With eight percent of the globe’s population and 30 percent of its Covid-19 deaths, Latin America is facing the pandemic’s next phase – mass vaccination – with alarm. HEALTHCARE WORKERS OF THE SAN JOSÉ HOSPITAL MOBILE UNIT TREAT VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS AT A CLOSED … Read More
Analysis by free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs of recently released data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that over 230,000 small businesses are expected to close and 470,000 jobs will be permanently destroyed once COVID-19 support … Read More
A pair of reports from Department of Agriculture economists project a drop in American grain and oilseed production and overseas stocks on hand, prolonging a bump in commodity prices. The forecasts — monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports — … Read More
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to erode huge gains against much more devastating infections, I look for silver linings. All year, COVID-19 has commandeered the world’s attention. It is as if no other disease has ever been more important, more … Read More
At least three people have been killed by flooding on the Italian island of Sardinia, according to authorities and local media. In Bitti, a town in the province of Nuoro, streets were turned into rivers of mud that covered cars … Read More
A couple pass coronavirus advice and a Christmas tree in Covent Garden in London on Monday. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced non-essential shops in all parts of England will be allowed to reopen when lockdown ends Wednesday. Photo by … Read More
Significant magnitude 6.5 earthquake 172 km northwest of Talca, Chile A shallow magnitude 6.5 earthquake was reported early evening near the town of Constitución, Chile. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Saturday 21 … Read More
Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)–A strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.8 hit eastern Japan on Sunday evening. The quake, which occurred off the Pacific coast of Ibaraki Prefecture around 7:06 p.m. (10:06 a.m. GMT), measured lower 5 in … Read More
The death toll from Hurricane Iota continues to rise after the storm hammered a part of Central America that was recently battered by Hurricane Eta. Iota left a trail of devastation in its wake as it tore across parts of Nicaragua and Honduras earlier … Read More