Apr 28 Watch 7:27 Can the 'vaccine for the world' help end the global pandemic? By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin It’s a tiny vial with big ambitions to help bring an end to the pandemic everywhere on earth. The developers of the so-called “vaccine for the world” hope what’s inside can ease the equity issues surrounding global covid vaccine distribution. Continue watching
Apr 28 WATCH: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds news conference with Canadian counterpart By Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomed his Canadian counterpart to Washington, D.C. for talks on a number of important bilateral issues, including the war in Ukraine, security in the Arctic region and relations with China and the Indo-Pacific. Continue reading
Apr 28 WATCH: House passes military lend-lease program to speed Ukraine aid By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The U.S. House gave final passage Thursday to legislation that would streamline a World War II-era military lend-lease program to more quickly provide Ukraine and other Eastern European countries with American equipment to fight the Russian invasion. Continue reading
Apr 28 Ukraine warns Russian offensive in east gathering momentum as U.N. warns of destruction By David Keyton, Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine is gathering momentum as the United Nations' chief surveys the destruction in towns outside Kyiv that experienced some of the worst horrors of the first onslaught of the war. Continue reading
Apr 27 Top UK diplomat says allies must 'double down' and send Ukraine tanks, jets By Jill Lawless, Associated Press NATO nations have supplied Ukraine with military supplies including missiles and armored vehicles. But so far they have been reluctant to send fighter planes for fear of escalating the conflict. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 5:21 Russia severs natural gas supplies for two NATO nations, escalating standoff with the West By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart, Teresa Cebrian Aranda More than two months into Russia's war in Ukraine Vladimir Putin on Wednesday trained his sights on Europe's reliance on Russian energy. Moscow cut off supplies of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, two of the many European countries that… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 5:57 As war in Ukraine rages on, U.S. and Russia exchange prisoners By Amna Nawaz The U.S. and Russia on Wednesday agreed to a prisoner exchange. U.S. Marine Trevor Reed boarded a plane back home after a 2019 arrest in Moscow for allegedly assaulting police officers. He was traded for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 5:54 News Wrap: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized Republicans after Jan. 6 In our news wrap Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy faces new disclosures that he criticized Republicans after Jan. 6, former President Trump appealed a New York court's contempt finding, a battle over Native American rights returned to the Supreme… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 8:39 Biden administration defends border policies as the battle over Title 42 heats up By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman, Tyriana Evans As the pandemic eases, the influx of migrants on the U.S. southern border is reaching record levels. And the Biden administration is facing new questions from both sides of the aisle about plans to roll back Title 42, the policy… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 5:55 Volunteers risk their lives to provide aid to Ukrainians trapped on the frontlines By Willem Marx, Ed Kiernan, Roman Motychak As the war in Ukraine has shifted east, so too have the efforts to aid millions of civilians still stuck between warring armies with nowhere to hide. They lack the very basics, but some of their fellow Ukrainians are risking… Continue watching