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

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. 

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.

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

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.”

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that it will start requiring a negative viral Covid-19 test (PCR, NAAT or antigen) from all air passengers entering the United States, beginning January 26. The order applies to U.S. citizens as well as foreign travelers.