Ten states have enacted 11 laws with prohibitions on COVID-19 vaccine mandates, according to a July 29 report from the National Academy for State Health Policy. In seven of these states, the governor has already signed the bills. In three states, … Read More
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti —A massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning, leveling dwellings in southwest portions of the country and shaking buildings from the neighboring Dominican Republic to Jamaica and Cuba. Officials and witnesses reported heavy damage and … Read More
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met privately with Border Patrol agents in Texas and said in leaked audio that the border crisis is “unsustainable” and “we’re going to lose” if “borders are the first line of defense.” “A couple of days ago I … Read More
The insurgents have taken more than a dozen provincial capitals in recent days and now control more than two-thirds of the country. Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Friday seized Kandahar and Herat—the country’s second and third largest cities, hours after … Read More
EPA The number of migrants illegally entering the European Union by crossing the Western Balkans has almost doubled this year, EU border agency Frontex said on Thursday, with the majority coming from Syria and Afghanistan, Reuters reported. Frontex said 22,600 migrants were … Read More
Russia, the fourth worst-hit country in the world in terms of cases, has since June been hit by a wave of infections driven by the Delta variant. Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency Russia on Friday recorded its highest daily … Read More
More than half a million EU citizens are still awaiting a decision over UK settled status after a surge of applications before the June deadline – Getty Images Some 569,100 cases were pending in July, Home Office data shows. Lawyers … Read More
Scotland’s hospitals are under more pressure than ever, doctors have told BBC Scotland. While the number of COVID patients has fallen, the NHS is trying to catch up with surgeries and treatments put on hold during the first wave of … Read More
© Reuters/LOREN ELLIOTT A COVID-19 lockdown remains in place as outbreak of cases affects Sydney SYDNEY (Reuters) -Extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, the New South Wales state government said on … Read More
Steps to limit virus could disrupt global supply chains ahead of year-end shopping season. People register to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday in Ningbo, where authorities have closed part of the world’s third-busiest port. –Photo credit: AFP China partly … Read More