Britain tightens borders to keep out new COVID-19 strains
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is tightening border controls to prevent new strains of COVID-19 coming into the country, suspending all (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)World
Indonesia quake kills at least 42, injures hundreds
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Stanley Widianto
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake killed at least 42 people and (More…)
U.S. troops in Afghanistan now down to 2,500, lowest since 2001: Pentagon
By Idrees Ali
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S troops in Afghanistan has been reduced to 2,500, the lowest (More…)
Guatemalan families mourn death of children as hunger spreads
By Sofia Menchu
LA PALMILLA, Guatemala (Reuters) – Two-year-old Yesmin Anayeli Perez died this week of illnesses linked to malnutrition, (More…)
COVID-19 tests: Central America’s latest tool to stop migrant caravans
By Sofia Menchu and Lizbeth Diaz
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – As the first groups from Central America headed toward the (More…)
COVID-19 infection gives some immunity, but virus can still be spread, study finds
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) – People who have had COVID-19 are highly likely to have immunity to it for (More…)
Record daily German COVID deaths spark Merkel ‘mega-lockdown’ plan: Bild
By Andreas Rinke and Caroline Copley
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany recorded a new record number of deaths from the coronavirus (More…)
Fire destroys homes of thousands in Rohingya refugee camps – UNHCR
(Reuters) – A huge fire swept through the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh in the early hours of Thursday, (More…)
Indonesia resumes search for victims, black box of crashed Sriwijaya jet
By Bernadette Christina Munthe and Agustinus Beo Da Costa
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian divers resumed a search on Thursday for (More…)
Second year of pandemic ‘could even be tougher’: WHO’s Ryan
GENEVA (Reuters) – The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new (More…)
