The US saw the highest number of new coronavirus infections worldwide last week, amid the surging spread of Delta variant cases. The latest epidemiological report from the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that the US had 500,322 new cases in the week ending July 25. That represents a 131% increase in new cases versus the week […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – As the Delta variant of the coronavirus has become the most predominant variant in the United States and medical experts issue confusing advice, restaurateurs find themselves once again making difficult decisions on health mandates. Many, where laws allow it, have taken that to a new level this week, requiring their patrons […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States is “deeply concerned with the increasingly harsh surveillance, harassment, and intimidation of US and other foreign journalists” covering recent floods in China’s Henan province, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday (July 29). China’s harsh rhetoric toward news it perceives as critical “has provoked negative public sentiment leading […]
A cargo ship that anchored near New Orleans was ordered to leave the US after federal agents found wood infested with an Asian beetle that has been killing American trees for about a quarter-century. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials inspecting the Pan Jasmine on July 17 found that wood it was carrying had five […]
President Joe Biden has called on states and local authorities in the US to offer residents $100 (£71) to get vaccinated against COVID-19. State and local governments will be able to access a $350bn (£250bn) coronavirus aid fund to pay for the incentives, the US Treasury has promised. Federal workers and onsite contractors will also […]
By Daniel E. Slotnik Puerto Rico’s governor announced on Wednesday that all public employees in the territory would have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or face weekly testing, joining a growing list of states, municipalities, companies and the federal government that have imposed some form of vaccine requirement. The governor, Pedro R. Pierluisi, said […]
President Joe Biden has announced that all federal employees and on-site contractors must get vaccinated against the coronavirus or wear face masks, as the Delta variant continues to spread among unvaccinated populations. Biden also called on state and local governments to give $100 to newly vaccinated Americans. Federal workers and contractors who do not attest […]
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has nominated entrepreneur and broadband Internet philanthropist Jonathan Eric Kaplan as ambassador to Singapore. Mr Kaplan, who is in his early 50s, will have to go through confirmation hearings in the Senate. Mr Kaplan does not have a foreign policy background. A serial, eclectic and successful entrepreneur (the 2010 Ernst & […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – America’s chickens aren’t multiplying fast enough to keep pace with soaring demand. Bird breeds used by some of the biggest chicken companies are “producing less eggs,” according to Fabio Sandri, chief executive officer of Pilgrim’s Pride, the No. 2 US poultry producer. That’s inflaming already rising food inflation, with strong chicken […]
A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Alaska late Wednesday night, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the state and a tsunami watch as far as Hawaii. They were lifted within hours. The earthquake was detected about 75 miles southeast of Chignik, Alaska, about 10:15 p.m. local time, the United States […]