January 21, 2022

Latin America, Asia Latest to Be Hit With Omicron Surge

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA — In Costa Rica, officials are encouraging those infected with the coronavirus to skip voting in upcoming national elections. On the other side of the world, Beijing is locking down residential communities as the country anxiously …

UN Chief: ‘Avalanche of Action’ Needed to Stem Global Crises

NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the world is facing “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent and united global action to be extinguished.“I want to begin the year by raising five alarms — on COVID-19, global finan…