United States

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  US halves quarantine time for new COVID-19 cases

  

  Health authorities from the United States have agreed to cut by half the 10-day isolation period people newly-infected with SARS-CoV-2 needed to go through after catching the disease, it was announced Monday.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Eastern cancellations leave hundreds of Paraguayans stranded in Miami

  

  Some 300 Paraguayan nationals who were stranded in Miami after Eastern Airlines canceled its Dec. 18 and 21 flights to Asuncion will be arriving shortly before midnight Friday, it was announced.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Life expectancy falls in the US due to COVID-19

  

  A report released Wednesday has shown that life expectancy in the United States has dropped in a way unseen since World War II as a consequence of the spread of COVID-19.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  US sanctions Brazil-based businesses and individuals for supporting Al Qaeda

  

  The Government of the United States has issued sanctions against three people and two of their Brazil-based companies after having determined they were linked to supporting Al Qaeda, it was announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 13:01 UTC

  Biden outlines new COVID-19 situation in the US amid Omicron

  

  US President Joseph Biden Tuesday said the new Omicron variant of SARS-Cov-2 was something “we should all be concerned about,” but it was nothing to panic for those fully vaccinated. ”If you got your booster shot, you’re highly protected,” he added.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 20:55 UTC

  First death of Omicron COVID-19 reported in US

  

  The first death in the United States from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been reported Tuesday in Harris County, in the state of Texas.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  NASA keeping track of two British explorers in Antarctica collecting info on survival on Mars

  

  The US space agency NASA is tracking two British explorers on a 3,650 kilometers journey across Antarctica to learn more about humanity's ability to survive on Mars. Explorers Justin Packshaw,57, and Jamie Facer Childs, 37 are on an 80-day trek across the southernmost continent as part of the Chasing the Light mission — a grueling expedition that could give a better understanding of the psychological and physical impact of other worlds on the human body and mind.

• Friday, December 17th 2021 - 19:54 UTC

  Biden foresees tragic winter ahead for those unvaccinated against COVID-19

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday forecast a quick spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus throughout his country this winter and an ensuing outbreak of “severe illness and death for the unvaccinated.”

• Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  What is the Federal Reserve tapering; the end of rock bottom interest rates?

  

  By Edouard Wemy – Tapering refers to the Federal Reserve policy of unwinding the massive purchases of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities it’s been making to shore up the economy during the pandemic.

• Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Fed faces inflation: taper concludes in March and three 0,25% rate hikes by end of 2022

  

  With US inflation reaching 6,8% in November, the highest in four decades, and following a two-day meeting, the Federal Reserve announced it was ending its asset purchase program earlier than expected anticipating several interest rate increases in 2022.