By Juliana Kochs, CNN Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro’s false claim that people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may have a higher risk of contracting AIDS. Bolsonaro made the untruthful claims in a live video broadcast on multiple social media platforms in October. He was temporarily suspended from
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By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Earlier this week, we wrote to you from Barbados during Prince Charles’ whirlwind tour as the Caribbean island took its first steps as a republic. We were one of several media outlets invited to join the heir to the throne’s flight to Bridgetown to cover the celebrations marking
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN The White House decks the halls, a toddler takes an adorable first bite of pumpkin pie, and Jimmy Kimmel shares details from his “mildly frightening” Thanksgiving. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Jolly Jill Jill Biden reveals the White House Christmas decorations, spotlighting first responders and frontline workers with
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN The White House decks the halls, a toddler takes an adorable first bite of pumpkin pie, and Jimmy Kimmel shares details from his “mildly frightening” Thanksgiving. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Jolly Jill Jill Biden reveals the White House Christmas decorations, spotlighting first responders and frontline workers with
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN The White House decks the halls, a toddler takes an adorable first bite of pumpkin pie, and Jimmy Kimmel shares details from his “mildly frightening” Thanksgiving. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Jolly Jill Jill Biden reveals the White House Christmas decorations, spotlighting first responders and frontline workers with
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By Anusha Rathi, CNN Hundreds of wild spiders and insects were seized by Colombian authorities on Thursday as they foiled an alleged attempt to smuggle the bugs to Europe, officials said. A statement from Bogota’s environmental authority said at least 232 tarantulas, 67 cockroaches, nine spider eggs, and a scorpion with seven of its young
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Nina Avramova, CNN London Metropolitan Police are investigating a video that appeared to show a group of men spitting at group of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah earlier this week. The video, filmed from inside a bus dubbed a “Hanukkah party on wheels” in central London on Monday, shows passengers subjected to
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Nina Avramova, CNN London Metropolitan Police are investigating a video that appeared to show a group of men spitting at group of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah earlier this week. The video, filmed from inside a bus dubbed a “Hanukkah party on wheels” in central London on Monday, shows passengers subjected to
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By Aditi Sangal, CNN Business For the past year, member nations of the World Trade Organization have been deadlocked over a proposal made by India and South Africa to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights to boost production of Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics for low-income nations. The proposal is backed by more than 100 countries, including
Continue Reading By Aditi Sangal, CNN Business For the past year, member nations of the World Trade Organization have been deadlocked over a proposal made by India and South Africa to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights to boost production of Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics for low-income nations. The proposal is backed by more than 100 countries, including
Continue ReadingBy Reuters Fiji reopened its border to international travelers for the first time in nearly two years on Wednesday, December 1 as the Pacific Island country seeks to revive its dominant tourism industry. Fiji shut its border to all foreign nationals in March 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19 in a desperate bid to
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By Kara Fox, CNN An epidemic of childhood pregnancy in Paraguay is being fueled by widespread sexual abuse and restrictive abortion laws, according to a new Amnesty International report. At least 1,000 girls aged 14 or younger gave birth in the country between 2019 and 2020, the report says. It adds that more than 12,000
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By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado suggested to a crowd for in September that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, whom she called “black-hearted” and “evil,” was a terrorist. In those same remarks, she said that she felt safe around Omar because the Democrat wasn’t wearing a backpack while they were
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN With the stroke of midnight, Barbados cut its last remaining bonds to the British monarchy after nearly 400 years. In a ceremony on Monday evening, Prince Charles acknowledged the “appalling atrocity of slavery” as the nation removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and inaugurated its first-ever
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Tens of millions are going hungry in Latin America and the Caribbean as the Covid-19 pandemic sharpens a regional malnutrition crisis to its worst levels in decades, according to the United Nations. In just one year — from 2019 to 2020 — the number of people living with hunger in the
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN With the stroke of midnight, Barbados cut its last remaining bonds to the British monarchy after nearly 400 years. In a ceremony on Monday evening, Prince Charles acknowledged the “appalling atrocity of slavery” as the nation removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and inaugurated its first-ever
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By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN Eight nations in southern Africa — seven new ones plus one holdover — are listed at the CDC’s highest travel risk level for Covid-19. The countries are under various travel bans worldwide because of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN All adults in the United Kingdom will be able to get their booster Covid-19 vaccine doses three months after their second shot, the government indicated on Monday, in a dramatic acceleration of the country’s inoculation drive that comes amid fears over the Omicron variant. Boosters had previously only been available a
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old has been unearthed by archeologists in Peru, at a site near the country’s capital city of Lima. Researchers from the National University of San Marcos found the preserved body underground in the middle of a town square at the archeological
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Queen Elizabeth will have one less realm after this week, when Barbados severs its final imperial links to Britain by removing the 95-year-old as its head of state and declaring itself a republic. The former British colony — which gained independence in 1966 — revived its plan to become a republic
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