Month: January 2021

Cypriot Ghost Town at Center of Tussle Over Valuable Art

Meet Japan’s Kyuta Kumagai, a Big Boy With Big Dreams

UK Set to Formally Apply for Trans-Pacific Trade Bloc Membership

Wrangle Over Valuable Art Uncovered in Cypriot Ghost Town

US Lawmakers Push Mental Health Days for Kids Amid Pandemic

WHO Team Visits Wet Market Linked to First Coronavirus Cases

WHO Team Visits Wuhan Hospital That Treated Early Cases

Fighting Climate Change in America Means Changes to America

Israel Says Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Shows 92% Effectiveness

Downdetector: Social Media Platform Reddit Hit by Outages in US

Female-Directed Films Spark Oscar Buzz

NBCUniversal Vows Auditions for Actors with Disabilities

EU Tightens Vaccine Export Rules, Creates Post-Brexit Outcry

Capitol Police Bolstering Travel Security for Lawmakers

EU Drug Regulator Approves AstraZeneca Vaccine for Emergency Use

Johnson & Johnson One-dose Vaccine 66% Successful

US Feds Were Unprepared to Meet First American Evacuees from Wuhan, Report Finds

German Health Minister Expects Approval of AstraZenaca COVID-19 Vaccine

US Unprepared to Meet its First COVID Evacuees from Wuhan Last Year

Biden Revokes Restrictions on Women’s Reproductive Rights

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96

Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Works, But Less So Against Variants

Biden Orders Expanded Health Care on Two Fronts

UN Chief Urges US-China ‘Reset’

Facebook Oversight Board Announces First 5 Rulings

US Marks 35 Years Since Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster

GM Aims to End Sale of Gasoline-Powered Cars, Light Trucks by 2035

Indigenous Tree in Pakistan Touted to Improve Health Among Malnourished

Climate Change Could Cost Australia Billions, Report Says

WHO Team Investigating Coronavirus Origin Begins Work

Report: Guinea Worm Disease Cases Drop Despite COVID-19 Restrictions

Facebook Says it Will Permanently Stop Recommending Political Groups to Users

Oscar and Emmy-Winning Actress Cloris Leachman Dies at 94

Facebook’s Profits Surge as Pandemic Fuels Use

Abortion Restrictions Set to Take Effect in Poland

NASA Astronauts Conduct Space Walk Outside Space Station

Presidential Pet Tradition Returns to White House

Auschwitz Survivors Mark Anniversary Online Amid Pandemic

Moscow Relaxes COVID-19 Restrictions

World Surpasses 100 Million Coronavirus Cases

South Africa’s President Accuses Rich Nations of Hoarding Vaccines

Biden to Target Climate Change

WHO Chief Presses Case Against COVID-19 ‘Vaccine Nationalism’

On the Brink of Extinction, the Northern White Rhino Now Has a Chance at Survival

With Biden at Helm, Pets Return to White House

Data Inconclusive on Efficacy of Moderna Vaccine Against COVID-19 Variants

Internet Outages, Slowdowns Reported from Boston to Washington

EU Leader Urges US to Join Digital ‘Rule Book”’

Argentina Set to Receive More Russian COVID-19 Vaccine

South African President Urges Wealthy Nations Not to Hoard COVID-19 Vaccines

NASA Astronauts Move to Repair, Upgrade Space Station Module

Twitter to Crowdsource Content Policing

Kerry Says US ‘Proud to Be Back’ in Paris Climate Agreement

Malawi Recruits Healthcare Workers to Combat Surge in COVID-19

Israel to Shut Down International Airport to Keep out Coronavirus Variants

Buccaneers, Chiefs to Face Off in Super Bowl

US to Track COVID-19 Variants, Study Whether Vaccines Remain Effective

Bolivian Couple Works to Save Honeybees’ Shrinking Habitats

Virus Surge Hits Mental Health of Front-Line Workers

World Nears 100 Million COVID-19 Cases