Day: January 17, 2022

KAMPALA, Uganda—For two years, lockdowns and other efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted vaccinations against measles and other highly infectious childhood diseases in developing countries.Now, as underfunded healthcare systems shift to immunizing adults against Covid-19, 2022 risks seeing further setbacks in the fight against some of the leading killers of young children in…

SYDNEY—Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia after a court upheld a decision to cancel his visa, ending the tennis star’s bid to defend his Australian Open title as an unvaccinated player despite the country’s tough Covid-19 vaccine requirements.The Federal Court of Australia on Sunday ruled Immigration Minister Alex Hawke acted lawfully when he canceled Djokovic’s…

Tonga’s main island sustained significant damage from a volcanic eruption and tsunami, New Zealand’s leader said, promising rapid aid for a Pacific archipelago that remains largely cut off from the world a day after powerful waves crashed onto its shores.An undersea volcano erupted Saturday, generating a gigantic ash cloud and triggering a tsunami that was…

Jamaican police captured a fugitive former Haitian senator considered to be a key suspect in last year’s assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, raising hopes investigators might be able to shed light on the killing, officials said Saturday. A spokesperson for the Jamaica Constabulary Force said John Joël Joseph was detained in Jamaica on Friday…

RIYADH—Saudi Arabia courted the world’s top companies to modernize its economy. Instead, the business environment has grown more hostile and investors are souring on the oil-rich kingdom. Construction company Bechtel Corp. sent some contractors home while it tried to collect on more than $1 billion in unpaid bills. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY 0.51% , Gilead…