Aug 06 Watch 7:26 Hungary’s crackdown on its LGBTQ community prompts condemnation from European leaders By Lucy Hough, Ali Rogin The rights of Hungary’s LGBTQ people are increasingly under threat. Last month, a law came into force that restricts the depiction of homosexuality and sex reassignment to children in schools. The law has drawn intense opposition from other countries in… Continue watching
Aug 06 VA will now recognize some veteran’s illnesses associated with exposure to burn pits By Dan Sagalyn Over the past three decades, veterans who served in Southwest Asia that later suffered from chronic asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis, among other conditions, have had to prove that their illnesses were caused by their military service in order to receive… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: CDC’s new eviction moratorium faces early legal challenge In our news wrap Thursday, the CDC's newly announced eviction moratorium is already facing a legal challenge after the Alabama Association of Realtors asked a federal court for an injunction that would let evictions resume. Also, Iran gets a new… Continue watching
Aug 05 Israeli defense minister threatens Iran with military action By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Benny Gantz issued the threat Thursday against the Islamic Republic after a fatal drone strike on a oil tanker at sea that his nation blamed on Tehran. Continue reading
Aug 05 Iran swears in new hard-line president amid regional tension By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press Iran has sworn in Ebrahim Raisi, a protégé of the country's supreme leader, as its new president. Continue reading
Aug 05 Tokyo logs its most coronavirus cases since the pandemic began By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Tokyo reported 5,042 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, its most since the pandemic began as infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics. Continue reading
Aug 04 U.S. plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official says. Continue reading
Aug 04 This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places By Seth Borenstein, Frank Jordans, Associated Press The founder of a disaster database maintained at a Belgian University says, "It is not only a poor country problem, it's now very obviously a rich country problem."… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 5:38 News Wrap: As COVID cases rise, concern over global vaccines and potential boosters grows In our news wrap Wednesday, as the world nears 200 million COVID cases, the World Health Organization calls for delaying booster shots until more countries get the vaccine, and the White House argues the U.S. has enough vaccine to do… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 8:47 1 year after Beirut explosion, Lebanon still in crisis By Leila Molana-Allen A year after a deadly explosion of tons of ammonium nitrate that sat for years in a Beirut port warehouse, people in Lebanon are still waiting for answers and government accountability. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports on how people across… Continue watching