Tuesday, March 29, 2022

NEXUS screening interviews to resume next month — but only in the U.S.

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People hoping to speed up their cross-border travel with the NEXUS and FAST programs will be able to book screening interviews starting next month in the United States, the Canada Border Services Agency has confirmed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nexus-fast-interviews-resume-1.6401911?cmp=rss

Shooting leaves at least 4 dead in Israel

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/VIOLENCE

A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, killing at least four people in the second mass-shooting rampage this week. The shooter was killed by police.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-shooting-dead-gunman-1.6401357?cmp=rss

In the elegant, historic port city of Odesa, residents prepare to fend off a Russian attack

Anti-tank obstacles in Odesa, Ukraine

Predictions that Odesa's strategic value, as Ukraine's largest Black Sea port and home to its small navy, would make it an early target for the Russians have not come to pass. But the city's residents are preparing anyway.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/odesa-ukraine-prepares-russian-attack-1.6400891?cmp=rss

U.S. FDA authorizes 4th dose of Pfizer COVID-19 shot for Americans 50 and up

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/AUSTRIA VACCINATION

U.S. regulators have authorized a fourth dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for Americans 50 and older because of concerns about waning immunity in the age group, the drugmakers said on Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/fourth-dose-covic-vaccine-pfizer-1.6401036?cmp=rss

Shanghai lockdown tests China's 'zero-COVID' limits

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A two-phase lockdown of Shanghai's 26 million people is testing the limits of China's hard-line "zero-COVID" strategy, which is shaking markets far beyond the country's borders.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-shanghai-covid-pandemic-lockdown-1.6400881?cmp=rss

British police fine 20 people over lockdown parties hosted by Boris Johnson, staff

UKRAINE-CRISIS/NATO

British police said Tuesday that they were fining 20 people over parties held by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff during pandemic-related lockdowns, and that more people could face penalties.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-kingdom-partygate-fines-boris-johnson-1.6400860?cmp=rss