The governor of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Lael Brainard, became this Thursday the latest and most important official of the central bank to signal that interest rates will increase in March, to combat a inflation that is eroding the value of recent worker pay increases and putting officials in the political spotlight. The Fed “has […]
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US Supreme Court blocks vaccination mandate for businesses, a setback for Biden
The United States Supreme Court struck a blow to the president Joe Biden, by blocking your vaccination or screening mandate COVID-19 for employees of large companies. At the same time, the highest court in the nation validated the vaccination obligation for health workers in institutions that receive federal funds. Biden declared himself “disappointed” by the […]
Canada will complain about US measures in the auto sector, in a new sign of trade tensions
Canada will join a dispute against U.S for his interpretation of how free trade should be applied in the automotive industry on the continent, another sign of the erosion of ties between the two neighbors. Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng said her country would join Mexico in requesting a dispute resolution panel under the trade […]
The US will act “decisively” if Russia sends missiles to Venezuela or Cuba
Updated on 01/13/2022 05:10 pm U.S would answer “decisively” if Russia deploys missiles or military infrastructure in Venezuela or Cuba, announced Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to the US president, Joe Biden. He stated that this issue was not discussed during the talks that Washington and Moscow have had in the last week, and […]
La Niña conditions are likely to continue into spring, according to US forecasters.
Updated on 01/13/2022 03:05 pm La Niña conditions are likely to continue through the northern hemisphere spring, a US government forecaster said. The La Niña weather pattern, characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, has a 67% chance of persisting from March to May this year, the US National Weather Service’s Climate […]
The US faces its biggest wave of infections confused by health guidelines
While U.S faces a record wave of infections and hospitalizations due to the omicron variant of the coronavirus, the country’s health authorities are in the spotlight due to the confusion around the days of isolation and the use of masks. The contradictory messages were repeated this Wednesday at the weekly White House press conference on […]
Study in the US shows that patients with omicron are hospitalized less and for less time
A preliminary study of U.S in almost 70,000 people positive for COVID-19 showed a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization and death from the omicron variant even after controlling for increasing immunity levels in the population. People infected with omicron were half as likely to be hospitalized, about 75% less likely to need intensive care, and […]
“Filibusterism”, the parliamentary tradition that Biden wants to break
Updated on 01/12/2022 03:25 am The president of U.S, Joe Biden, Tuesday called on the US Senate to break with a firmly anchored parliamentary tradition, called “filibusterism”, to forcefully pass its great electoral reform that seeks to protect minority access to the vote. What is ‘filibusterism’? For a long time, the US Senate did not […]
COVID-19: omicron seems to start to decline dramatically in Britain and the US
Scientists are watching for signs that the alarming wave of cases of the variant omicron of coronavirus could have peaked in Britain, and is about to do the same in U.S, which means that infections could start to decrease dramatically. The reason: The variant has proven so contagious that it may already have run out […]
Biden Calls for Changing Senate Rules to “Protect Democracy”
The president of U.S, Joe Biden, for the first time supported a change in the rules of the Senate to be able to carry out laws that would combat the growing restrictions on voting approved at the state level in his country, believing that democracy is at stake. “I’m tired of being quiet,” Biden said […]