Brazil set a daily record for COVID-19 deaths for the second day straight on March 3rd, as a raging resurgence of the virus led São Paulo to shut down once again. A new coronavirus variant from the Amazon contributed to the increase in daily infections, with Health Ministry data reporting
Juan Carlos Zevallos, the Ecuadorean health minister, resigned on Friday, February 26th, after receiving criticism on the mistreatment of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Zevallos stated in a letter posted to Twitter, “Given the current political situation, and to allow the continuity of the National Vaccination Plan, I present to you,
On Saturday the 6th of March, Pope Francis held an historic meeting with Iraq’s Shia leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. This marked the first time a pope and a grand ayatollah had ever met. In this meeting, Francis thanked al-Sistani for his defence of Iraq’s weakest and most persecuted in
