May 03 As Russia bombards Mariupol steel plant, U.N. says 127 people have been evacuated By Associated Press The U.N.’s aid coordinator for Ukraine says 127 people have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol and nearby areas in an operation carried out along with the international Red Cross. Continue reading
May 03 Russian forces storm Mariupol steel plant to attack last Ukrainian defenders By Cara Anna, Yesica Fisch, Associated Press Ukrainian fighters say Russian forces began storming a sprawling steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol on Tuesday. Continue reading
May 02 Watch 4:10 Ukrainian civilians desperately try to flee the hellscape of Mariupol amid Russian attacks By Nick Schifrin, Alexis Cox, Volodymyr Solohub, Lizz Bolaji, Lynsey Jeffery, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The first evacuations from a steel plant in Mariupol, site of the last stand by Ukrainian troops, continued Monday a day after 100 civilians were freed. But more than 100,000 Ukrainians remain in the city, which has now been besieged… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 7:02 U.S. acting ambassador to Ukraine on the return of diplomats and the state of the war By Dan Sagalyn, Volodymyr Solohub In the western city of Lviv, the U.S. chargé d’affaires to Ukraine Kristina Kvien returned on Monday to the country for the first time since evacuating six weeks ago. Kvien joins Nick Schifrin to discuss new shipments of U.S. arms… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 3:43 News Wrap: Jan. 6 committee calls on more GOP House members to testify In our news wrap Monday, the Jan. 6 congressional committee has asked three more GOP House members to testify, a federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted a retired New York police officer of assault and other charges in the Jan. Continue watching
May 02 Watch 5:38 Exhibit chronicles the career of a South African activist fighting for trans visibility By Anne Azzi Davenport, Maureen Barillaro, Jacob Garcia, Robert Judge and Jared Bowen, GBH Sir Zanele Muholi has been documenting queer and trans people in South Africa for decades with the aim of celebrating life, joy and the beauty of the community. An exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston that focuses… Continue watching
May 02 Shanghai COVID cases fall as outbreak appears to relent By Associated Press The COVID-19 outbreak that has shut down most of Shanghai appears to be waning. China's largest city recorded about 7,000 cases a day on Saturday and Sunday, down from a peak of 27,605 nearly three weeks ago on April 13. Continue reading
May 02 First Ukrainian civilians escape Mariupol steel plant, hundreds remain By Cara Anna, Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press People fleeing besieged Mariupol described weeks of bombardments and deprivation as they arrived in Ukrainian-held territory. Continue reading
May 01 Watch 6:35 Pelosi pledges U.S. support in Ukraine visit as evacuations begin in war-torn Mariupol By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery About 100 residents in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on Sunday were freed and promised safe passage after being trapped for months in the basement of a steel plant with little access to clean air, food or water. This comes… Continue watching
May 01 Watch 3:25 Why a vocal Turkish activist's prison sentence is a 'nail in the coffin' for free speech By Geoff Bennett, Juliet Fuisz, Andrew Corkery, Emine Yücel A Turkish court last week sentenced activist and businessman Osman Kavala to life in prison for attempting to overthrow the government during 2013 protests. Kavala's sentencing is just another example of President Erdogan's crackdown on free speech. Ece Temelkuran, a… Continue watching