UK Covid cases continue to rise Image source, Getty Images Around 3.8m people – one in 17 of the UK population – has coronavirus, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest. That’s up by a quarter of a million – 7% – on the week before when there were 3.5m Covid infections recorded. […]
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By Santana Salmon Premier of the British Virgin Islands Dr Natalio Wheatley says that once the disgraced former Premier Andrew Fahie vacates his seat in the House of Assembly, a by-election will be held. Speaking recently, Speaker of the House of Assembly Corine George-Massicote said she would not be granting Fahie leave/permission to be absent from […]
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By Santana Salmon The first World Health Organization (WHO) report on the health of refugees and migrants shows poorer health outcomes for many vulnerable ones from the Caribbean and other places. The report states that worldwide, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host […]
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Trending | View in Browser July 25, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines ‘The money is gone’: Evacuated Ukrainians forced to return POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — The missile’s impact flung the young woman against the fence so hard it splintered. […]
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by Jared Gans The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency after the virus reached more than 70 countries around the world. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference on Saturday that he decided the outbreak represents a “public health emergency of international concern.” “WHO’s […]
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By Nelson Acosta HAVANA, July 22 (Reuters) – Cuba’s National Assembly on Friday approved a sweeping update of its family law which opens the door to allowing gay marriage, greater women’s rights, and increased protections for children, the elderly and other family members. The new Families Code will be put to a referendum vote on […]
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A general view shows security forces and migrants pictured in the site after Mexican officials detained more than 200 mostly Guatemala migrants at a warehouse in central Mexico who were waiting to be smuggled northward, the government said on Sunday, in Jilotepec in the state of Mexico, Mexico July 24, 2022. The National Migration Institute […]
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By Philip Pullella and Timon Johnson EDMONTON, Alberta, July 24 (Reuters) – Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a week-long trip that will center around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that indigenous children endured at mostly church-run residential schools. “This is a trip […]
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By Malu Cursino BBC News Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially launched his re-election campaign, as he trails his main rival badly in opinion polls. Thousands of the far-right president’s supporters gathered at a stadium in Rio de Janeiro, where he was nominated. He promised to retain a welfare programme that makes cash payments to […]
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BBC- A Brazilian court has charged three men with the murder last month of British journalist Dom Phillips and a local indigenous expert, Bruno Pereira. The crime exposed the lawlessness that prevails in Brazil’s Amazon region. Two of the suspects helped police locate the bodies of Phillips and Pereira, who had gone missing in the […]
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