Soldiers from the Puerto Rican National Guard headed to Washington DC from Muniz Air National Guard Base, in Carolina, on Friday, in order to help with inauguration week security in the US capital.
France to go under a 6pm-6am curfew for at least 15 days
The entirety of France will be placed under a 6pm-6am curfew for at least 15 days from Saturday in a bid to ease the pressure of Covid-19 on the country’s health system, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on...
Greece wants vaccinated travelers to cross EU borders freely
Greece has a ‘solution’ to get tourists flocking to its resorts again. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek PM: ‘It is urgent to adopt a common understanding about how vaccination certificates should be...
India launches world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination campaign
India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway.
Uganda’s Bobi Wine rejects early poll results, claims victory
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in presidential elections, rejecting as a “complete sham” early results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead.
US troop levels cut to 2,500 each in Afghanistan and Iraq, lowest mark in two decades
The US military has cut troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 each, their lowest levels in the nearly two decades since the wars began, the Pentagon announced Friday.
World This Week: Trump impeachment, Uganda elections, France’s Covid curfew, Germany after Merkel
From Donald #Trump becoming the first U.S. president to be impeached twice ahead of Inauguration Day and the suspicions surrounding an Internet shutdown for elections in #Uganda to the French forced to abide by a 6pm...