Although anti-vax campaigners are dissuading people from getting COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday the shots would not be made mandatory. Despite his best efforts, Johnson said, there were people who spread misinformation about vaccines, making it hard to convince people to get the vaccines. We will keep an approach that favors
Fort Worth police said that a suspected robber held authorities at bay at a gas station overnight for more than five hours before he was arrested on Saturday morning.The incident did not result in any injuries. Just after 8:30 p.m. Friday, the standoff began at a Shell gas station at 1908 Yucca Avenue just north
According to British analysis of more than a million cases of both types of Coronavirus in recent weeks, the risk of hospitalization from the Omicron variant of Coronavirus is about one-third that of the Delta variant. A third dose of the vaccine between similar unvaccinated individuals and vaccinated individuals had an 81 percent reduction in
It is requested that the El Paso Police Department assist in finding two teenage boys who were robbed of their skateboard and scooter. The suspects are believed to be local, according to the Crime News section in this morning’s paper. A 13-year old boy and a 14-year-old were at Turner Road, in East El Paso
The media remains under attack, with nine journalists killed in the line of duty and 102 imprisoned in china. The report released Thursday by Committee to Protect Journalists found that no region was immune from this violence as Afghanistan saw more than any other country. 365 journalists were behind bars compared to 235 last year,
Russian tanks and snipers are being sent to the Ukraine border in order to “provoke return fire,” according to an accusation by Ukrainian authorities. The fear of a possible invasion comes amid reports that Moscow has buildup troops near its borders with Ukraine. Just hours before the long-awaited video call between US President Joe Biden
At least 29 people, including schoolchildren and parents who were on their way to a religious event in northern Nigeria’s Kano state, have died after the boat carrying them capsized. Most of those killed were children aged 6-12 years old travelling from Islamic schools near the scene of tragedy for an annual festival that never
Russia’s ambassador to the United States said that 27 more Russian diplomats and their families were expelled from America, leaving on January 30. A large group of my comrades-in-arms will leave us by this coming Friday morning in what is an unprecedented move for Russia against American soil.” Our countrymen are being thrown out because
The people of Algeria are voting Saturday to elect mayors and regional leaders amidst ongoing concerns regarding the cost of basic goods, housing, health care. It is a momentous occasion that will hopefully confirm support from president Abdelmadjid Teboune, who was elected following elections in 2019 after his predecessor was overthrown by pro-democracy protests backed
Wednesday morning, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will lead to increased scrutiny on apps that come from foreign adversaries. This executive order creates criteria for such apps–the most notable of which is the popular TikTok–to be judged on the security risk they present to the American people. This comes on the heels
