US sends Taiwan 2.5 million vaccine doses, tripling pledge
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan on Sunday, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health… Read more »
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Crew starts making China’s new space station their home
JIUQUAN, China (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts have begun making China’s new space station their home for the next three months, after their launch and arrival at the station Thursday… Read more »
Putin likens Russian crackdown to arresting Capitol rioters
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is to meet President Joe Biden at a summit Wednesday, has suggested that the hundreds of people arrested for rioting at… Read more »
China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin
BEIJING, China (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats appear to have had another sharply worded exchange, with Beijing saying it told the U.S. to cease interfering in its internal… Read more »
Iran sends warships to Atlantic amid Venezuela concerns
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, Iran’s state… Read more »
Rocket on pad, China ready to send 1st crew to space station
BEIJING, China (AP) — The rocket that will send the first crew members to live on China’s new orbiting space station has been moved onto the launch pad ahead of… Read more »
Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial time
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began.
Pope voices ‘pain’ over Canadian deaths, doesn’t apologize
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious… Read more »
Experts see strides on AIDS, but COVID-19 halted progress
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a U.S. campaign to… Read more »
Hundreds of lakes in U.S., Europe are losing oxygen
TEXAS, United States (AP) — Oxygen levels have dropped in hundreds of lakes in the United States and Europe over the last four decades, a new study found. And the… Read more »