The United States will require a Covid-19 test for travelers from China, due to the explosion in the number of cases in that country and the lack of information communicated by Beijing, US health authorities announced yesterday. The measure comes into force on January 5th, and "all air passengers with...
The United States of America (USA) "will allocate 55 billion dollars to Africa", the White House said yesterday, before Joe Biden received many leaders from the continent for a summit in Washington. Jake Sullivan, the US president's national security adviser, indicated that these funds will be earmarked over three years essentially for the area...
On Wednesday (7), the US government offered a 10-meter coastal patrol boat to the Mozambican Navy. The high-speed vessel is valued at 700 thousand dollars. It is intended for interception and maritime boarding operations. A note from the American embassy in Maputo says that this is "part of the...
The unemployment rate in the United States remained unchanged at 3.7% in November, but job creation exceeded expectations, with 263,000 new jobs, the US Department of Labor said last Friday. Analysts' forecasts pointed to the creation of around 200,000 jobs, after October's...
The Commerce Department confirmed today that the US economy fell 0.6%, on an annualized basis, in the second quarter of this year, in the third and final estimate of the evolution of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The second estimate, released in August, had already indicated this contraction of 0.61 QoQ. The retreat between April and June follows another...
An employee of an airline company in the United States stole an airplane and threatened to crash it into a supermarket. The threat ended up not being carried out. After five hours of flight, the man crashed in an agricultural field in Mississippi. According to the American news channel Fox News the pilot was identified as Cory...
U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.6% in the second quarter on an annualized basis, less than had been initially announced, the Commerce Department indicated today in a second estimate. In the first estimate, released in late July, the April-June GDP contraction was 0.9%. O...
The United States has revealed that it is preparing long-term assistance to Ukraine that is expected to be around another $3 billion. US government officials told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the package is expected to be announced on Wednesday, the day the war reaches the six-month mark...
The US government will invest $10 million to strengthen girls' access to education in Zambezia and Nampula provinces, the US embassy said in a statement today. According to the statement, the new five-year program addresses the main challenges girls face in staying in...
The extradition case of former Finance Minister Manuel Chang, requested by the US and Mozambique, is awaiting a decision by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola announced yesterday. Ronald Lamola called a press conference to update the country on the ongoing extradition cases of several fugitives...