17 Dec 2020

Fauci tells Americans not to see their kids for Christmas

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Doc says an already ‘difficult situation’ means it can’t ‘be business as usual this Christmas’ Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said this week that he and his wife will not be seeing his three adult children … Read More
17 Dec 2020

WHO Team Leaves for Wuhan to Investigate Coronavirus Origin

by | posted in: Far East, News |

Getty Images A World Health Organization research mission to China is expected to arrive in Wuhan next month to investigate how the novel coronavirus jumped from animals to humans, and whether it emerged earlier or in a different place than originally thought. … Read More
16 Dec 2020

Alaska health care worker suffers adverse reaction after COVID-19 vaccine

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The woman had an allergic reaction within 10 minutes of receiving the shot. A health care worker in Alaska is doing “well” after suffering an adverse reaction minutes after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, officials said. The health care worker, who was identified as a … Read More
17 Dec 2020

Japan snowfall leaves thousands without power, vehicles stranded

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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called an emergency meeting after 10,000 households lost electricity and 1,000 vehicles got stuck on roads The heavy snowfall was centred on Niigata and Gunma prefectures, which have had about 2 metres of snow over three … Read More
16 Dec 2020

U.S. Treasury labels Switzerland, Vietnam as currency manipulators

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FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Treasury building is seen in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new names to a watch list of countries it suspects of taking … Read More
16 Dec 2020

Biden’s pledges could spur more migration. But in a pandemic, the border is unprepared

by | posted in: News, Refugee Crisis America |

LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – After spending eight months of 2019 in a makeshift tent camp in the dangerous Mexican border city of Matamoros, Israel Martinez abandoned his hopes of seeking asylum in the United States. Beaten down by the … Read More
16 Dec 2020

Migrant caravan heads for US southern border

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Announcements circulating on social media claim that a migrant caravan is heading for the US southern border. Following two massive hurricanes causing devastation across Central America, it’s understood that thousands of migrants from Chile, Cuba, Guyana, Honduras, Paraguay, and other Central … Read More
16 Dec 2020

Thousands of Cubans in South America planning caravans to the U.S. border to seek asylum

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Thousands of Cubans have started to join other migrants in caravans heading for the U.S. southern border to apply for political asylum, Cubans in Latin America have told el Nuevo Herald. From Guyana to Paraguay and Chile, Cuban migrants are … Read More

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