Jun 10 Watch 4:30 Biden begins a week of diplomacy, pledges 500 million vaccine doses to poorer countries President Biden on Thursday kicked off his week of diplomacy in a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the beginning of the G-7 summit Friday. Biden also announced a significant step by his administration that he said… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 6:35 How fast can the U.S. deliver hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses globally? President Biden on Thursday announced a plan to donate more than 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to nearly 100 poorer countries around the world that he described as "a monumental commitment by the American people." Jeff Zients, the White House… Continue watching
Jun 10 Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has pleaded guilty to charges in the U.S. that alleged she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Continue reading
Jun 10 How Joe Biden is trying to regain the trust of European allies By Meredith Lee Biden’s eight-day, three-country tour includes the G7 meeting in the United Kingdom, NATO and EU summits in Brussels and a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva. Continue reading
Jun 10 Macron to reduce French military troops in Africa’s Sahel By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The French operation will be replaced by another support mission of French troops that will further rely on regional partners and continue to focus on fighting against Islamic extremists. Continue reading
Jun 10 Allies hope to look beyond virus at G7 summit in UK By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Since the G-7 last met two years ago, the pandemic has killed more than 3.7 million people and decimated economies with lockdowns and layoffs. Continue reading
Jun 10 Mumbai building collapse kills 11 after monsoon flooding By Associated Press Heavy monsoon rains had flooded several parts of the city that is India's financial and entertainment capital. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 7:58 Mastercard Foundation gives $1.3 billion to boost vaccinations in Africa In one of the largest private sector donations of its kind, the Mastercard Foundation announced it will give $1.3 billion over the next three years to vaccinate 50 million people in Africa. Fewer than 2 percent of the people there… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 3:50 States pull out all the stops in push to increase vaccinations By William Brangham, Claire Mufson With the pace of vaccination in the U.S. slowing, the Biden administration’s goal of getting 70 percent of adults inoculated with at least one shot by July 4 is looking harder. Given that, a month-long campaign has begun with incentives… Continue watching
Jun 09 U.S. to buy 500 million Pfizer vaccines to share with other countries By News Desk and Zeke Miller, Associated Press The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year. Continue reading