NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The new strain of the Omicron variant, XBB1.5 is causing a global surge. This is according to Director of the National HIV/AIDS and...
UNITED STATES - U.S. Republican Kevin McCarthy lost two votes for House Speaker, yesterday.
CHINA - China is urged to share its covid data as hospital beds fill up in Shanghai and the virus spreads across the country.
GRENADA - Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell warning his country that tough times are ahead, at least for the first part of the year.
UNITED KINGDOM - Over the UK, Health Secretary Steve Barclay says covid and the flu are putting massive pressure on that country's national health system.
NEW YORK - Workers cleaning up the Buffalo Niagara International Airport days after a deadly Christmas blizzard buried New York City in blinding snow.
SOUTH AFRICA - The death toll from a gas tanker blast in Johannesburg on Christmas eve has climbed to 27.
HAITI - The U.N.'s Deputy Secretary-General urges countries "With capacity" to consider the Haitian government's plea for international armed force to help restore security.
UNITED STATES - The U.S. Supreme Court has voted to keep in place the Trump-era policy that blocked thousands from crossing the U.S. - Mexico border.
VATICAN CITY - Former Pope Benedict XVI is very ill according to Pope Francis, who is now asking pilgrims at the Vatican to pray for him.