A large majority of the United States House of Representatives passed a final version of the defence budget for 2022 late Tuesday evening (local time). The budget law authorizes defence spending worth USD 768 billion. That amount is $25 billion more than President Joe Biden had asked for and […]
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WHO Advises Against the Use of Plasma Therapy in the Treatment of Covid-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) advised on Tuesday against the use of plasma therapy to treat corona patients with mild or moderate symptoms. In the British Medical Journal, the WHO says that “current evidence shows that survival does not increase and the need for medical ventilators does not decrease” […]
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CNN: US to Diplomatically Boycott Beijing Games
The US government will soon officially announce that it will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. President Joe Biden will make the diplomatic boycott official this week, and several sources told the news channel. However, according to CNN, the United States National Security Council, […]
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Suriname Government Gives in to Catering and Extends Curfew
After protests from the catering sector and consultation with the business community, the Surinamese government has decided to extend the curfew. The measure will no longer apply from 9 p.m. on Friday but will only take effect at 11 p.m. After that, the curfew ends at 5 a.m. daily. […]
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First Omicron Case Discovered in United States
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has also reached the United States. The CDC health agency has identified the potentially more contagious variant in California in a traveller who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22. The variant had already surfaced in Canada. The mutant has also been found […]
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WHO Recommends People Over 60 Not to Travel
People over 60 should put their travel plans on hold to avoid exposure to the risks associated with the Omikron variant, says the World Health Organization (WHO). He does repeat that general travel bans are not helpful to stop the spread of the virus, whether mutated or not. The […]
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US Health Service Wants Booster for All Adults for Omicron
With the emergence of the corona variant Omicron, advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have once again urged that all adults in the United States receive a booster shot. Earlier in November, they already recommended the third injection for all adults after first advocating […]
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Canada’s First Omicron Case Diagnosed on Sunday
Corona infections with the Omicron variant were diagnosed for the first time in Canada on Sunday, the Ministry of Health of the Province of Ontario reported. It concerns two people who have recently been to Nigeria. Both are now in quarantine. France may be the next country to confirm […]
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Venezuelan President Visits Cuba, Five Years After Castro’s Death
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has made a surprise visit to the Cuban capital Havana. He was there in honour of the death of Fidel Castro, the former leader of the island who passed away on Thursday exactly five years ago at the age of 90. Maduro had not travelled […]
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Magdalena Andersson Makes New Bid to Become Swedish Prime Minister on Monday
Magdalena Andersson will make a new bid to become prime minister of Sweden on Monday. On Wednesday, she had resigned less than eight hours after her election after losing Greens’ support for her minority coalition. Still, she believes it will be okay. Parliament will again vote on her premiership […]