuts, and halted COVID-19 vaccinations in the Greek capital on Tuesday as the weather brought many services across the country to...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2021 | 11:50 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticised the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather that has overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change and left millions without electricity in record-breaking cold kept its grip on the nation’s midsection Wednesday. At least 20 people have...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have attacked a school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, killing at least one student and abducting more than 40 people including students and teachers, according to an official, teacher, and a prefect...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday, months after other major economies started giving shots and amid questions about whether the drive would reach enough people quickly enough to save a Summer Olympics...
NEW DELHI (AP): When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in India, there were fears it would sink the fragile health system of the world’s second-most populous country. Infections climbed dramatically for months and at one point India looked like it...
CARACAS (AP): Venezuela’s deepening crisis has gutted emergency ambulance services, so a group of volunteer paramedics has stepped into the void to offer life-saving help on the tough streets of Caracas. Calling themselves Angels of the Road, the...
KYIV (AP): Authorities in Belarus raided homes and offices of journalists and human-rights activists on Tuesday in the latest move to squelch protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Police searched the offices of the...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Lawmen in special units within the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) will be equipped with body cameras, Minister of National Security Stuart Young said on Monday. It was also announced that a full-scale investigation...
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, North Carolina (AP) — A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday, including three people found dead after a tornado hit a seaside town in North Carolina and...
PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia has become the nation with the most COVID-19 deaths by size of population in the world amid a surge of cases from a highly contagious coronavirus variant. Despite a tough lockdown, the seven-day rolling average of daily...
FORT PIERCE, Florida (AP) — The United States Coast Guard has suspended the search for six people who were reported as missing after their boat capsized off of Florida’s Atlantic coast. “The decision to suspend a search-and-rescue...
BRUSSELS — The European Commission says it expects Moderna to make up a shortfall in deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine by next month. EU Commission spokeswoman Vivian Loonella told reporters that Moderna told EU authorities about delays in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent the Senate from...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court ordered the government Tuesday to end the curfew it imposed last month to rein in the spread of the coronavirus, saying the ruling coalition was not entitled to use emergency powers to enforce the...
