Sep 06 Israel imposes overnight curfews as virus deaths pass 1,000 By Josef Federman, Associated Press The curfews will go into effect Monday night at 7 p.m. and will last until 5 a.m. It was not known how long they will remain in place. People will not be allowed to venture more than 500 meters (yards)… Continue reading
Sep 06 Rwanda's president says 'Hotel Rwanda' hero must stand trial By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press Rusesabagina is credited with saving 1,200 lives during Rwanda's 1994 genocide by letting people shelter in the hotel he was managing during the mass killings. Now he is accused of supporting rebel violence in Rwanda and his family complain that… Continue reading
Sep 05 Erdogan raises rhetoric in Greece standoff in Mediterranean By Andrew Wilks, Associated Press Ankara is currently facing off against Greece and Cyprus over oil and gas exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. All sides have deployed naval and air forces to assert their competing claims in the region. Continue reading
Sep 05 'World's loneliest elephant' okayed to quit zoo for new life By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Dubbed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ by his supporters, Kaavan has languished at a zoo in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than 35 years. Kaavan will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and be transferred to better conditions,… Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 7:52 In Hong Kong, residents self-censor to steer clear of China's crackdown By Divya Gopalan United Nations human rights officials are blasting the national security law China imposed two months ago on Hong Kong. Beijing says the crackdown was necessary to bring stability to the semi-autonomous city after months of protests, some of which became… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 6:20 What universal health care means during a pandemic By William Brangham, Jason Kane Our series on universal health care, "The Best Health Care? America & the World," was filmed before the novel coronavirus pandemic exploded. How have the three countries we explored -- the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Australia -- responded to this… Continue watching
Sep 04 Russia publishes virus vaccine results, weeks after approval By Associated Press The authors noted that participants were only followed for 42 days, the study sample was small and there was no placebo or control vaccine used. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump officials hold press conference on Serbia-Kosovo economic deal By Associated Press Serbia and Kosovo announced Friday that they have normalized economic ties as part of U.S.-brokered discussions that also include Belgrade moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and Pristina recognizing Israel. Continue reading
Sep 03 Mexico struggles with U.S. water debt, suggests U.N. audit By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Mexico has fallen behind in the amount of water it must send north from its dams under a 1944 treaty, and is struggling to make up the shortfall by the Oct. 24 deadline. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch 2:51 News Wrap: Rochester mayor suspends police involved in death of Daniel Prude In our news wrap Thursday, the mayor of Rochester, New York, has suspended police involved in the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man, last March. Officers said he was spitting; they put a hood on him and pressed him… Continue watching