America

President Biden issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in an effort to refocus the holiday celebrating Columbus towards an appreciation of native peoples; Columbus Day will be on Oct 11th as established by Congress

From today, the country exits the state of emergency regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, while the Penal Code established a punishment from three to ten years in prison for presenting a falsified vaccination certificate

The country’s Ministry of Health asked the government for an additional USD $175 million in order to finance new Covid-19 prevention and child malnutrition programs

On the occasion of today's International Mental Health Day also celebrated by the country, psychiatric nurse Cavell Morris Willis appeals for greater sensitivity in dealing with mental health issues and those who may show signs of mental illness

Scientists in Halifax have recovered a trove of research data lost on the ocean floor off Nova Scotia for 3 years; the remarkable retrieval includes 19 hours of video from a camera attached to a grey seal, lost in 2018 and dragged up in fishing nets

388 Haitians were turned back while trying to enter the country's shores and put on three commercial flights to Cap-Haitien International Airport

Due to the ongoing emergency in the country’s prisons, the state deployed 3.600 soldiers and policemen within the facilities in order to ensure the inmates’ safety

Several NGO’s, universities, and Chinese representatives are currently looking for ways to address the increasing amount of jaguar poaching that is taking place within the country’s natural reserves

Ever since the country made Bitcoin a legal tender, the percentage of Salvadorians that would rather have back and keep their savings increased from 36.7% to 50.4%

Supporters of the opposition united to protest against president Jair Bolsonaro on the streets this week, demanding once again his impeachment mostly for the rise in fuel prices and his alleged mishandling of the pandemic

The country deployed around 14.000 troops near the Venezuelan border in order to take over a conflicted zone where multiple armed groups are competing for cocaine production control

The country re-entered the European Union’s tax haven “graylist” due to the recent publishing of the Pandora Papers, making the government start discussions in regards as to how the nation can improve fiscal transparency