Restrictions

Spain, England, and France are adding stricter Covid-19 restrictions for travelers coming from China.

Ireland’s COVID-19 booster campaign has been expanded to encompass all those aged 18 and older, reports on Thursday have indicated.

Renewable energy sources, including wind turbines and solar panels, struggle to meet elevated energy demand during Christmas Eve snowstorms in the northeastern US and Texas, forcing utilities to burn fossil fuels to prevent power outages.

Since Beijing announced it is reopening China’s borders, Hong Kong announced that beginning on Dec. 29, most of the pandemic measures will be lifted but the mask mandate will remain in effect.

Would allow Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan migrants to enter US by air, expelling them back to Mexico through Title 42 restrictions.

China has announced it will remove its quarantine requirement for travelers as of January 8.

Beginning January 8, China will no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine.

Biden signs NDAA for 2023 authorizing $858 billion in military, energy, and procurement spending and overturning COVID-19 vaccine mandate for servicemembers.

FBI gets $11.33 billion in total for 2023, according to House Appropriations Committee summary.

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending its policy of rapidly expelling migrants at the US-Mexico border, after a request from Republican officials in 19 states.