Feb 23 Watch 7:25 Britain cautiously plans to ease rigid lockdown restrictions By Malcolm Brabant Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a cautious timetable ending the country’s COVID lockdown, one of the strictest in the world with almost all foreign travel outlawed under the guidelines. But the full lockdown isn’t due to finish until… Continue watching
Feb 23 Human rights will be 'central' to relations with Egypt, U.S. says By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Biden administration on Tuesday told Egypt that human rights will be “central” to its policy in dealing with the key Arab state and major American partner in the Middle East. Continue reading
Feb 23 WATCH: Biden and Trudeau give statements on bilateral meeting By Aamer Madhani, Rob Gillies, Associated Press In pre-pandemic times, such a meeting would have been held with fanfare. But with Biden and Trudeau stressing caution to their citizens, both leaders are foregoing the typical pomp and holding their talks by video conference. Continue reading
Feb 23 Facebook to lift Australia news ban after dispute over paying for journalism By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press The social media company caused alarm with its sudden decision last week to block news on its platform across Australia. Continue reading
Feb 22 Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested on U.S. drug charges By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press She's accused of helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison in 2015 and participating in the planning of a second prison escape before Guzman was extradited to the U.S. in January 2017. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: WHO concerned about COVID-19 vaccines reaching poor countries In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization head asked wealthy countries not to buy up all the COVID vaccines before poor nations get any, President Biden plans to funnel more federal pandemic aid to businesses owned by women… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 12:21 Bill Gates on tackling climate change and the ongoing pandemic response All of us face the risk that extreme weather events like the recent one in Texas will become more common and more destructive occurrences because of climate change. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has studied climate change for years, and he… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 5:44 How a small but powerful band of women led the fight against ISIS By Amna Nawaz, Ali Rogin In the years-long battle to retake northeastern Syria from ISIS, a small but powerful band of fighters led the way. The women of the YPJ, a Syrian-Kurdish force, fought alongside their male counterparts and face-to-face against ISIS. Author and journalist… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch 4:39 Blocking roads and banging pots, Myanmar protests continue despite military crackdown By PBS NewsHour Hundreds of protesters held a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, for those killed in the protests over the last 21 days. Across the nation, pro-democracy demonstrators continued to oppose the military coup, holding photographs of jailed… Continue watching
Feb 21 UN nuclear chief says Iran to grant 'less access' to program By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says that Iran will begin offering its inspectors “less access” but will still allow the agency to monitor its atomic program. Continue reading