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Pope Francis has backed growing calls for a patents waiver for Covid-19 vaccines in a video message for a "Vax Live" benefit concert airing Saturday.Global advocacy groups argue that waiving patents for Covid-19 vaccines could help expand the global supply…
Two lions at the Etawah Safari Park in the northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for Covid-19, according to officials at the park.The samples were sent for testing after both the lions were found to have high temperatures.Authorities…
The funeral pyres in New Delhi tell the tragic story of an uncontrolled Covid-19 wave.For a world that's grown numb to wave after wave of infection, the images of patients dying due to a lack of oxygen while others lie…
Investors are waiting for the final results of parliamentary elections in Scotland that could spark radical changes to the political and economic landscape of the United Kingdom.A decisive victory from Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish National Party, which wants to break away…
China's annual emissions exceeded those of all developed nations combined in 2019, the first time this has happened since national greenhouse gas emissions have been measured, according to a new report from the Rhodium Group.Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed…
One of my family's favorite activities is sitting around the firepit under a clear night sky, equipped with blankets and all the fixings for s'mores, of course.The pandemic patio purchase has served us well on Saturday nights throughout the seasons…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration is "actively looking" at strengthening security assistance to Ukraine as he pledged support for the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russian aggression.The top US diplomat arrived in…
A urologic surgery resident in Pennsylvania is raising money to help India as it battles a horrific Covid-19 outbreak.Ruchika Talwar, a 28-year-old resident at the University of Pennsylvania, said she and a group of area physicians have raised almost $500,000…
The large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend has brought about an alarming but not unprecedented situation.Space debris has crashed into Earth on a number of occasions, including last year.The good…
The years of the Trump administration were "a difficult time" for Ukraine, the country's foreign minister told CNN Wednesday, ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Kiev.In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also…
Some of Europe's biggest supermarkets and food companies have threatened to stop buying agricultural products from Brazil if a bill they say would encourage deforestation in the Amazon becomes law.In an open letter published on Wednesday, 40 grocers, food suppliers…
As India's Covid-19 crisis tipped past breaking point last month, dozens of countries pledged critical aid.Planeloads of ventilators, oxygen supplies and antiviral drugs began arriving last week, with photos showing massive parcels being unloaded at New Delhi airport.There's just one…
This time a year ago, as Indian American physicians, we watched helplessly as the United States, our home, succumbed to the first wave of Covid-19. This past week, we watched our ancestral home, India, succumb to a catastrophic surge of…
The Pentagon has said it is tracking a large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend, raising concerns about where its debris may make impact.The Chinese Long March 5B rocket is expected…
President Joe Biden predicted a return to some normalcy "by the end of the summer" on Monday, but health experts are increasingly doubtful that the United States will reach herd immunity from Covid-19.America's outlook is rosier now than it has…
An overpass carrying a subway train collapsed in Mexico City late Monday, killing at least 24 people, including children, according to local government officials.At least 79 people have been hospitalized, officials added. Four bodies remain trapped inside the carriages that…
TikTok finally has a new CEO, eight months after its former leader jumped ship amid threats of banning the uber-popular video app in the US.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You…
On a recent afternoon in Montevideo, a small army of volunteers was gathering in the backyard of a house in Palermo, a neighborhood in the Uruguayan capital's south side. Some were peeling and cutting carrots; others were slicing onions and…
The Australian government has been accused of racism after threatening five-year prison sentences for citizens who breach a temporary ban on travel between India and Australia.From Monday, May 3, people who have been to India in the past 14 days…
A year ago, when the Covid-19 pandemic was still in its relative infancy, the head of the World Health Organization stressed that a global approach would be the only way out of the crisis."The way forward is solidarity: solidarity at…
