Apr 20 Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge By Aniruddha Ghosal, Neha Mehrotra, Associated Press India's health system is collapsing under the worst surge in coronavirus infections that it has seen so far. Continue reading
Apr 20 Military says that Chad's president killed on battlefield By Krista Larson, Edouard Takadji, Associated Press Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, died Tuesday of wounds suffered on the battlefield during a fight against rebels, the military announced on national television and radio. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: All Americans above age 16 now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines In our news wrap Monday, everyone over the age of 16 in the United states is now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination. India, meanwhile, reported nearly 274,000 new cases as New Delhi went under a one-week lockdown to try to… Continue watching
Apr 19 Georgian opposition parties sign deal to end political crisis By Associated Press Georgia has edged closer to ending a months-long political crisis after several opposition parties signed a deal brokered by the European Union. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 3:32 Ingenuity's flight on Mars rings in a new era of aviation By PBS NewsHour NASA has made plenty of history with space flights to Mars. But on Monday began a new chapter: it flew on Mars for the first time using an experimental helicopter, Ingenuity. Miles O'Brien takes us out of this world. Continue watching
Apr 19 Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press A lawyer says Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, was moved to a hospital in another prison after his doctor said he could be near death. Continue reading
Apr 19 WATCH: Blinken says U.S. falling behind China on renewable industry exports By Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said the U.S. is falling behind China, the largest producer and exporter of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles. Continue reading
Apr 19 Cuba's Communist Party chooses Miguel Díaz-Canel as leader By Associated Press In many ways, Cuba's new maximum leader is nothing like those who have governed the island for the past six decades. Miguel Díaz-Canel was never a guerrilla fighter and rose peacefully and diligently through the approved channels. Continue reading
Apr 19 Group of 12 European soccer clubs launch breakaway league By Associated Press A group of 12 elite English, Spanish and Italian clubs dramatically split European soccer on Sunday by announcing the formation of a largely-closed Super League. Continue reading
Apr 19 Rwanda report said France bears responsibility for 'enabling' the 1994 genocide By Associated Press The 600-page report says that France “did nothing to stop” the massacres, in April and May 1994, and in the years after the genocide tried to cover up its role and even offered protection to some perpetrators. Continue reading