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Canadian trucker blockades impact production on both sides of the border

By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes

Truckers and protesters blocked a key border crossing between the U.S. and Canada for a fifth straight day. A court injunction issued late Friday ordered an end to that blockade. But for now trucks are blocking three border crossings, stopping…

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Olympic great Apolo Ohno on this year's 'unprecedented' Winter Games

By Amna Nawaz

We are near the midpoint of the Winter Olympics, one of the stranger and more controversial Games, given the advent of COVID and China's record on human rights. Even so, athletes are trying to compete under enormous pressure at the…

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Ukraine crisis escalates as Biden orders 3,000 more troops to Poland

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

A senior defense official says President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 more U.S. troops to Poland.

How heat waves, exacerbated by climate change, will be worst for the world's poorest nations

By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, The Conversation

The risk from heat waves is about more than intensity – being able to cool off is essential, and that’s hard to find in many low-income areas of the world.

U.S. officials fear Putin to invade Ukraine next week

By Nick Schifrin

The United States believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine and has communicated those plans to the Russian military, Western and defense officials have told the PBS NewsHour.

Once confined to classical music, figure skaters now turn to an eclectic mix of genres

By Sally Ho, Associated Press

Figure skating at the Beijing Olympics has witnessed a birth of more current, mainstream and offbeat music that first took hold four years ago in Pyeongchang, the first Winter Games in which lyrics were allowed.

U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to end bridge blockade

By Rob Gillies, Mike Householder, Aamer Madhani, Ben Fox, Amanda Seitz, Tom Krishner, Associated Press

The Biden administration urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government Thursday to use its federal powers to end the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country's COVID-19 restrictions, as the bumper-to-bumper demonstration forced auto plants on both sides of the border…

Ukrainian Olympian displays sign calling for 'No War in Ukraine'

By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press

A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read "No War in Ukraine" to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night.

UN labor agency cites concerns about Uighurs, other minorities in China's Xinjiang region

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

An annual report from the United Nations labor agency has highlighted the work conditions of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in China's western Xinjiang region, noting signs of "coercive measures" that deprive workers of free choice in selecting jobs.