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EU takes US off safe travel list, backs travel…
BRUSSELS (AP): The European Union (EU) recommended on Monday that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the US because of rising coronavirus infections there, but member countries…
EU to recommend reinstating restrictions on US…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union plans to recommend that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the United States because of rising coronavirus infection levels there, EU diplomats…
Hurricane Ida: New Orleans loses power as storm…
The US city of New Orleans has lost power, with only generators working, as Hurricane Ida batters Louisiana. The storm brought 150mph (240km/h) winds when it made landfall and those people who did not…
Hurricane Ida: Louisiana hunkers down ahead of…
Hurricane Ida has made landfall in the US state of Louisiana, with winds of 150mph (240km/h) and a potentially "catastrophic" storm surge, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says. Thousands of people…
Tropical Depression Fred threatens mudslides in…
Source: Jamaica Gleaner Tropical Depression Fred swirled over West Virginia early Wednesday and dumped heavy rain over the northeastern United States, threatening to unleash mudslides and flash floods…
Canada to require air travellers to be vaccinated
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government will soon require all air travellers and passengers on interprovincial trains to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said Friday…
Fraudulent “COVID-19 Compensation Lottery Prize”…
Geneva–6 August 2021–The World Health Organization (WHO) has been made aware of correspondences being circulated by scammers (acting under the name of Capital Finance, Inc. London), falsely notifying…
US court ruling leaves immigrants who newly…
NEW YORK (AP) — When the text message popped up on his phone, Samuel Alfaro didn't want to believe it. It said his appointment with US immigration services about his application to join the Deferred…
UK and CARICOM continue engagement on access to…
On 15 July 2021, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Kingdom co-hosted a virtual dialogue on the issue of access to finance. The event was opened by UK Minister of State responsible for…
Athletics : Olympics Updates: Coronavirus Cases…
New York Times The opening ceremony is Friday, but a cluster of positive test results, including one from an alternate on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, threaten to dampen the festivities. The…
NY immigration group urges Biden to take swift…
CMC – An umbrella immigration advocacy group in New York has called on President Joseph Biden to immediately take action after a US federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled as unlawful, a programme that…
UK government plan to end virus orders
LONDON (AP): The UK recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time in six months Friday amid a warning from the British government’s top medical adviser that the number of people…
Immunised but banned: EU says not all COVID…
LONDON (AP) — After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free to travel this summer to a European destination…
Marcus Rashford: England striker…
Source :BBC England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford apologised for his penalty shootout miss but said he "will never apologise for who I am" after he was one of three players subjected…
COVID vaccines still work against mutant,…
New research from France adds to evidence that widely used COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against a coronavirus mutant that is spreading rapidly around the world and now is the most…