Thu 23 December 2021: As winter holidays approach, many Americans won’t just miss out on celebratory meals because of isolation forced on them by the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead millions of people in the US will go literally hungry due to the deep economic crisis gripping the country. According to Bloomberg, hunger is on the rise […]
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Thu 23 December 2021: Ottawa announced on Wednesday that it would expand support programs to assist people and businesses affected by the Omicron coronavirus variant, warning that the virus’ spread would make things worse. The country’s chief public health officer, Theresa Tam, warned Canadians to be cautious, saying at a press conference that “the situation […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: Following interviews with migrants and refugees in Poland fleeing Belarus after being forced to cross the border, the UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday called on both countries to urgently address the “appalling situation”, reports Anadolu Agency. Belarus has refused to allow officials of the UN Rights Office to visit the border […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that wealthy countries did too little to combat the spread of new COVID-19 variants because they failed to vaccinate more vulnerable parts of the world. Brown wrote in a Monday op-ed in The Guardian that the new Omicron coronavirus variant is not Africa’s […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the US Secret Service said Tuesday. The estimate is based on Secret Service cases and data from the Labor Department and the Small Business […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: In a series of tweets aimed at alerting the public to the alarming rise in Omicron around the world, Bill Gates warned on Tuesday of the need for extreme caution as we approach the holiday season’s peak, sharing that he, too, has canceled most of his holiday plans. The billionaire Microsoft […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: Vehicles that run on cleaner fuel are becoming more popular in Europe. Last month, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids on the continent outstripped those of diesel vehicles. The Tesla, Renault Zoe, and Dacia Spring appear to be gaining popularity among drivers. In the last two years, EV and […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: The Kellogg’s strike is officially over. The union representing striking workers has ratified a deal to end an 11-week work stoppage at four Kellogg Co. breakfast cereal plants. After a tentative agreement was announced last week, a new five-year contract for the 1,400 affected workers was approved. Kellogg had threatened to […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: At a court hearing, the man accused of killing British parliamentarian David Amess in a church where he was meeting voters in October pleaded not guilty. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is accused of stabbing Amess multiple times in a church hall in Southend, England, where he was meeting voters from his […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: An NGO has sued French and British authorities for failing to rescue 27 migrants who drowned in the English Channel last month. “Utopia 56 files a complaint with the Paris Judicial Court prosecutor for manslaughter and failure to provide assistance,” the NGO said in a statement on Monday. The lawsuit targets […]
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