May 19 Canada bans China’s Huawei Technologies from installing equipment in 5G networks By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canada says wireless carriers in Canada won't be allowed to install Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G networks. In announcing the decision Thursday joined the U.S. and other allies that previously banned the giant Chinese technology company. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 5:14 Russia’s war in Ukraine could lead to a global food crisis By Nick Schifrin The U.S. on Thursday accused Russia of using food as a weapon in its war on Ukraine, and in turn, creating a global food security crisis. Ukraine grows enough food to feed 400 million people, and Ukraine and Russia together… Continue watching
May 19 Biden has an eye on China as he visits South Korea, Japan By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Associated Press Biden will try to send a message to China that Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine should give Beijing pause about its own saber-rattling in the Pacific. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 8:03 Political scientist Ian Bremmer on the world’s ability to address major global crises With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the pandemic, climate crisis and extreme political polarization, the dangers currently facing the world are stark. A new book, "The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World,"… Continue watching
May 19 Equipped with few tools, North Korea struggles to fight COVID outbreak By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korean propaganda describes an all-out effort to fight a suspected COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly 2 million people. Continue reading
May 19 Ukrainian medic’s bodycam shows two weeks of Mariupol struggle By Vasilisa Stepanenko, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press A celebrated Ukrainian medic recorded her time in Mariupol on a data card no bigger than a thumbnail. Continue reading
May 18 Watch 5:08 News Wrap: Omicron variant drives spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases In our news wrap Wednesday, COVID cases are spiking as federal health officials call for indoor mask mandates, Russia released video of Ukrainian soldiers abandoning the Azovstal steel plant, the U.S. embassy reopened in Kyiv, Finland and Sweden handed in… Continue watching
May 18 Watch 7:03 Government watchdog report details Taliban’s rapid takeover in Afghanistan Taliban fighters last year swept through Afghanistan and seized the capital in a matter of weeks. How they were able to do so and why the Afghan military collapsed so quickly has been debated ever since. A government watchdog on… Continue watching
May 18 What Ireland’s history with abortion might teach us about a post-Roe America By Gretchen E. Ely, The Conversation In 1983, a constitutional referendum outlawed abortion in Ireland. In 2018, another referendum repealed the ban and legalized abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. Continue reading
May 18 U.N. envoy says U.S. sanctions on Iran worsen humanitarian situation By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press A United Nations special envoy says that the sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation. Continue reading