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 In 2018, another referendum repealed the ban and legalized abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.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
May 18 Mozambique declares polio outbreak after identifying first wild case in 30 years By Associated Press Health authorities in Mozambique have declared a polio outbreak after confirming that a child in the country's northeastern Tete province had been paralyzed by the disease. Continue reading
May 18 WHO is 'deeply concerned' about North Korean COVID outbreak By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea on Wednesday added hundreds of thousands of infections to its growing pandemic caseload. Continue reading
May 18 How serious is Turkey's Erdogan in denying Finland, Sweden NATO membership? By Matthew Lee, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking an increasingly tough line against the NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden despite far less strident statements from some of his top aides. Continue reading
May 18 Russian soldier pleads guilty in Ukraine's first war crime trial since invasion By Associated Press A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian. Continue reading