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World powers vow to prevent spread of nuclear weapons

Five global nuclear powers pledged Monday to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement ahead of a...

Panama seized record amount of drugs in 2021: president

Panama seized a record haul of 128 tons of drugs in 2021, President Laurentino Cortizo said on Sunday. The figure represented a 43 percent increase...

Lionel Messi tests positive for Covid

Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and entered self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday. The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner was one of...

More than 2,500 flights canceled in the U.S. due to omicron and bad weather

Air travel continued to suffer disruptions on Saturday in the United States after bad weather in several regions of the country added to the...

China reopens embassy in Nicaragua after diplomatic switch

China reopened its embassy in Nicaragua on Friday, a few weeks after the Central American country switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing. That change...

Betty White, Celebrity of US television, dead at 99

Actress Betty White, who made US television audiences laugh for more than seven decades, starring on popular sitcoms "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary...

Pandemic spirals, but deaths drop

The number of Covid-19 cases spiralled by more than a half across the world this week, while pandemic-linked deaths dropped nine percent. Here is the global...

Pope cancels New Year’s Nativity visit over Covid fears

Pope Francis has cancelled his traditional New Year's Eve visit to the Nativity scene in St Peter's Square over concerns of spreading coronavirus among...

WHO worried for health systems over Covid cases ‘tsunami’

A "tsunami" of Omicron and Delta Covid-19 cases will pile pressure on health systems already being stretched to their limits, the World Health Organization...

Medical Cannabis in Costa Rica: A controversial alternative awaiting legalization

Mateo Amador, a seven-year-old Costa Rican boy with cerebral palsy, suffered daily epileptic episodes until he started consuming cannabis oil, says his father, who...

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