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South Korea administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at long-term care facilities Friday, launching a mass immunization that health authorities hope will restore some …
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2/25/21
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In one corner sponsors, many household names like Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Visa, Toyota, Samsung, and General Electric. Together they pay at least $1 billion to the International Olympic Committee, and in …
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By STEPHEN WADE
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2/25/21
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Soldiers from Eritrea systematically killed “many hundreds” of people, the large majority men, in a massacre in late November in the Ethiopian city of Axum, Amnesty …
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By CARA ANNA
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2/25/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Another mutated version of the coronavirus has popped up in New York City, and experts reacted to the the news with a mixture of caution and concern.
The new variant first …
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By MARION RENAULT
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2/25/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — The wattage in The Weeknd’s wasn’t strong enough to compete at the Grammys – but the song isn’t the only electrifying No. 1 hit that the Recording Academy snubbed.
The …
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By MESFIN FEKADU
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2/25/21
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Caster Semenya is going to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge “discriminatory” rules that prohibit her from competing in certain track events because …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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2/25/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is formally expanding a $3 million financial relief fund that it quietly launched earlier this month, to help people struggling to …
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By AARON MORRISON
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2/25/21
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How would COVID-19 vaccine makers adapt to variants?
By tweaking their vaccines, a process that should be easier than coming up with the original shots.
Viruses constantly mutate as they …
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By The Associated Press
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2/25/21
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ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS (AP) — The February storm is unforgiving, violently shaking the humanitarian rescuers’ vessel as they try to revive a faulty engine and save African migrants drifting in the …
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By BRUNO THEVENIN and RENATA BRITO
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2/25/21
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A secretive Israeli nuclear facility at the center of the nation's undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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2/25/21
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PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Millions of people have joined a 45-day Hindu bathing festival in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, where devotees take a dip at Sangam, the sacred confluence of …
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By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH
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2/25/21
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County on Wednesday reported another 806 deaths from coronavirus during the winter surge, pushing California’s toll above 50,000, or about one-tenth of the U.S. …
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By BRIAN MELLEY
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2/25/21
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It’s been more than three years since the #MeToo movement launched a culture-shifting conversation about sexual violence. But Tarana Burke, the activist who gave the movement its name, says …
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By JOCELYN NOVECK
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2/24/21
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Facebook, following in Google's footsteps, says it to "support the news industry” over the next three years.
The social networking giant, which over a law that would make social platforms pay …
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By TALI ARBEL
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2/24/21
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A real-world test of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it’s very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one dose.
Wednesday’s …
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
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2/24/21
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HOUSTON (AP) — With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the release of children to their relatives in the U.S.
U.S. …
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By NOMAAN MERCHANT
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2/24/21
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As the coronavirus pandemic exploded worldwide last April, global organizations banded together to help ensure that the world's most vulnerable people would get vaccines amid the rush for shots. The …
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By MARIA CHENG
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2/24/21
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GENEVA (AP) — The Australian state of Queensland became the strong favorite to host the 2032 Olympics after the IOC gave it the status of its preferred bidder on Wednesday.
The decision by the …
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR
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2/24/21
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's foreign minister on Wednesday urged Iran to accept diplomatic overtures coming from the West in order to preserve the 2015 nuclear accord.
Heiko Maas accused Tehran of …
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2/24/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney is finally ready to write his memoirs, and will use music — and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet — to help guide him.
“The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present” will …
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By HILLEL ITALIE
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2/24/21
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