US Politics

Fauci: US shouldn't loosen coronavirus restrictions until daily new cases fall below 10,000

The US shouldn't ease restrictions in place to prevent Covid-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, "and maybe even considerably less than that," Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday.The US should pull restrictions gradually, after a…

America saw and heard January 6 all over again this week

For many Americans this week, myself included, the traumatizing videos the House managers presented during the impeachment trial elicited a visceral response. Rarely has the American public experienced such a compelling example of the power of images and sound to…

IEA head: The world isn't moving fast enough on clean energy

The global race to net-zero emissions has begun. But the world has much further to run.The European Union, Japan, the UK and many other major world economies have set ambitious goals to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. China, the world's…

The world's most powerful passports for 2021

The gap in travel freedom is its biggest in decades and disparities in vaccination access between countries could make the situation even worse, says a new report.The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world's most travel-friendly passports…