BUENOS AIRES (AP): Argentina on Wednesday became the largest nation in Latin America to legalise elective abortion, a triumph for a feminist movement that overcame a last-minute appeal by Pope Francis to his compatriots and could pave the way for...
TEGUCIGALPA (AP): Honduran authorities said on Wednesday they are investigating the murders of two activists indigenous leaders killed in separate incidents over the weekend. Félix Vásquez, a longtime environmental activist from the Lenca...
TORONTO (AP): The Canadian government said Wednesday that passengers must have a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days before they arrive in the country. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the measure will be...
PARIS (AP): More journalists are being killed outside of war zones, and the overwhelming majority of this year’s grim total of at least 50 dead were deliberately targeted, many of them murdered while investigating organised crime, corruption and...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2020 | 10:33 AM
DENVER (AP) — A new variant of the coronavirus that may be more contagious has been found in a Colorado man who had not been travelling, triggering a host of questions about how the first reported US case of the new version showed up in the...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2020 | 10:01 AM
BEIJING (AP) — China is encouraging tens of millions of migrant workers not to travel home during next February’s Lunar New Year holiday to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, disrupting its most important time for family...
LONDON — Britain has authorised the use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the “vaccine for the world.” The government says the...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2020 | 12:17 AM
MOSCOW (AP): Russian riot police stormed into a monastery Tuesday to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavirus. In the overnight showdown, police...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2020 | 12:17 AM
WASHINGTON (AP): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief cheques up for a vote, saying the chamber would “begin a process” to...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2020 | 12:16 AM
TEHRAN (AP): As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Mideast’s worst outbreak, a women’s group hopes to empower its members by helping them make and sell face masks. The organisation called ‘Bavar’, or ‘Belief’ in Farsi, formed in...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he is not opposed to private companies buying coronavirus vaccines to distribute to patients who want to pay for the shots. But he noted there isn...
LONDON — Some people in Britain have received their second and final dose of coronavirus vaccine as the country’s immunisation programme rolls on. Margaret Keenan, 91, who became the first person in the UK to get a vaccine on December 8...
LONDON (AP) — British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring. Authorities are blaming a new, more transmissible variant...
MOSCOW — Russia’s updated statistics on coronavirus-linked deaths show more than 100,000 people had died by December, a number much higher than previously reported by government officials. A total of 116,030 people with the coronavirus...
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital. Authorities said a girl was killed and at least 20 people were injured in the...
PODGORICA (AP): Several thousand people rallied Monday in Montenegro, accusing the young country’s new government of being pro-Serb because of its plans to amend a religious property law that is strongly opposed by the Serbian Orthodox Church....
KINGSTOWN (CMC): Health officials in St Vincent and the Grenadines are currently exploring the option of fitting electronic bracelets on persons who will be placed in quarantine due to COVID-19. This was revealed by Prime Minister Dr Ralph...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The police have arrested a 27-year-old Cuban national in connection with the murder of his partner, Tara Krishnaran, and her 11-year-old daughter on Christmas Day. The police report that Joel Rodriguez, known as Yoel Rodriguez...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars Monday as part of new restrictions to help the country battle a resurgence of the coronavirus, including a new variant....
BEIJING (AP): China has lowered the age of criminal responsibility for some serious crimes from 14 to 12, as it looks to combat juvenile crime committed by children. Under an amended law, children aged 12 to 14 will be held criminally liable for “...
NEW YORK (CMC): A Barbadian-born, retired New York Police Department (NYPD) detective has thrown her hat in the race for the 46th New York City Council District in Brooklyn and has expressed strong confidence that she would emerge victorious. Dr...
A huge United States study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate got underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the first shots to a nation anxiously awaiting relief from the catastrophic outbreak. Public health experts say...
BERLIN — The head of the World Health Organization says it’s important to step up genomic sequencing worldwide to ensure that new variants of the coronavirus are detected as the pandemic enters its second year. New variants detected in...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has confirmed its first cases of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Monday the cases have been confirmed...
LONDON (AP) — First came the Brexit trade deal. Now comes the red tape and the institutional nitty-gritty. Four days after sealing a free trade agreement with the European Union, the British government warned businesses Monday to get ready...
