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02.02.2021 / 23:00

Landing evades SpaceX Starship during test flight in Texas

Following a mostly successful test flight of SpaceX’s Starship over Texas Tuesday the spaceship prototype came back down for a crash landing, similar to another test the company completed last month.

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Fishing, agriculture sectors worried new travel rules will impact foreign workers

temporary foreign workers say they are worried new travel rules could have a big impact on operations.The federal government recently suspended commercial flights from Mexico and the Caribbean in an effort to prevent the circulation of COVID-19 variants.

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Biden to sign immigration orders, including task force to reunite families separated at border

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to sign executive orders to address family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, border security and legal immigration, expanding efforts to quickly undo changes to immigration policy over the last four years.Biden’s planned orders on Tuesday will bring the number of executive actions on immigration during his first two weeks in office to nine. The moves aim to reverse many of former President Donald Trump's policies to deter immigration, both legal and illegal, though details remained scarce.Alejandro Mayorkas, whose nomination as Homeland Security secretary awaits Senate confirmation, will lead a task force on family separation, focused largely on reuniting parents and children who remain apart.

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Biden expands quick bid to undo Trump’s immigration policies

SAN DIEGO – The Biden administration on Tuesday announced steps to address harm to thousands of families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, expanding efforts to quickly undo relentless changes to immigration policy over the last four years.

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Coronavirus: North Westside residents concerned after two fire officials travel to Mexico

North Westside residents hold rally seeking answers after fire chief suspended However, the regional district, which manages the fire department, is not taking action and says the fire protection area was well served while the pair were outside of Canada.“If our two interim deputy chiefs are both away at the same time, who is in charge?” said resident Steve Rush.“(It) just seems like they don’t care. Basically, they are better than us.

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Biden asks high court to put off wall, asylum cases

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to put off arguments over two controversial Trump administration policies that have been challenged in court now that President Joe Biden has taken steps to unwind them.

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Mexico says Canada’s flight suspension could cost its tourism industry $782M

Canada’s new travel restrictions ‘a death blow’ to airlines, UNIFOR president says Still, the losses may end up smaller, Torruco said.The minister said Canada could also miss out on 372,000 Mexican visitors and $368 million in lost revenues because of freezing the flights.Mexico has not moved to suspend flights to Canada, although one airline, Aeromexico, said it would halt flights to Canada from the second week of February until the end of April.Compared with 2019, the number of visitors to Mexico from Canada fell last year by 61.3% to 1,020,000, the ministry said.

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Ontario reports 1,848 coronavirus cases, 43 deaths

coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 268,211.In Toronto, 726 cases were reported, 306 in Peel Region, and 168 in York Region.“Due to a data catch-up, Toronto Public Health is reporting approximately 300 additional cases today, resulting in an overestimate of the daily counts,” a spokesperson for the health minister noted.A total of 242,807 COVID-19 cases are considered resolved, which is up by 2,313 and is 90.5 per cent of all confirmed cases.Forty-three additional deaths were also reported on Sunday, bringing the provincial death toll to 6,188. 4 major Canadian airlines halt flights to Mexico, Caribbean to slow spread of COVID-19 Over 49,300 additional tests were completed.

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Drugs worth $1.6 million seized at Texas border found in shipments of cabinets, toilet paper

LAREDO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers seized more than $1.6 million worth of narcotics in two days at a border crossing in Texas. The narcotics were seized at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, which is about 150 miles south of San Antonio.

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Dua Lipa & Chloe Sims lead celebs living it up in Mexico as it becomes the new Dubai after Covid travel ban

CELEBS such as Dua Lipa, Chloe Sims, and Lottie Moss have flocked to the Mexican beach resort of Tulum in recent weeks.

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4 major Canadian airlines halt flights to Mexico, Caribbean to slow spread of COVID-19

Mexico and the Caribbean as of today.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat had agreed to the measure in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Travellers to pay ‘more than $2K’ for new mandatory COVID-19 hotel quarantine, Trudeau says The restriction will last until April 30, and Trudeau says the airlines will help arrange the return of customers currently on a trip.It’s one of a suite of new government measures aimed at preventing Canadians from travelling abroad in the doldrums of February and throughout spring break.For instance, starting first thing Thursday, all international passenger flights must land at only four airports — in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal.

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‘Saw it coming’: London International Airport CEO responds to new flight suspensions

airport says he “saw it coming” when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new flight suspensions Friday.“As an industry, I think we certainly expected it,” said Mike Seabrook with the London International Airport while speaking with 980 CFPL’s Jess Brady on Let’s Talk London.During his announcement, Trudeau said Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat have all agreed to cancel air services to “all Caribbean destinations and Mexico,” starting Sunday.The cancellations will continue until April 30.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says Canadian airlines have suspended flights to ‘all Caribbean destinations and Mexico’

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat have all agreed to cancel air services to “all Caribbean destinations and Mexico,” starting Sunday.

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Air Transat temporarily suspends operations, citing new COVID-19 travel restrictions

COVID-19 travel restrictions, including requiring Canadian airlines to suspend flights to sun destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico.The Montreal-based company, however, announced a complete suspension of all Air Transat flights, including to Europe, until April 30.The focus is now shifting to repatriating customers to Canada over the next two weeks.“We will do everything we can to return our customers back to Canada,” said CEO Jean-Marc Eustache.

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Ottawa unveils new measures to discourage travel

The federal government has unveiled new measures to discourage international travel and slow the spread of COVID-19. Starting this Sunday, major Canadian airlines will halt flights to the Caribbean and Mexico, and only four Canadian airports will allow international flights.

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Coronavirus: Federal government makes foreign travel tougher

On Friday, the federal government announced plans to require people arriving from outside Canada to quarantine in hotels near airports at a cost of about $2,000 per person. As well, major airlines have agreed to suspend flights to Mexico and the Caribbean until May.

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‘This is very good news’: Quebec welcomes Ottawa’s stricter COVID-19 travel requirements

coronavirus pandemic continues its rampage in the province.Prime Minister Justin announced several new measures restricting travel, including the suspension of all flights to sunny destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico until April 30.Travellers arriving in Canada will also be required to undergo mandatory COVID-19 screening, followed by a three-day hotel quarantine at their expense.Those with negative test results will then be allowed to finish their quarantine at home, “under significantly increased surveillance and enforcement,” Trudeau said.Those who test positive, however, will be required to quarantine in a public health facility to make sure they aren’t infected with variants of “potential concern.” Travellers to pay ‘more than

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Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights to Mexico and the Caribbean

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shown in a file photo. (Photo by Arindam Shivaani/NurPhoto via Getty Images) TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus — including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April 30.Trudeau said in addition to the pre-boarding test Canada already requires, the government will be introducing mandatory PCR testing at the airport for people returning to Canada.RELATED: UK variant, South Africa variant, Brazil variant: A guide to known

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Coronavirus: Transport minister says feds asking all Canadians to cancel vacations, not just to sun destinations

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra on Friday clarified that the federal government is asking all Canadians to cancel all vacation plans, not just to sun destinations of the Caribbean and Mexico, to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Airlines suspend flights to sun destinations until April 30 amid growing variant concerns

COVID-19 continue to spread.All international passenger flights must land at only four airports in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal.“The government asked, and we agreed,” WestJet president and CEO Ed Sims said in a statement Friday.“While we know that air travel is responsible for less than two per cent of cases since the start of the crisis, and even less today, we recognize the Government of Canada’s ask is a precautionary measure.”The Calgary-based company said it is working to bring back its Canadian customers currently in Mexico and the Caribbean over the next two weeks.

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FDA: More than half of sampled alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico found to be poisonous

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an "import alert" on all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico after the agency found that 84% of sampled products were not in compliance with safety regulations — and more than half were found to contain poisonous ingredients.

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Biden faces scrutiny over reliance on executive orders

President Joe Biden and aides showed touches of prickliness Thursday over growing scrutiny of the new president’s heavy reliance on executive orders in his first days in office.

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SpaceX preparing for another Starship flight from Texas

Following a mostly successful test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, the company plans to continue ramping up testing of its interplanetary spaceship into the new year.

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Boris Johnson to give statement on Covid-19 crisis to Parliament after deaths top 100k

Boris Johnson will today give a statement to Parliament about Covid-19 - after the UK became just the fifth country in the world to pass 100,000 deaths.

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A guide to the new covid-19 testing rules for travel to the US

Also Read | How India has become an unequal republicHere is what you need to know about the new protocols before you take a trip.Who does it affect?The order applies to everyone traveling to the U.S. on international flights, including U.S.

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Mexico near approving Russian vaccine, with little data

MEXICO CITY – Mexico said Tuesday it is close to granting approval for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, with lots of spy drama but little public data available.

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Justice Dept. rescinds Trump policy that led to thousands of migrant families being separated at border

Women hold signs reading No human is illegal and US President-elect Joe Biden, you promised to legalize agriculture workers, will you? as migrants and advocates demonstrate at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a "zero tolerance" enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson issued the new memo to federal prosecutors across the nation, saying the department would return to its longstanding previous policy and instructing prosecutors to act on the merits of individual cases."Consistent with this

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AP Exclusive: DOJ rescinds ‘zero tolerance’ immigration rule

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.

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EastEnders’ Max Bowden ‘doesn’t know what to do’ as his best pal fights for his life in Mexico after Covid complications

EASTENDERS star Max Bowden has said he "doesn't know what to do" as his best friend continues to fight for his life in Mexico following coronavirus complications. The 26-year-old actor has begged fans to donate to a GoFundMe page for top celebrity agent Terry Mills, 38, who is fighting for his life in a hospital in Cancun, Mexico.

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The number of people who've died with Covid-19 in the UK has now passed 100,000

direct to your inbox The number of people who have died in the UK as a result of coronavirus has now passed 100,000.

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Florida panther struck and killed by vehicle

FORT MYERS, Fla. – An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.

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PM Modi wishes Mexican President speedy recovery from Covid-19

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a speedy recovery from the novel coronavirus.In a tweet, Prime Minister Modi said: "Concerned to hear about the COVID-19 diagnosis of President @lopezobrador_of Mexico. The people of India join me in wishing him an early and complete recovery."Concerned to hear about the COVID-19 diagnosis of President @lopezobrador_ of Mexico.

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Mexican president’s coronavirus diagnosis fuels new criticism of pandemic response

Mexican president’s announcement he had COVID-19 just a few hours after taking a commercial flight unleashed renewed criticism of his handling of the pandemic, which has left the country with the fourth-highest death toll worldwide.President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has a history of heart problems and high blood pressure, said Sunday evening he was being treated for mild symptoms of COVID-19 after attending meetings and public events in preceding days.

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Researchers discover new whale species in the Gulf of Mexico

In this picture taken on March 26, 2009, shows a blue whale swimming in the deep waters off the southern Sri Lankan town of Mirissa. LOS ANGELES - A new species of whale has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers say. According to an article posted in the journal Marine Mammal Science, researchers say a whale previously identified as the Bryde’s whale is actually part of a new whale species, which scientists are now calling the Rice whale.Scientists have been tracking this specific animal since the late 1990s but only now have determined the whale is completely unique. Some characteristics of the Rice whale include: The Rice whale was originally thought to be a baleen whale.

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Coronavirus: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tests positive for COVID-19

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.

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Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over

Netherlands.The United States was set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals, with special concern about new strains of the pathogen that originated in Britain and South Africa."It's up to us to show that we are civic-minded," Spaniard Claudio Barraza told AFP upon arrival at Paris's main international airport, after new rules on tests for EU arrivals came into force.The stipulations came as Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador became the latest public figure to test positive for the disease, and New Zealand reported its first community case for more than two months.In Washington, President Joe Biden will on Monday reimpose a ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil,

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TV stars rally around top showbiz agent fighting for life with Covid in Mexico

A host of celebrities are rallying around a top showbiz agent who is fighting for his life in a Mexico hospital with Covid.

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Borders tightened as Dutch lockdown anger spills over

Border restrictions are being tightened around the world today in the face of an unrelenting coronavirus threat.

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Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19, symptoms mild

MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he has tested positive for COVID-19, an announcement that comes as his country registers the highest levels of infections and deaths to date.López Obrador, who has been criticized for his handling of Mexico's pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said Sunday on his official Twitter account that his symptoms are mild and he is under medical treatment.“I regret to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19,” he tweeted. “The symptoms are mild but I am already under medical treatment.

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Mexico’s president says he tested positive for coronavirus

COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.Mexico’s president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said on his official Twitter account that he is under medical treatment. Canada’s taxpayers’ watchdog says complaints have spiked amid coronavirus pandemic “I regret to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19,” he tweeted.

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Mexico president tests positive for Covid 19

Revenge of the lambs at the Gabbatoir“I regret to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19," he tweeted. “The symptoms are mild but I am already under medical treatment.

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Mexico's president says he's tested positive for COVID-19

MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.Mexico's president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country's pandemic, said on his official Twitter account that he is under medical treatment.“I regret to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19,” he tweeted. “The symptoms are mild but I am already under medical treatment.

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Biden calls Canada's Trudeau, Mexico's López Obrador

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden made his first calls to foreign leaders as America's commander in chief on Friday, dialing up Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a strained moment for the U.S. relationship with its North American neighbors.Biden's call to Trudeau came after the Canadian prime minister this week publicly expressed disappointment over Biden’s decision — one of his first acts as president — to issue an executive order halting construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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Sungjae Im shoots 65, takes lead at The American Express

LA QUINTA, Calif. – Sungjae Im shot a 7-under 65 on Friday at The American Express to take a one-stroke lead over first-round leader Brandon Hagy and four others.Im, the 22-year-old South Korean who was the PGA Tour's rookie of the year in 2019, had seven birdies in the bogey-free round on the Stadium Course at PGA West, highlighted by three in four holes around the turn.Hagy was in position to join Im at 11 under, but he bogeyed his final hole with a tee shot into the fairway bunker to finish his 70.Canada's Nick Taylor (66), South Korea's Si Woo Kim (68), Tony Finau (66) and Mexico's Abraham Ancer (65) also were 10 under.

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Man marries woman 5,000 miles away over Zoom after Covid tore them apart

A couple who couldn't wait to get married forged ahead with their nuptials despite a 5,000-mile distance between them.

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Pichai lauds Biden's actions on Covid, immigration policy, offers Google support

We applaud @POTUS's quick action on COVID relief, the Paris Climate Accord, and immigration reform.

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Immigrants cheered by possible citizenship path under Biden

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Immigrants cheered President Joe Biden's plan to provide a path to U.S. citizenship for about 11 million people without legal status, mixing hope with guarded optimism Wednesday amid a seismic shift in how the American government views and treats them.

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Large migrant caravan dissolves in Guatemala

EL FLORIDO – A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces. Small groups pressed on toward the Mexican border, while others accepted rides from authorities back to Honduras.Many of the migrants were driven by an increasingly desperate situation in Honduras, where the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic and two major hurricanes in November have piled atop chronic poverty and gang violence.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0