PARIS - The French National Assembly, or the lower house of the Parliament, adopted on Sunday (Jan. 16) evening a law that will transform the health pass into a stricter vaccine pass in a bid to curb the country's surging COVID-19 cases.
LISBON - Portuguese hospitals reported on Sunday (Jan. 16) that 80 people were hospitalized for complications arising from COVID-19, bringing the country's total number of COVID-19-related hospitalizations to 1,813, the highest since Mar. 3, 2021.
NEW YORK - The number of coronavirus infections among immigrants detained at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers has surged by 520% since the start of 2022.
Tonga issued on Saturday afternoon another nationwide tsunami warning after a violent eruption of a volcano in Tonga's Hunga Ha'apai island, about 65km north of capital city Nuku'alofa.
