Nov 25 UN report: Israel’s blockade has devastated Gaza economy By Josef Federman, Associated Press The findings, looking at an 11-year period ending in 2018, marked perhaps the most detailed analysis of the Israeli policy to date. Continue reading
Nov 25 Ethiopian leader urges international community to pause ‘interference’ in their internal conflict By Cara Anna, Associated Press Ethiopia’s prime minister is rejecting growing international consensus for dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the country’s Tigray region as “unwelcome,” saying his country will handle the conflict on its own as a 72-hour surrender ultimatum runs out. Continue reading
Nov 25 Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60 By Associated Press Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title, has died. Continue reading
Nov 25 Hopeful about COVID vaccine, Britain begins plan for how to distribute millions of doses By Danica Kirka, Associated Press With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously — and they stress cautiously — optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April. Continue reading
Nov 25 With domestic violence on the rise during COVID-19, activists push for protections By Associated Press Activists are holding protests Wednesday from France to Turkey and world dignitaries are trying to find ways to protect millions of women killed or abused every year by their partners. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 2:59 News Wrap: Attacks imminent on Ethiopia’s rebel-held region In our news wrap Tuesday, more cities and states are reimposing COVID-19 curbs days before Thanksgiving, human rights groups are sounding alarms over Ethiopia’s imminent attack on a rebel region, twin explosions killed 14 people in Afghanistan, and David Dinkins,… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 7:14 How Mexico City became a global center for contemporary art By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Lane, Susana Seijas, Monica Wise Robles Mexico is a country where violence often dominates headlines. But in recent years, its capital has experienced something of a contemporary arts boom. Mexico City's annual Zona Maco festival has grown to become Latin America's largest art fair -- and… Continue watching
Nov 24 At mostly-virtual U.N. conference E.U., other donors step up with funds to help Afghanistan By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The European Union, the United States and other donors pledged billions in new funding for Afghanistan over the next four years, at the first pledging conference of its kind for the troubled and poor country since 2016. Continue reading
Nov 24 For holiday travel, England uses tests to reduce quarantines By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Just in time for holiday travelers, England is cutting the two-week quarantine facing people arriving from regions not on the British government's coronavirus safe list, reducing it to as little as five days if they test negative for COVID-19. Continue reading
Nov 24 ‘We just ran’: Ethiopians fleeing war find little relief By Fay Abuelgasim, Nariman El-Mofty, Associated Press More than 40,000 have fled the Ethiopian government's offensive in the defiant Tigray region into Sudan, often under gunfire, sometimes so quickly they have had to leave family behind. Continue reading