Jan 24 Israel targets flights, religious scofflaws, as virus rages By Josef Federman, Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel will be closing its international airport to nearly all flights, while Israeli police clashed with ultra-Orthodox protesters in several major cities and the government raced to bring a raging coronavirus outbreak under… Continue reading
Jan 24 Kremlin: US comments on protests support law-breaking By Associated Press During the protests, embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Ross said on Twitter that “the U.S. supports the right of all people to peaceful protest, freedom of expression. Steps being taken by Russian authorities are suppressing those rights.” The embassy also tweeted a… Continue reading
Jan 24 UK vaccination drive expands as virus toll nears 100,000 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday that three-quarters of the U.K.’s over-80s have received a vaccine shot. He said three-quarters of nursing home residents have also had their first jab. Continue reading
Jan 24 Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched By Jari Tanner, Associated Press The party councils of the the opposition, center-right Reform Party and the ruling. left-leaning Center Party voted in favor of joining a Cabinet headed by Reform’s prime minister-designate and chairwoman Kaja Kallas. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 1:51 COVID-19 shutdowns bring new popularity to old winter pastime By PBS NewsHour After months of shutdowns and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, some ski resorts are cautiously reopening in the U.S. and Europe. But not in France. Worried about outbreaks, French ski resorts can’t use their chair lifts or open their chalets. Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 1:54 Navalny's popularity spreading in Russia amid massive protests over his arrest By PBS NewsHour Tens of thousands of people in over a dozen Russian cities defied heavy police presence Saturday to protest the arrest of Alexei Navalny, a leading political opposition figure to Putin. Navalny’s poisoning, recovery, return to Russia, and his organization’s viral… Continue watching
Jan 23 French leader tells child sex abuse victims 'we believe you' By Associated Press In a video message posted on social networks Saturday, Macron promised sexual abuse screening and prevention meetings with every child, both in elementary school and middle school. He said the state health care system would finance psychological treatment for children… Continue reading
Jan 23 The day Marie Curie got snubbed by the French science world By Dr. Howard Markel One hundred and ten years ago, Marie Sklodowska Curie was formally rejected for membership by the French Academy of Sciences. Continue reading
Jan 23 2,100 arrested at protests demanding Navalny's release By Jim Heintz, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Protests erupted in cities across Russia on Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe. Police arrested more than 1,600 people, some of whom took to the streets in temperatures as frigid as… Continue reading
Jan 23 UK doctors seek review of 12-week gap between vaccine doses By Jill Lawless, Associated Press A major British doctors’ group says the U.K. government should “urgently review” its decision to give people a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine up to 12 weeks after the first, rather than the shorter gap recommended by the… Continue reading