Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled on Saturday to make submission of a certificate of vaccination against COVID 19 mandatory for travelers arriving in the country, in order to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant. The decision, which has yet to be ratified by nine other judges of the Federal Supreme Court, responds to a request from the Rede Sustentabilidade (center-left) party. Le régulateur sanitaire du Brésil, l’Anvisa, avait recommandé d’exiger un passeport sanitaire pour les voyageurs arrivant au Brésil, où au moins huit cas d’Omicron ont été plusês et où important confirm de pour un affles End of year. The…
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Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega said on Friday that the United States would soon cease to be the world’s largest economy in China’s favor, after his country’s restoration of diplomatic ties with Beijing and a split with Taiwan. “China has become a force that fights poverty and hunger and has developed the economy, science and technology. (…). In a few years, the largest economy in the world will not be the United States, but China,” predicted the master. Ortega at the official military graduation ceremony. Nicaragua established relations with Beijing during the first Sandinista government (1979-1990), but the government of Violetta…
(New York) Despite their valiant efforts, Texas Republican elected officials failed to protect a controversial abortion law from federal court scrutiny. But they haven’t lost anything yet, far from it. Posted December 11, 2021 at 8:00 AM. Richard Hito special cooperation In a ruling Friday morning, the US Supreme Court allowed abortion clinics in Texas to appeal to a federal trial judge in law in that southwestern state that bans most abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. However, far from celebrating this decision, it was greeted by activists and pro-choice groups with a good dose of pessimism. Because the…
(Liverpool) The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations will meet on Saturday and Sunday in Liverpool, northern England, to show their unity against the “global aggressors” and to discuss in particular Russia, whose maneuvers on the Ukrainian border raise concern. Posted on December 10, 2021 at 7:09 pm Francesco Fontemag with Pauline Froisart in London France media agency British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, whose country holds the G7 presidency, intends to show a “united front against global aggressors”, according to her ministry. Elle exhortera ses homologues du G7 « à présenter un front uni contre les comportements malveillants…
Swedish police said, on Friday, that the tanker Almirante Storne, whose cargo of timber caught fire for six days off the west coast of Sweden, will be towed to the port of Gothenburg in an attempt to control the fire. . Significant resources, including reinforcements from several countries including Norway, have been deployed since the fire started on Saturday at the front of this 177-meter vessel with 17 crew on board. France Press agency Several rescue vessels have been deployed and are constantly on board the Liberian-flagged cargo ship, owned by German ship owner NSC Holding. The ship’s captain has…
(Geneva) The United Nations considered the conclusions of a group of experts on the violations of the rights of the Uyghur minority in China “extremely disturbing”, adding that a UN investigation is due to be published. Posted Dec 10, 2021 at 7:46am After several months of investigation, a group of lawyers and human rights experts meeting in London on Thursday concluded that China’s treatment of the Uighurs was genocide, infuriating Beijing. In response to a question about this, the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Robert Colville, did not want to comment on the…
Washington | A court on Thursday authorized the transfer to Congress of documents that could implicate Donald Trump in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, a setback for the former president who does not intend to stop there. • Read also: New York lawyer wants to hear from Trump in tax evasion case This decision paves the way for hundreds of pages of documents to be referred to a parliamentary committee tasked with shedding light on the former Republican president’s role in this attack. However, the court left him for fourteen days to appeal to the United States Supreme…
(Washington) Donald Trump cannot prevent the transmission to Congress of White House documents that could implicate him in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. Posted December 9, 2021 at 4:57 pm Updated at 17:28 This decision paves the way for hundreds of pages of documents to be transferred to a parliamentary committee tasked with shedding light on the former president’s role in this attack. However, the court left him for fourteen days to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The Republican billionaire wants to keep these archives secret, including the lists of…
Having trouble understanding the rules that apply to travelers? Normal. Posted on Dec 9, 2021 at 6:00 AM Do you complicate your plans to the point that you lose the desire to travel? This is also normal. That was kind of the goal. The federal government warned Canadians a few months ago that the rules could change, without warning and not in your favor. This has just happened since the arrival of the Omicron variant. Ottawa has two goals: to protect Canadians and deter them from leaving the country. The whole question is whether the burden imposed on travelers is…
New York police have arrested a man suspected of deliberately setting fire to a giant Christmas tree in front of the headquarters of US television station Fox News. The 49-year-old is now on trial for “arson” after he was caught around midnight (5:00 GMT Wednesday) climbing the structure that supports this 15-meter-high luminous tree installed in front of the US Governor’s Chain Building in The heart of Manhattan. This tree was then set on fire, as seen in impressive TV footage from last night. The arrested man had a “lighter” on him, but police do not know if he used…
