Germany expects COVID-19 cases to peak in mid-February
BERLIN, Germany (AP) — Germany’s health minister expects the number of coronavirus infections in the country to keep rising for several weeks before peaking next month.
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Airlines worldwide rush to change flights over US 5G problem
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing dispute… Read more »
US faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000… Read more »
Group: Tax rich to fund vaccines for poor hit by pandemic
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Anti-poverty organization Oxfam called Monday for governments to impose a one-time 99% tax on the world’s billionaires and use the money to fund expanded production… Read more »
No vaccine? No cafe, according to new French virus law
PARIS, France (AP) — France’s parliament approved a law Sunday that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues, the central measure of government efforts to… Read more »
Strong quake shakes Indonesia’s capital; no tsunami alert
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, damaging buildings and houses and sending people into the streets, but no casualties… Read more »
US hits NKorean officials with sanctions after missile test
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on five North Korean officials in its first response to Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test and later announced… Read more »
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at… Read more »
Deadly extreme weather year for US as carbon emissions soar
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas… Read more »
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese debt restructuring amid crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of debt-ridden Sri Lanka on Sunday asked China for the restructuring of its loans and access to preferential credit for imports of essential… Read more »