HELSINKI (AP) – Greenland will hold an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to mine the important deposits of rare earth …
Read More »Canada Covid-19: Variants have likely replaced the original virus in many parts of the country, health officials say
“This is not the news any of us wanted, but hospitalizations are on the rise, ICU beds are filling up, variants are spreading, and even people who had convinced themselves not to …
Read More »Texas bans some companies from requiring proof of the Covid vaccine
The White House is clearly nervous. “The administration does not and will not support a system that requires Americans to carry a credential,” Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said Tuesday. …
Read More »Brazil’s daily deaths from COVID exceed 4,000 for the first time
SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil reported a 24-hour death toll from COVID-19 that surpassed 4,000 for the first time on Tuesday, making it the third country to exceed that daily threshold. Many …
Read More »The Taiwan Strait is a ‘powder keg’ that could trigger a world war, warns a military expert
The Taiwan Strait is a “powder keg” that has the potential to spark a world war, a military analyst said Tuesday when a panel of experts met to discuss US foreign policy …
Read More »Father is told to ‘go back to China’ in front of his daughter on TikTok
Oxygen The body of a teenage girl found in a remote area of northern California several months after her disappearance The discovery last week of the remains of a teenager in Northern …
Read More »‘A Biological Fukushima’: COVID-19 deaths in Brazil on track to overcome worst US wave
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists predicted, with deaths rising to more …
Read More »Biden’s great power test begins – WSJ
The US Navy announced Tuesday that the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group entered the South China Sea for “routine operations” amid a clash by the Chinese maritime militia with the Philippines. China’s …
Read More »Oxford pauses study of COVID-19 vaccine in children, awaits more data on blood clot problems
A vial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at the Aviva Stadium mass vaccination center, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Dublin, Ireland, on April 4, 2021. REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne …
Read More »UPDATE 1-WHO does not endorse vaccination passports for now: spokesperson
(Add details, background) GENEVA, April 6 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization does not endorse the requirement for vaccination passports for travel due to uncertainty about whether inoculation prevents transmission of the …
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