WASHINGTON – The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing proponents of America’s libertarian movement to question just what their philosophy demands of them. Many libertarians, who champion individual freedom and are generally skeptical of government authority, have been outspoken in denouncing vaccine mandates and social distancing measures as an unwarranted intrusion on personal liberty. But others are…
– Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 111 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 65,213. The new infections included 106 locally transmitted cases, of which 65 were linked to previous cases and have already been placed on quarantine, 16 were linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance,…
A 34 year-old man from Ukraine had passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Aug 1, taking the total fatality to 38 for the republic. Imported Case 67264, a sea crew had arrived in Singapore on board a vessel on July 29, said the Ministry of Health in its full data released…
NOAA-supported scientists on Tuesday reported that this year’s “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than originally predicted, at more than 16,000-square kilometers, or about the surface area of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie combined. NOAA forecasted in June that the hypoxic zone — an area with little to no oxygen to support…
WHITE HOUSE – Calling it a major milestone, U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the country has shipped more than 110 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to 65 nations that are among the hardest hit in the world. “This is more than the donations of all 24 countries that donate any vaccine to other countries,…
A U.S. labor board official has recommended a rerun of a landmark Amazon union election in Alabama, where employees had voted overwhelmingly against making their warehouse the online retailer’s first to organize in the United States. In the coming weeks, a regional director for the U.S. National Labor Relations Board will decide whether to…
Hospitalizations from COVID-19 are surging in the Southern United States with some states seeing record numbers of patients as the country faces a wave of coronavirus infections fueled by the delta variant. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Monday that looking ahead to Tuesday’s reported hospitalization numbers, there are “more hospitalizations than at any other…
