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Britain to test mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines

Published:Thursday | February 4, 2021 | 9:41 AM

British scientists are starting a study Thursday to find out if it’s OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines. The vaccines being rolled out now require two doses, and people are supposed to get two shots of the same kind, weeks apart....

Debate opened on proposed constitutional changes

Published:Thursday | February 4, 2021 | 12:13 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): Haiti has unveiled multiple proposed changes to overhaul the country’s constitution that officials plan to present to voters, starting this week, for an upcoming referendum that looms amid growing unrest. The public...

Gov’t designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity

Published:Thursday | February 4, 2021 | 12:13 AM

TORONTO (AP): The Canadian government designated the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity on Wednesday, noting they played a pivotal role in the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. The Proud Boys have faced increased scrutiny after...

PAHO: Damage from COVID-19 impacting mainly women

Published:Thursday | February 4, 2021 | 12:12 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa Etienne, warned that the health, social and economic effects of COVID-19 are disproportionately impacting women and called for heightened attention to the...

Privy Council hears government appeal against same-sex marriage

Published:Thursday | February 4, 2021 | 12:12 AM

LONDON (CMC): The Privy Council in London on Wednesday began a two-day hearing into the Bermuda government’s appeal against same-sex marriage in the British overseas territory. It is the final chapter in a roller-coaster saga that at one stage saw...

Venezuela releases Guyanese fishermen, vessels

Published:Thursday | February 4, 2021 | 12:11 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Twelve Guyanese who were on board two fishing vessels detained by the Venezuelan navy about two weeks ago were on Wednesday making their way home after being released by the authorities in the Spanish-speaking nation....

San Francisco sues own district to open schools

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 5:07 PM

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco has taken a dramatic step in its effort to get kids back in public schools, suing its own school district to try to force classrooms to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit is the first of its kind...

Study finds COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 3:36 PM

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine does more than prevent people from falling seriously ill — it appears to reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three months on just a single dose, researchers said Wednesday in...

CDC: Schools can reopen without teachers taking COVID shots

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 1:40 PM

WASHINGTON — The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated for the coronavirus. As some teachers’ unions balk at resuming in-person instruction...

Biden signs immigration orders as Congress awaits more

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 9:47 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a second spate of orders to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, demonstrating the powers of the White House and its limitations without support from Congress. His orders...

China to send 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses abroad

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 9:41 AM

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative as part of its ambitious diplomatic and business efforts to distribute Chinese...

Customs disrupts smuggling attempt in Caribbean Sea

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 12:14 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said on Monday that its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) National Air Security Operations Center (NASOC) P-3 crew worked with US federal and international partners to...

Biden moves to provide COVID vaccine to pharmacies

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 12:14 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to US pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting to appear. A White House announcement was...

UK tests house-to-house in hunt for new virus variant

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 12:14 AM

LONDON (AP): England has begun house-by-house COVID-19 testing in some communities as authorities try to snuff out a new variant of the coronavirus before it spreads widely and undermines a nationwide vaccination programme. Authorities want to...

PA give first vaccines after Israel shares supply

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 12:13 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): The Palestinian Authority (PA), administered its first known coronavirus vaccinations on Tuesday after receiving thousands of doses from Israel, which has already inoculated more than a third of its population. The Palestinian...

Court orders Navalny to prison

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 12:12 AM

MOSCOW (AP): A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than two and a half years on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning, a...

Exemption needed to leave country

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2021 | 12:11 AM

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Anyone wanting to leave Trinidad and Tobago on a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight will need an exemption from the Ministry of National Security, the twin-island republic’s flag carrier said on Monday. CAL said in a customer...

UK tests house-to-house in hunt for new COVID-19 variant

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 2:39 PM

LONDON (AP) — England has begun house-by-house COVID-19 testing in some communities as authorities try to snuff out a new variant of the coronavirus before it spreads widely and undermines a nationwide vaccination programme. Authorities want...

House Democrats make case for conviction,Trump denies charges

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 2:34 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the US Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet...

Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 9:50 AM

DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of the country of 60 million people expressed doubt about the vaccines without offering evidence...

China arrests suspects in fake COVID-19 vaccine ring

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 9:41 AM

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese police have arrested more than 80 suspected members of a criminal group that was manufacturing and selling fake COVID-19 vaccines, including to other countries. Police in Beijing and in Jiangsu and Shandong...

Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 9:14 AM

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a coup and detained senior...

Outrage over death threat against 11-year-old activist

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 12:12 AM

VILLETA (AP): A social media death threat aimed at an 11-year-old environmental activist has roused outrage in Colombia, a nation where attacks on social leaders are common and threats are taken seriously. Colombian officials said they are...

Military stages coup in Myanmar

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 12:11 AM

JAKARTA (AP): A coup in Myanmar has left the military in control under a one-year state of emergency, while the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other senior politicians have been detained. Here’s a look at what could be behind the...

President: No bilateral talks with Venezuela until fishermen released

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2021 | 12:10 AM

GEORGETOWN (CMC): The government has made it clear that it will only have bilateral discussions with Venezuela once the Nicolás Maduro administration releases the Guyanese fishermen illegally detained in the Spanish-speaking nation last week....

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