Jan 22 Belgium bans leisure travel for a month to combat pandemic By Raf Casert, Associated Press Prime Minister Alexander De Croo also says visitors from Britain, South Africa and South America will have to quarantine for ten days to make sure they don't bring dangerous variants into Belgium. Continue reading
Jan 22 In Russia, effort underway to curb upcoming Navalny protests By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Authorities in Russia have taken elaborate measures to curb protests against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, planned by his supporters for Saturday. Continue reading
Jan 22 Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics 'focused on hosting' By Stephen Wade, Associated Press IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 2:50 News Wrap: Two suicide bombings kill at least 32 people in Iraq In our news wrap Thursday, at least 32 people were killed in a pair of suicide bombings in central Baghdad, new Labor Department numbers continue to highlight the pandemic’s economic toll, President Biden proposes a five-year extension of a longstanding… Continue watching
Jan 21 Canada's governor general resigns after workplace harassment report By Rob Gillies, Associated Press The governor general is the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and holds a mostly ceremonial and symbolic position. Continue reading
Jan 21 French victims of child abuse speak out in new #MeToo wave By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The French government has pledged to toughen laws on the rape of children after a massive online movement has seen hundreds of victims share accounts about sexual abuse within their families. Continue reading
Jan 21 E.U. summit assesses virus restrictions amid worrying reports By Samuel Petrequin, Raf Casert, Associated Press European Union's top disease control official said Thursday that urgent action was needed to stave off a new wave of hospitalizations and deaths. Continue reading
Jan 21 World leaders cheer U.S. return to climate fight under Biden By Frank Jordans, Associated Press World leaders have breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned. Continue reading
Jan 21 World leaders hope for renewed cooperation with U.S. under Biden By Lorne Cook, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press World leaders welcomed into their ranks the new U.S. President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems that require multilateral cooperation, an approach his predecessor Donald Trump ridiculed. Continue reading
Jan 21 Twin suicide bombings rock central Baghdad, at least 32 dead By Samya Kullab, Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said. Continue reading