by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
CIUDAD JUAREZ – Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking matters into their own hands to slip into the United States. The contentious...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | Sports
American Mikaela Shiffrin secured a giant slalom double in Semmering, Austria on Wednesday to claim her 79th World Cup victory, moving her within three wins of compatriot Lindsey Vonn’s women’s record of 82. Shiffrin clocked a combined time of two minutes...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid warming and rains that could cause flooding and turn the frozen landscape to slush. The...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
Imported baby formula would be subject to tariffs again in the new year after the expiration of exemptions implemented amid a nationwide shortage, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The shortage that began due to pandemic-induced supply chain issues...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | Politics
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday floated the possibility of calling a snap election before a tax increase aimed at funding the country’s defence budget comes into place “sometime after 2024”. The government is set to implement tax...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
Rescue teams across nine provinces in the Philippines raced on Wednesday to try to locate 26 people missing after weekend rains, floods and landslides that have killed at least 25 people, in one of its deadliest weather events this year. The national disaster agency...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | Health
Taiwan will test arrivals from China for COVID-19 from Jan. 1 in response to a surge in cases there, the government said on Wednesday, joining other countries in stepping up controls on people coming from China. Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Centre said all...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | Environment
A movement by financial firms and activists to challenge companies over their efforts on climate change and social inequality faced organised and growing push-back in 2022, led by Republican U.S. politicians. Focusing on environmental, social or governance-related...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it. The country acknowledged...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
The United States, NATO and European Union urged maximum restraint in the north of Kosovo, where authorities closed a third border crossing on Wednesday amid an escalating dispute with local Serbs over its 2008 independence. For over 20 years, Kosovo has been a source...
