SÃO PAULO—Researchers and doctors are sounding the alarm over a new, more aggressive coronavirus strain from the Amazon area of Brazil, which they believe is responsible for a recent rise in deaths, as well as infections in younger people, in parts of South America. Brazil’s daily death toll from the disease rose to its highest…
PARIS—Europe’s reluctance to distribute millions of doses of AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 vaccine is coming under pressure after the French government authorized use of the shot for some older people.The French government announced it would allow people with comorbidities between the ages of 65 and 74 to receive the vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.…
JANGEBE, Nigeria—Gunmen released hundreds of girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria, bringing to an end four days of captivity that underlined the perilous security situation in the northwest of the country. Dozens of armed men abducted girls between the ages of 11 and 17 from the Government Girls Secondary School in…
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Before the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia put down its weapons and transformed itself into a political movement, the rebel group terrorized the country for decades with kidnappings, extortion, and attacks on small towns. Now it is struggling to remake its image and win votes. Under the terms of a 2016 peace deal that ended…
TOKYO—Japanese prosecutors said they would keep up their pursuit of former auto titan Carlos Ghosn after arresting and jailing two Americans accused of helping Mr. Ghosn escape Japan in a box. Father-and-son team Michael Taylor, 60, and Peter Taylor, 28, spent Tuesday night in the same Tokyo jail where Mr. Ghosn was held for more…
SÃO PAULO—Researchers and doctors are sounding the alarm over a new, more aggressive coronavirus strain from the Amazon area of Brazil, which they believe is responsible for a recent rise in deaths, as well as infections in younger people, in parts of South America. Brazil’s daily death toll from the disease rose to its highest…
PARIS—Europe’s reluctance to distribute millions of doses of AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 vaccine is coming under pressure after the French government authorized use of the shot for some older people.The French government announced it would allow people with comorbidities between the ages of 65 and 74 to receive the vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.…
JANGEBE, Nigeria—Gunmen released hundreds of girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria, bringing to an end four days of captivity that underlined the perilous security situation in the northwest of the country. Dozens of armed men abducted girls between the ages of 11 and 17 from the Government Girls Secondary School in…
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Before the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia put down its weapons and transformed itself into a political movement, the rebel group terrorized the country for decades with kidnappings, extortion, and attacks on small towns. Now it is struggling to remake its image and win votes. Under the terms of a 2016 peace deal that ended…
TOKYO—Japanese prosecutors said they would keep up their pursuit of former auto titan Carlos Ghosn after arresting and jailing two Americans accused of helping Mr. Ghosn escape Japan in a box. Father-and-son team Michael Taylor, 60, and Peter Taylor, 28, spent Tuesday night in the same Tokyo jail where Mr. Ghosn was held for more…
Federal agents have seized roughly 10 million fake N95 masks in recent weeks, the result of an ongoing probe into counterfeits sold in at least five states. Read More
