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Canada blocks cruise ships for a year, ending Alaska trips

10:05 pm February 5, 2021

Anchorage : The Canadian government has extended a ban on cruise ships through February 2022, which is expected to block trips from visiting Alaska this year. Transport Canada on Thursday announced the extension of the ban enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada blocked cruise ships of more than 100 passengers starting in spring 2020. The ban was set to expire at the […]

US extends sole remaining nuclear arms treaty with Russia

10:10 pm February 3, 2021

Washington: The United States joined Russia on Wednesday in extending the two countries’ last remaining treaty limiting their stockpiles of nuclear weapons, two days before the pact was set to expire. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement the U.S. would use the five years of the New START treaty’s renewal to pursue limits on all of Russia’s nuclear weapons. That’s after the Trump administration […]

Dozen state police charged in the massacre of 19 in Mexico

3:27 pm February 3, 2021

Ciudadvictoria: A dozen state police officers have been arrested for allegedly killing 19 people, including Guatemalan migrants, whose bodies were found shot and burned near the U.S. border late in January, Mexican authorities announced Tuesday. Tamaulipas state Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said all 12 officers were in custody and face charges of homicide, abuse of authority […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US extends temporary residency for thousands from Syria

10:43 pm January 29, 2021

Washington: The United States extended the temporary legal residency status Friday for nearly 7,000 people from Syria because of the country’s civil war. Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske said Friday that temporary protected status would be extended for 18 months. It was set to expire on March 31. Temporary status allows foreign citizens to stay in the U.S. if they […]

Pasteur Institute ends main vaccine project

10:16 pm January 25, 2021

Paris : France’s Pasteur Institute announced on Monday it is abandoning its main COVID-19 vaccine project after clinical trial tests did not meet expectations. The decision was made in coordination with its industrial partner, U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck, the statement said. The project was attempting to develop a COVID-19 vaccine based on an existing measles vaccine. Pasteur’s statement stressed that […]