Category : COVID-19

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — People who protest in front of private residences in Florida can face jail time and fines under a bill signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. He said it would prevent protests in Florida like those waged by abortion rights protesters in front of U.S. Supreme Court justices’ homes in Virginia. […]Read More

The Biden administration is lifting Trump-era restrictions on Cuba, including some aspects of travel to the island, caps on remittances, and the issuance of at least 20,000 immigrant visas annually. A State Department statement described the measure as designed “to further support the Cuban people, providing them additional tools to pursue a life free from […]Read More

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defences and waves of infections two, maybe three times a year – this may be the future of Covid-19, some scientists now fear. The central problem is that the coronavirus has become more adept at […]Read More

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The US government will extend the Covid-19 public health emergency past mid-July, continuing pandemic-era policies as the nearly two-and-a-half-year outbreak drags on. The Department of Health and Human Services has repeatedly renewed the public health emergency since implementing it in January 2020. The declaration allows the US to grant emergency authorisations […]Read More

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Coronavirus cases are spreading at an alarming rate across the United States, particularly in the north-east and the Midwest, as the country’s death toll nears the 1 million mark. An average of more than 90,000 new US cases are now being identified each day, a 60 per cent increase from two […]Read More

A third round of free at-home COVID-19 tests are now available for Americans. The free tests were first introduced as part of a Biden administration push to increase testing capacity and is now a major part of the ongoing COVID-19 strategy.  Every household in America is eligible for this third round of tests and can order […]Read More

KYIV/MARIUPOL (REUTERS) – Ukraine’s military command said in early hours on Tuesday (May 17) that the mission to defend the besieged Azovstal steel plant by “the heroes of our time” in the strategic southern port of Mariupol is over and pledged to rescue servicemen still trapped inside. “The ‘Mariupol’ garrison has fulfilled its combat mission,” […]Read More

More than three decades after it became the first American fast food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union, McDonald’s said Monday that it has started the process of selling its business in Russia, another symbol of the country’s increasing isolation over its war in Ukraine. The company, which has 850 restaurants in Russia that […]Read More

The former chairman of the Federal Reserve has a new book out on Tuesday explaining the powers of the Fed and Congress to juice or slow our economy amid a supply-chain crunch and sky-high demand. Standing in his kitchen one morning in Washington, D.C., and drinking a glass of lightly flavored water, Ben Bernanke is […]Read More

Getty Images The UK government is poised to introduce legislation that would allow ministers in London to override parts of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. The Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, is expected to make a statement tomorrow. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is currently visiting Northern Ireland to encourage the return of the devolved government. […]Read More