CORONAVIRUS

US air travel hit a pandemic-era high on March 12, 2021, with just over 1.35 million travellers checked in at American airports

US Air Travel Hits Highest Level Since March 2020

US air travel hits highest level since March 2020

US Orders Emergency Agency To Help With Child Migrant Surge

Honduran migrants seeking to cross into the United States at El Paso, Texas from Mexico

US orders emergency agency to help with child migrant surge

US Protesters Demand Justice One Year After Breonna Taylor's Killing

Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor's mother, holds a banner as she marches during a rally on the one-year anniversary of Taylor's death in Louisville, Kentucky on March 13, 2021

US protesters demand justice one year after Breonna Taylor's killing

Italy's lawmakers have been bitterly divided over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis

What Italy Easter Coronavirus Lockdown Means For Restaurants, Other Sectors

Italy will be going into lockdown for the next few weeks.

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Investors and Wall Street finance giants have been wooed by Bitcoin's dizzying growth

Bitcoin Passes $60,000 For First Time

Bitcoin passes $60,000 for first time

India is carrying out a review of post-vaccination side effects from AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after some countries reported isolated incidents of blood clots

India Reviews AstraZeneca Side Effects After Concerns In Europe

India reviews AstraZeneca side effects after concerns in Europe

Analysts say spats over Sputnik V benefit Russian efforts to sow disorder in eastern Europe

Sputnik V In Eastern Europe: Propaganda Tool Or Godsend?

Sputnik V in eastern Europe: Propaganda tool or godsend?

Thai health officials announced the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine would be delayed

WHO Insists AstraZeneca Vaccine Safe As Jab Faces New Setbacks

WHO insists AstraZeneca vaccine safe as jab faces new setbacks

The pandemic lockdowns have fuelled interest in collecting potted plants in Malaysia

Bloom Boom: Malaysians Get Passionate About Pot Plants

Bloom boom: Malaysians get passionate about pot plants

Groups of concerned citizens are organizing themselves to protect merchants and residents in the Chinatown neighborhood of Oakland, California, after a string of violent attacks and robberies

'Protect The Community': Asian-Americans Organize Against Hate

'Protect the community': Asian-Americans organize against hate

Scotland are preparing to go head to head with Ireland in the Six Nations

Scotland Bid To Keep Six Nations Title Hopes Alive Against Ireland

Scotland bid to keep Six Nations title hopes alive against Ireland

Brazilian former president (2003-2011) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, waves as he arrives for a press conference in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in metropolitan Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 10, 2021

For Brazil's Bolsonaro, Lula's Return A Double-edged Sword

For Brazil's Bolsonaro, Lula's return a double-edged sword

In a speech to mark a year since the pandemic struck the United States, Joe Biden said he hoped Americans would be able to mark Independence Day with friends and family as the vaccine is rolled out

Stocks Mixed As Record-breaking Week Approaches End

Stocks mixed as record-breaking week approaches end

US President Joe Biden, seen delivering a nationwide address on the Covid-19 pandemic, will hold a first-ever joint summit with the prime ministers of Australia, India and Japan

Biden Passes 100 Million Vaccination Campaign Pledge 50 Days Early

Biden had promised to inoculate 100 million people in 100 days but has passed that benchmark after just 50. Officials now turn to distribution.

US President Joe Biden (left) will meet Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as his first foreign leader guest

Facing Covid And China, US Leads Billion-plus Vaccine Push In India

Facing Covid and China, US leads billion-plus vaccine push in India

New ICAO recommendations aimed at filling empty airline seats after a dismal pandemic year include opposing making Covid-19 vaccinations a prerequesite to boarding planes

UN Agency Rejects Covid Vaccine As Air Travel Prerequisite

UN agency rejects Covid vaccine as air travel prerequisite

Spring Break

This College Is Paying Students Not To Take Trips For Spring Break

With spring break approaching, UC Davis students can earn a stipend by pledging not to travel.

Kansas Basketball

March Madness 2021: Top Teams Withdrawing From Conference Tournaments

Kansas and Virginia were forced to withdraw from their conference tournaments.

A member of the medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) tends to a patient in the Covid-19 unit of the Bolognini hospital in Seriate, Bergamo

With New Covid Wave, Most Of Italy Heads Back Into Lockdown

With new Covid wave, most of Italy heads back into lockdown

Costco

Is A Costco Membership Fee Increase Coming? Analysts Say Yes

“The membership fee looks poised to increase in the next 18 months," Wells Fargo equity analysts said.

Fox and Friends

‘Fox And Friends’ Brian Kilmeade Slams Biden For COVID-19 Deaths ‘Moment,’ Not Praising Trump

In a “Fox and Friends” segment blasting President Biden, Brian Kilmeade ran into trouble after seemingly discounting the over 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.

Pulmonologist Dr Margareth Dalcolmo has become a media star in Brazil for her straight-talking updates on the coronavirus that is ravaging the country

'Bigger Than Neymar': Pandemic Propels Brazil Doctor To Fame

'Bigger than Neymar': pandemic propels Brazil doctor to fame

The 51-year-old politician was chosen "by a slim majority" during a meeting of ambassadors of the 37-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development based in Paris.

Australia's Former Finance Minister Named OECD Chief

Australia's former finance minister named OECD chief

Income Tax Return

Stimulus Check Update: $1,400 Payments May Affect Tax Returns, Here’s Why

Americans may get their third stimulus check as soon as this weekend, but it could also lead to a delay in their federal tax returns.

Boeing received a "significant" order of MAX aircraft, with a price tag of $2.9 billion

US Investment Firm Orders 24 Boeing 737 MAX Planes

US investment firm orders 24 Boeing 737 MAX planes

Syringes with doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine await recipients at a vaccination site at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza on March 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, California

COVID Vaccine Waste: Kansas Throws Out Hundreds Of Shots. Why?

"The company advised these doses will have to be discarded.”

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