Biden Warns Of ‘Winter Of illness, Death’ For US Unvacci...
Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden is urging Americans to get vaccinated or boosted amid a surge in cases linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant, warning of a “winter of severe illness and death” for those who are yet to get ... Read More
Number of Jailed Female Journalists Surges Amid Global Incre...
Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova, Belarusian journalists, stand inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus, Feb. 18, 2021.
In a record year of journalist jailings, the number of female reporters being detained for their work rose by ... Read More
Omicron Is Spreading Faster Than Any Other Coronavirus Varia...
The Omicron coronavirus variant is spreading at a rate not seen with previous variants, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned, adding that the tendency to dismiss it as mild is concerning.
Speaking during a news conference on ... Read More
European Commission President Warns Omicron Could Dominate C...
The president of the European Commission is warning that the omicron variant could become the dominant coronavirus variant across the 27-nation bloc by mid-January.
Ursula von der Leyen told members of the European Parliament Wednesday in Brussels that many member nations ... Read More
Kenyan Court Suspends Directive Barring Unvaccinated From Go...
Kenya’s high court has suspended a government order that required everyone accessing public services and places to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 21.
Kenyan High Court Judge Antony Mrima put a hold on a government directive that would have denied ... Read More
Covid: Omicron Probably In Most Countries, WHO Says
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the new coronavirus variant Omicron is probably already present in most countries around the world.
Cases of the heavily mutated variant have been confirmed in 77 countries.
But WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said ... Read More
UK Removes All 11 Countries From Red List
The government has said that all 11 countries will be removed from the UK's travel red list from 4am on Wednesday.
Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe are on the list.
The red list was ... Read More
Canada Offers Up To $40bn To Compensate Indigenous Children
A court ruling this year, ordering compensation to be paid, has been a source of tension between the government and indigenous activists
Canada has pledged up to C$40bn ($31bn; £23.6bn) in compensation for indigenous children and families who suffered discrimination while ... Read More
G-7 Warns Russia On Military Buildup Along Ukraine Border
G-7 Foreign and Development Ministers pose for a group photograph during the final day of the G-7 summit in Liverpool, northwest England, Dec. 12, 2021.
The Group of Seven democratic economic powers on Sunday warned Russia to de-escalate its large-scale military ... Read More
Covid: Boris Johnson Sets New Booster Target Over ‘Omi...
Booster jabs will be offered to everyone over 18 in England from this week, the PM has announced, as he declared an "Omicron emergency".
"No one should be in any doubt, there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming," Boris Johnson ... Read More