MADRID (AP) — Blame COVID-19 travel restrictions or Brexit but whatever the cause, some British citizens trying to return to their homes in several European countries this weekend have been barred from boarding flights. Airlines refused...
BALTIMORE, Maryland — The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000 as experts anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases and deaths stemming from holiday gatherings over Christmas and New Year’s. Data...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely as the country reels from a new coronavirus variant that has pushed infection rates to their highest recorded...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As communities across the country feel the pain of a surge in coronavirus cases, funeral homes in the hot spot of Southern California say they must turn away grieving families as they run out of space for the bodies piling...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of 11 Republican senators announced Saturday it will challenge the outcome of the presidential election by voting to reject electors from some states when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College...
LONDON (AP) — With daily coronavirus infections surging as a result of a new virus variant, the British government faced mounting pressure Saturday from teachers’ unions to keep schools in England closed for at least another two weeks....
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump has extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rule that requires new immigrants to...
LONDON (AP) — British hospitals around the country face a perilous situation in January, medical workers warned Friday amid surging coronavirus infections blamed on a new virus variant. Authorities pressed to reactivate field hospitals...
PARIS (AP): A man in eastern France was killed when a New Year’s Eve firework exploded after he went back to inspect it, while another man was killed by a home-made firework in neighbouring Germany. The 25-year-old died instantly in the incident...
BRUSSELS (AP): Authorities in Belgium say a 27th elderly person has died in an outbreak at a nursing home from a super-spreading St Nick party last month, but they hope the situation is now under control. The Hemelrijck home in the northern Belgium...
KINSHASA (AP): At least 25 people were killed in an attack on New Year’s Eve by rebels in Congo’s eastern Beni territory, local officials said Friday. Farmers had gone to the fields in the village of Tingwe when they were attacked by Allied...
LONDON (AP): Britain on Friday became the latest country to abolish the so-called “tampon tax”, eliminating sales taxes on women’s sanitary products. The move was widely praised by women’s rights advocates as well as proponents of the country’s...
MEXICO CITY (AP): A broad ban on single-use containers, forks, straws and other ubiquitous items takes effect in Mexico’s capital, one of the world’s largest cities, after more than a year of preparation. On Friday, Mexico City’s environmental...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ambulances waited hours for openings to offload coronavirus patients. Overflow patients were moved to hospital hallways and gift shops, even a cafeteria and refrigerated trucks were on standby, ready to store the dead. For...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): An aerial reconnaissance conducted on Wednesday has indicated that there are no significant changes at the La Soufrière volcano since the previous day, when an effusive eruption was noted at the 4,048-foot mountain. The National...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The incoming chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago, is challenging the regional integration movement towards stronger outcomes in the year ahead. In his message to...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): The Keith Mitchell-led administration has announced the country’s first female attorney general. Just months after being appointed solicitor general, Dia C. Forrester-Gellineau was on Thursday morning appointed attorney general,...
SAN JUAN (CMC): The president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Pablo Torres, has predicted that the Caribbean will see a return of tourism to the region “faster than many parts of the world,” thanks to the protocols and...
GRAFTON, Wisconsin (AP) — Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine. Aurora Medical Center first reported that the...
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — An ambitious goal of vaccinating one million New York City residents against COVID-19 in January was set Thursday by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who noted that meeting the target would require outside...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget. Australia was among the first nations...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it. The level of testing across the continent is considerably less than what...
BEIJING (AP) — China authorised its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use Thursday, adding another shot that could see wide use in poorer countries as the virus surges back around the globe. The Sinopharm vaccine had already been...
LONDON (AP) — Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can still be friends. On Thursday, the UK is finally moving out. At 11 p.m. London time —...
California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus, offering a strong indication that the infection is spreading more widely in the United States. Governor...
