Argentina: Large Hailstones Break Through Supermarket Roof, Customers Run For Cover

An intense hailstorm struck Bahía Blanca, Argentina, on Sunday, February 2. At a Cooperativa Obrera supermarket, hailstones broke through the roof over the cashier area, forcing people inside the store to take shelter.

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Delegation of Supermercados Cooperativa Virgen de Las Angustias (COVARAN ) at the Vatican, on January 11, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Delegation of Supermercados Cooperativa Virgen de Las Angustias (COVARAN ) at the Vatican, on January 11, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Delegation of Supermercados Cooperativa Virgen de Las Angustias (COVARAN ) at the Vatican, on January 11, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Delegation of Supermercados Cooperativa Virgen de Las Angustias (COVARAN ) at the Vatican, on January 11, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Delegation of Supermercados Cooperativa Virgen de Las Angustias (COVARAN ) at the Vatican, on January 11, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Delegation of Supermercados Cooperativa Virgen de Las Angustias (COVARAN ) at the Vatican, on January 11, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Delegation of Supermercados Cooperativa Virgen de Las Angustias (COVARAN ) at the Vatican, on January 11, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Chile to offer annual COVID-19 vaccine to groups at risk

STORY: Chile to offer annual COVID-19 vaccine to groups at risk DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: various of people getting vaccinatedSOUNDBITE (Spanish): XIMENA AGUILERA, Chilean Health Ministervarious of Chile's health officials attending a meeting to evaluate the COVID-19 situation STORYLINE: Chile will offer the population at risk an annual vaccine against COVID-19 starting in October, Chilean Health Minister Ximena Aguilera said Thursday. The vaccine will be available much like the annual flu shot, she said. "An annual vaccine aimed at vulnerable groups is being incorporated in a manner similar to the influenza vaccination program and is entering the National Immunization Program," the official said in an interview with local radio Cooperativa. "We are not ruling out that in the future there will be greater availability for the rest of the population to be vaccinated voluntarily," she said, adding that a bivalent vaccine will be used in th