Feb 02 U.S. says Myanmar takeover was coup, promises sanction review By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The military power grab poses a challenge for the two-week-old Biden administration, which says it wants to support wobbly democracy movements globally — but also wants to avoid driving countries like Myanmar toward China. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary In our news wrap Tuesday, President Biden’s nominee for transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg easily won Senate confirmation, the White House plans to ship a million doses of coronavirus vaccines nationwide, Russia's opposition leader is sentenced to prison, two FBI agents… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 5:00 Calls for mass protests in Russia after opposition leader is sentenced to prison A court on Tuesday sentenced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to more than two years in prison. Since his return from Germany last month after an assassination attempt in Russia, tens of thousands have taking to the street to protest… Continue watching
Feb 02 Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison By Daria Litvinova, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. Continue reading
Feb 02 Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe and effective, study says By Maria Cheng, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Russian scientists say the country's Sputnik V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to early results of an advanced study published in a British medical journal. Continue reading
Feb 02 Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup By Associated Press Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a coup and detained senior politicians including the country's de facto… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch 3:41 News Wrap: U.S. passes 443,000 pandemic deaths after record month In our news wrap Monday, the U.S. passes 443,000 COVID-19 deaths after the worst month yet, snow piles up across the East Coast with cancelled flights and suspended transit, the Kremlin denounced mass protests in support of jailed Russian opposition… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 7:36 Why Myanmar’s military overthrew the nation’s democratically elected government By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran The Biden administration has threatened to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar after the military there staged a coup over the weekend. Derek Mitchell, the former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar during the Obama administration who is now the president of the National… Continue watching
Feb 01 Biden threatens sanctions on Myanmar after military coup By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Joe Biden is threatening new sanctions on Myanmar after a coup that saw the military arrest the civilian leaders of its government. Continue reading
Feb 01 India’s farming protests resonate with U.S. agriculture communities By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press The dispute raises questions not only about agriculture in India but larger issues about the country's rural areas — issues that are familiar to anyone who has watched as populations dwindle in rural America and many small communities struggle to… Continue reading