General News

Jeff  Zients, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, said this week that the U.S. federal government is exploring the possibility of mandating proof of Covid vaccination for all foreign nationals traveling to the United States.

Two Mexican rescue teams have flown to Surfside, Florida to assist in the effort to locate survivors after the collapse of an apartment building last week. 

The United States will pause on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that killed almost 3,000 people.

Doubts are being raised in Chile over the effectiveness of the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine, which has already been applied to half of that nation’s adult population, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

Should U.S. expats in Mexico feel ethically compromised if they rush home to get “booster” Covid vaccine jabs after U.S. health authorities said this week that Americans will be eligible for a second round of shots from September 20?

As rich nations ramp up their Covid vaccination programs, many low-income and developing countries have yet to administer a single jab. 

The U.S. government has decided not to reciprocate Canada’s decision to restore all travel across their shared border.

On his first day in office, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an “immediate pause” on construction of the southern border wall, “to allow a close review of the legality of the funding and contracting methods used, and to determine the best way to redirect funds that were diverted by the prior administration to fund wall construction.”