Jan 12 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Trump touts border wall in visit to Texas In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump traveled to Texas to showcase his signature border wall, India's top court halted the implementation of agricultural laws that prompted farmers to blockade New Delhi, Twitter suspends more than 70,000 accounts linked to… Continue watching
Jan 04 Indian government fails to resolve deadlock with protesting farmers By Associated Press With the government refusing to revoke the legislation, the farmers pledged to continue blockading key highways linking the capital with the country's north. Continue reading
Jan 04 Vaccination campaign picks up speed around the world By Danica Kirka, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press Britain has begun dispensing the second vaccine in its arsenal. But authorities in France and elsewhere in Europe are coming under fire for slow rollouts and delays. Continue reading
Jan 03 India OKs AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines By Aniruddha Ghosal, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The country's drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca, and another developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Early voting begins in Georgia's Senate runoffs In our news wrap Monday, early voting began in Georgia's two U.S. Senate run-offs to determine which party controls the chamber, the U.S. formally blamed Iran for the abduction and presumed death of a former FBI agent, Major League Baseball's… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 3:50 News Wrap: Key issues hold up talks on a bipartisan relief deal In our news wrap Tuesday, Senate Republican and Democratic leaders disagree on how to move past key issues that are holding up a bipartisan relief deal, President Trump and his allies kept up a stream of election challenges, the U.S. Continue watching
Dec 07 Hundreds ill, 1 dead from unidentified disease in India By Associated Press The illness was detected Saturday evening. Since then, patients have experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness, doctors said. Continue reading
Dec 01 No breakthrough in India's talks with protesting farmers By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The Indian government and protesting farmers have been unable to reach common ground in talks held Tuesday, with the farmers saying their demonstrations against new agriculture laws will continue as will their blockades of key highways. Continue reading
Nov 28 India farmers press on with protest despite offer to talk By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Many farmers have camped out on highways in Punjab and Haryana states for the last two months to protest the passing of the legislation. They say the laws could cause the government to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices and… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 6:04 India's poor find themselves even more desperate amid the pandemic economy By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman India ranks second only to the U.S. in total COVID-19 cases. Although there has been a decline in infections recently, officials worry the onset of winter could bring new surges. Another concern is the economy, the world’s fifth largest, which… Continue watching