The US will reopen transAtlantic flights to vaccinated passengers on Nov. 8, following 18 months of restrictions that have hit many international carriers, travel companies and businesses hard.
The White House on Friday said it would lift COVID-19 (...)
The United States has said it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on Nov. 8, BBC reported on Friday.
Under new rules announced by the White House, vaccinated people who have had a negative test in the 72 hours (...)
The US has said it will reopen its borders with Mexico and Canada to fully vaccinated travelers from November, BBC reported.
In a statement, its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will allow travel for non-essential purposes via land and (...)
Russia hit another record of daily coronavirus deaths Tuesday as the country struggled with a rapid surge of infections and lagging vaccination rates, but authorities have been adamant that there would be no new national lockdown.
The government (...)
AU-PRINCE -- Haiti is currently undergoing "one of the most fraught periods of its recent history", the head of the UN office in the country told the Security Council on Monday.
Still reeling from the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, on 7 (...)
A Spanish artist is using a giant 40-meter-high artwork painted on the side of a building in the Belgian capital, Brussels, to pose questions about climate change and the effect it's having on global ecosystems.
'The Alchemist' by Lula Goce, has (...)
Vulnerable Haitian men, women and children on the move in the Americas, should not be expelled from countries where they have found shelter, UN agencies said in a protection appeal on Thursday.
In a joint appeal by UN migration agency IOM, the (...)
The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the seismic industry for several quarters, keeping nearly half of its global fleet inactive — until recently. A Rystad Energy report shows that the seismic fleet's hibernation is now over, as vessel (...)
Iceland's coalition government appeared likely to continue after voters rallied around the political center in a volatile parliamentary election. Polls had suggested a victory for left-leaning parties in the unpredictable election, which saw 10 (...)
The Prime Minister of Haiti Ariel Henry said on Saturday that "human beings, fathers and mothers who have children, are always going to flee poverty and conflict."
"Migration will continue as long as the planet has both wealthy areas, whilst most of (...)
AU-PRINCE – Dozens of children with non-Haitian passports have been sent to Haiti as part of the US government's massive deportation operation this week, according to the International Organization for Migration, CNN reported.
As of Wednesday, the (...)
As Haiti continues to reel from the "triple tragedy" of natural disasters, gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed concern on Thursday that two-thirds of Haitian migrants expelled from the United States (...)
Chinese authorities declared rejecting Taiwan's application to join the 11-nation Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
"There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan (...)
Joe Biden has played down the chances of brokering a post-Brexit free trade deal with the UK, as he held talks with Boris Johnson at the White House, BBC reported.
Downing Street said its priority was still getting a deal with the US alone.
But the (...)
United States President Joe Biden's proposal to raise the target for refugee resettlement there in the coming fiscal year to 125,000 people, has been welcomed by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
"This plan reflects the commitment of the US government (...)
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez swore in new Cabinet ministers on Monday during a ceremony at the Bicentennial Museum at Government House.
Fernandez thanked the outgoing ministers for their service, saying the renewal of the Cabinet aims to (...)
The UN human rights agency on Tuesday voiced concern at the United States' deportation of migrants back to Haiti, saying that people massed along the border who feared violence or persecution at home had a right to seek asylum.
"We are disturbed by (...)
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulations to President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador of the United Mexican States on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
In his (...)
Ambassador of Mexico Aníbal Gomez-Toledo, Ambassador of Argentina Marcelo Gilardoni, Ambassador of Spain Álvaro Iranzo and Ambassador of Uruguay Nelson Yemil Chabén launched the first-ever "Ibero-American Film Festival" in Saudi Arabia, in (...)
A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometers away, the Associated Press reported.
The US Geological (...)
There's good news for the tuna you're used to seeing in supermarkets, like Atlantic and Southern bluefin. These and two other species are showing signs of recovery from overfishing.
They have been hunted by commercial fishing companies for decades (...)
Rystad Energy's initial assessment of Hurricane Ida's impact on US oil production and refinery capacity estimates a peak daily supply curtailment of 1.8 million barrels per day in the Gulf of Mexico, which currently has a peak daily production (...)
Central America and Mexico are facing "unprecedented pressure" as the number of people seeking international protection rises and access to asylum and territory is being limited through troubling new border restrictions, the UN Refugee Agency (...)
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts is in Lebanon this week to help strengthen its capability to examine the integrity of buildings impacted in last year's port explosion in Beirut.
The team is training national authorities (...)
A new coronavirus "variant of interest" named Mu — also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 — is being closely monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO), the agency has said.
In its weekly epidemiological update, published on Tuesday, WHO (...)
