Oct 21 Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects Chinese COVID-19 vaccine By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against COVID-19 being tested in Sao Paulo state. Continue reading
Oct 21 Armenian Prime Minister sees no way to settle conflict through diplomacy By Avet Demourian, Associated Press Armenia’s prime minister says that Azerbaijan’s aggressive stance in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh leaves no room for diplomacy. Nikol Pashinian has urged citizens to sign up as military volunteers to protect the country and urged local mayors to organize volunteer… Continue reading
Oct 21 Stampede kills 11 Afghans seeking visas to leave country By Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press Afghan officials say at least 11 women were trampled to death when a stampede broke out among thousands of Afghans waiting in a soccer stadium to get visas to leave the country. Continue reading
Oct 21 Nigerian forces killed 12 peaceful protesters, Amnesty says By Sam Olukoya, Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press Nigerian protesters demanding an end to police brutality are defying a curfew and gunfire rang out where they were setting up a blockade. Continue reading
Oct 21 Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film By Associated Press “Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,” Francis said in one of his sit-down interviews for the film. “What we have to have is a civil union law; that way they are… Continue reading
Oct 21 Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid surging coronavirus infections By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press A day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service, Pope Francis was back to his mask-less old ways Wednesday despite surging coronavirus infections across Europe. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 6:33 U.S., Russia close to a deal on nuclear arms control, says special envoy By Nick Schifrin The U.S. and Russia say they're close to a major agreement on arms control. The world’s largest nuclear powers are discussing extending the last remaining nuclear treaty, which is currently scheduled to expire in February, and freezing the total number… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 8:50 In Nicaragua, supplying beef to the U.S. comes at a high human cost By Nate Halverson, Reveal When outbreaks of COVID-19 at meat processing plants in the U.S. slowed production, American wholesalers and grocery chains turned to foreign beef suppliers. Producers in the small country of Nicaragua were happy to fulfill U.S. demand -- but doing so… Continue watching
Oct 20 European nations mixed in their response to COVID-19 spikes By Mike Corder, Associated Press As the resurgence of the global pandemic sweeps across the continent, local and national governments also are facing swelling opposition to the new measures. Continue reading
Oct 20 UK to infect healthy volunteers in COVID-19 vaccine research trial By Danica Kirka, Associated Press U.K. researchers are preparing to infect healthy young volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19, becoming the first scientists to use the controversial technique to study the disease and potentially speed up development of a vaccine. Continue reading