Vaccinations are conducted at the Community Health Service Center in Enshi city, Hubei Province on 30 December 2020. Source: AAP A year on after the first global cases of COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan, a number of countries have already begun … Read More
Amna Nawaz: Now to Venezuela and the ongoing struggle for power amid a growing humanitarian crisis. Next week, a new Parliament is set to be sworn in, after members of the opposition boycotted elections earlier this month. That leaves opposition … Read More
Journalists protest the murder of their colleague Maria Helena Ferral at Lerdo square in Xalapa, Veracruz state, Mexico, on April 1, 2020. (AFP/Hector Quintanar) Retaliatory killings of journalists worldwide rose significantly in 2020 from the previous year, but deaths covering … Read More
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
Caracas, Dec 12 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is moving today towards setting up a new National Assembly (unicameral Parliament), in a scenario marked by the categorical triumph of the Great Patriotic Pole in the recent legislative elections. The National Electoral … Read More
Faced with a choice between much of the country and Cristina, Alberto let the moment pass and concentrated on trying to convince her he was as loyal a vassal as any mortal could conceivably be. ALBERTO FERNANDEZ AND CRISTINA KIRCHNER. … Read More
But masks are still likely to prevent infected people from transmitting the virus. (Salvatore Laporta/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) The urgency of trying to control the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred public health researchers to search for evidence-based measures that might work to protect the … Read More
Everyone has a right to dissent from the epidemiologists’ contentment with the way things are now. (Esther19775 | Dreamstime.com) The New York Times asked 700 epidemiologists to describe their COVID-19 habits, how their thinking has changed since the pandemic began, and when … Read More
Caracas, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ratified strongly this Sunday his support for the people of Palestine, on occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with that Middle East nation. On Twitter, Nicolás Maduro supported the … Read More
OAS on the upcoming vote: “It cannot be accepted by the international community.’ The international Organization of American States (OAS) has called on its 35-member nations to reject the parliamentary elections planned by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next month on Dec. 6. “It … Read More