Total solar eclipse: North Americans celebrate with cheers, music and matrimony
Updated: 10am (AEST) Niagara Falls, US Reuters Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk on Monday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony the first total solar eclipse to darken the continent in seven years. From a Mexican beach resort close to where the eclipse made landfall […]
Israeli spyware used to hack across 10 countries, Microsoft and watchdog say
Reuters An Israeli firm’s hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries – including people in North America and Europe – according to new research published Tuesday by Microsoft Corp and the internet watchdog Citizen Lab. Citizen Lab said in its report that it had been […]
Economy, energy row and drugs loom at North American summit
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters North American leaders aim to give new impetus to strengthening economic ties at a meeting this week, even as a major dispute grinds on over Mexico’s energy policies which has distracted from cooperation on other issues like immigration. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will host his US counterpart Joe Biden […]
Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas, health agency says
Brasilia, BrazilReuters COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the last week, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. “The virus is spreading more actively than ever before,” PAHO Director Carissa Etienne told a briefing. Healthcare workers are pictured at […]
Global coronavirus cases rise by single-day record of half a million
Reuters Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 500,000 for the first time on Wednesday, a record one-day increase as countries across the northern hemisphere reported daily spikes. Global daily COVID-19 cases have risen by nearly 25 per cent in less than two weeks as the world witnessed 400,000 daily reported cases for the first […]
Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million – Reuters tally
Reuters Global coronavirus cases are expected to pass 30 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing. India was firmly in focus as the latest epicentre, although North and South America combined accounted for almost half of the global cases. Iraqi men carry the coffin of a […]
Coronavirus hitting the Americas hardest says WHO; Brazil death toll passes UK
Zurich/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with North and South America currently having four of the 10 worst hit countries in the world. The disease was “highly active” in Central and South America, the WHO’s top emergency expert Mike […]
After a century, the largest Catholic church in North America is complete
RNS Incense rises to bless the Trinity Dome during the dedication. PICTURE: RNS/Matthew Barrick, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception The largest Catholic church in North America is now complete. After 100 years of construction, thousands of worshippers Friday witnessed the blessing of 24 tons of Venetian glass that embellish the dome of […]
Around half of budgets in large churches in North America spent on staffing costs, report finds
Almost half of the budgets of large churches in North America are spent on staffing costs while more than half of them spend at least 10 per cent of their budget on ministries beyond their own congregations. These were among the findings of a new report from the Leadership Network and executive search firm Vanderbloemen Search […]