Jun 01 Watch 7:32 What’s at stake in Mexico’s landmark presidential election By Ali Rogin, Winston Wilde, Satvi Sunkara Mexico holds the largest election in its history on Sunday, and no matter the outcome, the country will almost certainly elect its first woman president. Voters are hopeful that will bring about change at a time of record levels of… Continue watching
Jun 01 Modi projected to retain power as voting ends in the last round of India’s election By Sheikh Saaliq, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press India’s 6-week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term. Continue reading
Jun 01 Party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in pivotal election By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. Continue reading
Jun 01 Israel says permanent Gaza cease-fire plan is a ‘nonstarter,’ undermining Biden By Sam Mednick, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israel’s prime minister on Saturday called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter” until long-standing conditions for the ending the war are met, appearing to undermine a proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden had announced as an Israeli one. Continue reading
Jun 01 Panama prepares to relocate Indigenous residents of island threatened by rising seas By Matías Delacroix, Juan Zamorano, Associated Press The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 4:37 Biden urges Hamas to accept Israel’s latest proposal to end war in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn President Biden detailed a proposal that would release Israeli hostages in Gaza in exchange for a cease-fire. Biden called on Hamas to accept the deal and said it would lead to the end of the war in Gaza after 8… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: Germany says Ukraine can use its long-range weapons on targets in Russia In our news wrap Friday, Germany gives Ukraine the green light to use long-range weapons on targets in Russia. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has registered as an independent, the Texas Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state's… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 6:32 What’s behind recent extreme heat events and record high temperatures By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins, Azhar Merchant Temperatures in New Delhi, India, where 35 million people live, reached 122 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to heat-related deaths and illnesses. In Mexico, howler monkeys have been dying off in 100-degree heat, and in the U.S., Miami just recorded its hottest… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 6:24 Mexico set for historic election on Sunday after violent and polarized campaign season By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda As many as 100 million Mexicans go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president and it is already guaranteed to be historic. Both leading candidates are women and the country has never had a female leader. The main… Continue watching
May 31 U.S. leaders invite Israel’s Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress By Associated Press The visit would provide a show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel's military assault on Gaza. Continue reading