Month: January 2022
Hong Kong Dials Back Lengthy Covid-19 Quarantine
Arriving travelers will spend two weeks instead of three in isolation from Feb. 5, shortening stays that have been criticized by business groups.
Read MoreVaccinate and test. That advice isn’t much help to parents who have kids under 5.
Parents of children too young for vaccines are exhausted. As omicron surges, they keep trying to protect their kids. But some feel isolated and even forgotten by those who just want to move on. (Image credit: Jesse Zhang for NPR)
Read MoreStatement by President Biden on 14.5 Million Americans Signing up for Health Insurance – The White House
Statement by President Biden on 14.5 Million Americans Signing up for Health Insurance The White House
Read MoreKremlin offers frosty response to Blinken letter as world waits for Putin’s next move – CNBC
Kremlin offers frosty response to Blinken letter as world waits for Putin’s next move CNBC US tells Moscow “no concessions” over Ukraine – BBC News BBC News US hands Russia written response to demands, says up to Kremlin how to proceed Fox News
Read MoreUkraine crisis is reminding NATO why it was formed in the first place
As Russian troops mobilise near Ukraine’s border and appear poised to invade, so the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) has assumed its traditional role as a bastion of European defence. That mission – the one for which Nato was founded
Read MoreRussia could unleash disruptive cyberattacks against the US – but efforts to sow confusion and division are more likely
As tensions mount between Russia and the West over Ukraine, the threat of Russian cyberattacks against the U.S. increases. The Department of Homeland Security issued an intelligence bulletin on Jan. 23, 2022, warning that Russia has the capability to carry
Read MoreEU Hits Back at China Over Trade Limits, Taking Lithuania Fight Global
The dispute has opened a new front in the global battle over Beijing’s use of economic pressure to advance political objectives.
Read MoreA Lesson of the Holocaust: One Person Can Make All the Difference
“We saw a child in mortal danger. We knew that we had the possibility to take her and to protect [her], and it was beyond our feeling or thinking that we would reject it,” Andrzej Sitkowski thought back to when
Read MoreWHO staffers accused its Western Pacific director of racism and abuse
The allegations were laid out in an internal complaint sent by unidentified “concerned WHO staff” to senior leadership. (Image credit: Bullit Marquez/AP)
Read MoreDonald Trump Declares Himself The 47th President In Viral Golf Video – Yahoo Sports
Donald Trump Declares Himself The 47th President In Viral Golf Video Yahoo Sports Trump boasts he will be the 45th and 47th US president in clearest 2024 nod yet The Independent Trump declares himself the ’47th’ president while playing golf New York Post
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