Feb 21 UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a “cautious” plan to… Continue reading
Feb 20 2 Myanmar protesters killed by police fire, reports say By Associated Press Two anti-coup protesters were shot dead by riot police who fired live rounds Saturday in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, local media reported. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 10:50 As peace talks with the Taliban stall, deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan looms By Jane Ferguson, Emily Kassie Last February, former President Trump made a deal with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1st, 2021. After two decades of partnership with the U.S. and its NATO allies, foreign forces are preparing to go home,… Continue watching
Feb 20 Moscow court rejects opposition leader Navalny’s appeal By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Navalny, 44, an anti-corruption crusader and President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic, was arrested on Jan. 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. Russian authorities have… Continue reading
Feb 20 Pope, others hail Italian health workers on COVID anniversary By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press Pope Francis and Italy’s president on Saturday marked a newly established annual day to honor doctors, nurses and other health care workers, exactly one year after the nation’s first known native case of COVID-19 emerged. Continue reading
Feb 20 Peaceful protests for jailed rapper see more clashes in Spain By Associated Press Hundreds also gathered in Madrid, and hundreds more marched in the northeast town of Lleida, where Hasél was arrested on Tuesday and taken away to begin serving a 9-month prison sentence for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence… Continue reading
Feb 20 Osaka wins Australian Open By Associated Press Osaka improved to 4-0 in Grand Slam finals by grabbing six consecutive games to pull away in what initially was a tight contest, beating Brady 6-4, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: White House says vaccine shipments delayed by arctic storm By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the White House confirmed the arctic storm has set back COVID-19 vaccine shipments, the U.S. is once again part of the Paris climate accord, the U.S. began allowing the first of thousands of asylum seekers… Continue watching
Feb 19 Pentagon chief urges immediate reduction in Taliban violence By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press In his first press conference as defense secretary, Lloyd Austin says progress toward a durable peace in Afghanistan and an end to U.S. military involvement there depends on the Taliban reducing attacks. Continue reading
Feb 19 G-7 vows ‘equitable’ world vaccine access, but details are scant By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers have promised to immunize the world’s neediest people against the coronavirus by giving money and precious vaccine doses to a U.N.-backed vaccine distribution effort. Continue reading