Jul 23 5 Stories: How genes drive puppy love, the Amazon’s carbon tipping point and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin Puppy love is in their genes, wrongful arrests highlight bias in facial recognition software and the world’s oldest tennis player takes the court. Check out these stories and others you might have missed on this week's episode of 5 Stories. Continue reading
Jul 23 To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press The spokesman for the Afghan Taliban says the insurgents don't want to monopolize power. But he says there won't be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new, negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed from office. Continue reading
Jul 23 Hometown receives body of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Moïse’s body arrived shortly after dawn at his family’s seaside property where the funeral is being held. Continue reading
Jul 23 Opening ceremony for Tokyo Summer Olympics sets striking tone amid pandemic By Foster Klug, Associated Press As their opening unfolded, devoid of the usual crowd energy, the Olympics convened amid simmering anger and disbelief in much of the host country, but with hopes from organizers that the excitement of the sports to follow would offset the… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 3:13 U.S. officials re-emphasize importance of COVID vaccines, investigating virus’ origins The White House is issuing urgent calls to action Thursday in the face of COVID-19's latest assault, especially given the dangerous delta variant of the virus. The Biden administration's appeals for Americans to get vaccinated come amid talks of re-imposing… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 9:01 U.S. surgeon general on the ‘most powerful tools’ to combat the delta variant Amna Nawaz and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy dive deeper into the Biden administration's efforts to combat the delta variant of the novel coronavirus and surrounding misinformation, public masking requirements and vaccination efforts amid the rise of COVID-19 cases. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: DOJ announces strike force to tackle suspect gun networks In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department announced the formation of strike forces to target gun crimes. Attorney General Merrick Garland traveled to Chicago — just hours after mass shootings in the city that killed 3 people and… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 9:22 Migrants left adrift at sea after boat pushback from Greek coast guard By Malcolm Brabant, Daphne Tolis Pro-refugee groups allege the Greek coast guard is endangering migrants in the Aegean Sea and breaching international law with a new aggressive migration policy that involves pushing them back towards Turkish waters. Critics also accuse the European Union of ignoring… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 8:50 Is Facebook putting company over country? New book explores its role in misinformation A new book, “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination,” details how Facebook struggles and sometimes fails to curtail hate speech, disinformation and violent rhetoric on its platform. It also examines how Facebook has become an enormously lucrative data… Continue watching
Jul 22 Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads By David Rising, Eileen Ng, Associated Press The deaths have followed record numbers of new cases being reported in countries across the region which have left health care systems struggling to cope and governments scrambling to implement new restrictions. Continue reading