World leaders are appalled by storming of US Capitol — WJXT News4JAX

Lead­ers around the world con­demned the storm­ing of the U.S. Capi­tol by sup­port­ers of Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on Wednes­day, express­ing shock at the chaos unfold­ing in a coun­try they once relied upon for glob­al lead­er­ship. “Dis­grace­ful scenes in US Con­gress,” tweet­ed Prime Min­is­ter Boris John­son of Britain, a staunch ally of the Unit­ed States over…

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With Omicron the Stigmatization of Africa Grows

Just as the Omi­cron vari­ant of COVID-19 or coro­n­avirus began spread­ing, the Unit­ed States and oth­er West­ern gov­ern­ments imposed a trav­el ban on 8 South­ern African nations: South Africa, Botswana, Zim­bab­we, Namib­ia, Lesotho, Eswa­ti­ni, Mozam­bique, and Malawi. South Africa, the region’s largest econ­o­my, and where the vari­ant orig­i­nat­ed, suf­fered the most from the ban.  On Nov.…

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