May 31 Who benefits? U.S. debates fairest way to share spare vaccine By Zeke Miller, Associated Press So far, it looks like the administration will provide the bulk of the doses to COVAX, the U.N.-backed global vaccine sharing program. Continue reading
May 31 Nations begin 3 weeks of grueling climate talks online By Frank Jordans, Associated Press The talks will involve grappling with a number of thorny climate and political issues, without the benefit of face-to-face meetings, due to pandemic restrictions. Continue reading
May 30 Netanyahu could lose PM job as rivals attempt to join forces By Josef Federman, Associated Press The head of a small hard-line party says he will try to form a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents. The announcement by Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett marks a major step toward ending the 12-year rule of… Continue reading
May 29 Chinese city locks down neighborhood after virus upsurge By Associated Press The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home for door-to-door coronavirus testing following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. Continue reading
May 29 Belarusians in Ukraine protest repression in homeland By Associated Press The protest of about 100 people came a week after Belarus sparked outrage in the West by diverting a commercial airline flight over its territory and arresting a dissident journalist who was on board. Belarus claims the diversion was necessary… Continue reading
May 29 More than 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada By Associated Press From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 First Nations children were required to attend state-funded Christian schools as part of a program to assimilate them into Canadian society. They were forced to convert to Christianity and not… Continue reading
May 28 Visiting South Africa, France’s Macron pledges vaccine help By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Macron also pledged that France will help South Africa and other African countries to develop the capacity to produce their own vaccines to fight the pandemic. Continue reading
May 28 Japan extends virus emergency with safe Olympics at stake By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days on Friday, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. Continue reading
May 28 Germany recognizes colonial killings in Namibia as genocide By Geir Moulson, Associated Press Germany has agreed to officially recognize the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people in Namibia as genocide and to spend a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 4:44 Why the US is taking a second look at the ‘lab leak’ theory about COVID-19 Where did COVID-19 come from? In the midst of renewed questions about the novel coronavirus' origins, President Joe Biden has directed U.S. intelligence to determine if the virus jumped from animals to humans, or somehow escaped from a lab in… Continue watching