Winter storms disrupt vaccine effort as variants fuel new fears
Official says facility was not evacuated because it was considered to be in a safe zone The official death toll from storms in Beijing has risen to 44, with Chinese officials saying on Thursday that 31 people died in a flooded nursing home. Beijing vice-mayor Xia Linmao said the nursing home was in the mountainous…
TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Japan’s efforts to rebuild its semiconductor industry are getting a shot in the arm as more and more Taiwanese chip companies expand here – not only to support a new TSMC plant but also excited about the Japanese sector’s prospects. The influx comes amid shifting alliances and priorities in the…
After the news that Europe’s largest car producer VW may close two plants, experts are sounding the alarm that the downsizing of manufacturing isn’t just limited to the car industry. The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) says companies need to evolve. As EU car companies struggle with the phasing out of combustion engines and…
Barranquilla, Colombia — A flamboyant U.S.-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s polarizing presidential runoff Sunday, swinging the country hard right and sparking violent protests. With almost all the ballots counted, Abelardo de la Espriella held 49.66% of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70%. The 47-year-old’s slender win triggered…
Greetings from Tyler It has been a rough week. Wouldn’t you know, we’ve just sent out an issue of WATCH Magazine, and now there’s a Middle Eastern war, the extent of which we cannot grasp. There’s no question this thing could get completely out of control. The terrorists think they’re mad? The whole world is…
Ukraine’s interior minister was among at least 14 people killed after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside Kyiv on Wednesday, authorities said. The cause of the crash, which comes as the country’s war with Russia approaches the 11-month mark, was not immediately clear. At least nine of those killed had been onboard the emergency…