NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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Virus magnifies the solitude for the elderly at Christmas Virus

4:07 pm December 25, 2020

Washington: Rosa Otero prepares her dinner for another nightly meal in solitude. This pandemic Christmas Eve has turned what should be a preciously scarce moment to spend time with her family into yet another daily instalment of her life as a widow who lives alone. Otero, 83, normally travels across Spain from her small, tidy apartment in Barcelona to […]

Kansas to determine COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

11:37 am December 25, 2020

Topeka: Kansas is working through the details of exactly who will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines in exactly what order as it concentrates on giving shots mostly to health care workers this month. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly told leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature this week that the vaccines have gone mostly to health care workers, though that group also […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Democrats face a turnout test in Georgia’s Senate runoffs

12:02 pm December 24, 2020

Atlanta: In the first week of early voting for Georgia’s Senate runoff election, Casie Yoder parked at a polling location in Cobb County and loaded miniature hand sanitiser bottles, knitted hats, hand warmers and face masks into a collapsible wagon cart. Her goal: to help voters stay in line in frigid temperatures and cast their […]

California gets Latino US senator, some Black leaders angry

10:48 pm December 23, 2020

Los Angeles: California is getting its first Latino US senator. For Gov. Gavin Newsom, it’s a political gamble. The Democratic governor Tuesday named Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. When Padilla goes to Washington, the former state legislator will become California’s first Latino senator since the […]

Ivanka Trump helps load food into cars of drivers in need

10:40 pm December 23, 2020

Miami: Presidential daughter Ivanka Trump helped load boxes of food into the cars of drivers who showed up at a South Florida drive-through food distribution event for those in need. “Merry Christmas,” Trump said Tuesday as she hauled a black box into a car’s trunk in the parking lot of King Jesus Ministry in Miami-Dade County, according to WSVN. […]