Country now has ample supplies of the Pfizer shot to vaccinate the roughly 28 million kids who will soon be eligibleChildren age five to 11 in the US will soon be able to get a Covid-19 shot at their pediatrician’s office, local pharmacy and potentiall…
Mexico City to replace Columbus statue with pre-Hispanic sculpture of woman
The statue is a replica of a mysterious carving of an Indigenous figure unearthed in January known as the Young Woman of AmajacA replica of a mysterious pre-Hispanic sculpture of an Indigenous woman has been chosen to replace a statue of Christopher Co…
US to give humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Taliban say
US says it discussed aid in talks in Doha but Taliban say deal agreed that stops short of formal recognition of new rulersThe United States has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, b…
Sebastian Kurz to quit as Austrian chancellor due to corruption inquiry
Coalition partner, the Green party, demanded Kurz go after prosecutors announced investigationThe Austrian chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, said on Saturday that he plans to step down in an effort to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors’ anno…
Texas’ restrictive abortion law temporarily reinstated one day after being blocked
A New Orleans-based appeals court quickly granted the state’s request to set aside a suspension until the case is reviewedA federal appeals court on Friday night allowed Texas to temporarily resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics acr…
US nuclear-powered submarine hits submerged object in South China Sea
Attack class submarine USS Connecticut hit an unknown object on routine operations and is in a ‘safe and stable’ condition, US navy saysA nuclear powered US navy attack submarine has struck an object while submerged in international waters in the South…
London Marathon: Lemma wins men’s race, Jepkosgei takes women’s event
Lemma and Jepkosgei prove too good for competitionMarcel Hug and Manuela Schär win wheelchair eventsSisay Lemma of Ethiopia won the men’s London Marathon for the first time on Sunday and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya was victorious on her debut in the w…
Women’s March targets US supreme court, with abortion on line
Thousands gather in Washington DC and other cities protesting against Texas’s new law which has banned most abortionsThe first Women’s March of the Biden administration was heading straight for the steps of the supreme court on Saturday, part of nation…
Earthquake strikes Crete, killing man and damaging buildings
Residents sent fleeing into the streets and schools evacuated from quake on Greek islandThe Greek island of Crete has been hit by an earthquake, killing one man and injuring 20, while damaging homes and churches and causing rock slides near the country…
‘Necessary for security’: veteran Taliban enforcer says amputations will resume
Nooruddin Turabi, prisons minister in the new Afghan government, says executions and removal of hands will restart, but possibly not in publicOne of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they…