Business, Economics and Jobs

May 04, 2021

Two medical doctors — a brother and sister — are fighting the pandemic. She's in the US. He's in India.

Mexico metro overpass collapses, killing 23 and injuring dozens

May 04, 2021

Top of The World: A section of a subway overpass of the Mexico City metro collapsed late Monday night, sending two cars of a passenger train onto traffic. And, US President Joe Biden signed an emergency presidential determination formally raising the country's cap on refugee admissions from 15,000 to 62,500 this year. Also, COVAX is getting a boost from US biotechnology company Moderna.

Human rights

US Customs and Border Protection monitors imports to curb products made by forced labor

The World

April 30, 2021

Five years ago, Congress cleared the way for CBP to fight forced labor. Now CBP and advocates are trying to figure out how to do it, starting with sanctions and bans.

COVID-19

Turkey announces full lockdown ahead of Eid celebrations

The World

April 30, 2021

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced a full lockdown for nearly three weeks as the country experiences a surge of COVID-19 infections and deaths. The lockdown comes as Muslims get ready to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan.

Global Politics

Will the Taiwan-Palau ‘travel bubble’ serve as a new model for international travel?

The World

April 29, 2021

Taiwan is also considering opening bubbles with Singapore, Vietnam and other countries.

Top of The World

US President Biden in speech to Congress: 'America is rising anew'

The World

April 29, 2021

In today's Top of the World, Biden delivers his first State of the Union address; Turkey enters its first nationwide lockdown amid surging COVID-19 cases and deaths; and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appears in court for first time after three-week hunger strike.

COVID-19

Thousands of medical workers left behind in Mexico’s vaccination program

The World

April 28, 2021

As governments the world over prioritize medical workers for vaccines, thousands in Mexico’s private health care sector say they’re being passed over.

COVID-19

India's COVID-19 infections could be 15 times higher than reported, says biostatistician

The World

April 28, 2021

Bhramar Mukherjee, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan, says India's "virus inferno" is "super-exponential," and that COVID-19 deaths and infections are underreported.

COVID-19

Norway's minister calls on others to follow his country's lead in sharing COVID-19 vaccines

The World

April 28, 2021

Just a few months into its rollout, COVAX is now short tens of millions of doses. It has shipped some 50 million vaccines to low- and middle-income countries. It’s a fraction of what it had hoped to get out by now, and an even tinier fraction of what’s actually needed.

Business, Economics and Jobs

‘Sometimes I feel like I betrayed my country’: Lebanon's doctors are leaving in droves

The World

April 27, 2021

Amid the pandemic and economic meltdown, doctors in Lebanon are lured away by the hope of better salaries — and a future. An estimated 1,000 medical professionals have left since the August blast.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Two siblings, oceans apart, support each other as medics on the COVID-19 frontlines

Mexico metro overpass collapses, killing 23 and injuring dozens

US Customs and Border Protection monitors imports to curb products made by forced labor

Turkey announces full lockdown ahead of Eid celebrations

Will the Taiwan-Palau ‘travel bubble’ serve as a new model for international travel?

US President Biden in speech to Congress: 'America is rising anew'

Thousands of medical workers left behind in Mexico’s vaccination program

India's COVID-19 infections could be 15 times higher than reported, says biostatistician

Norway's minister calls on others to follow his country's lead in sharing COVID-19 vaccines

‘Sometimes I feel like I betrayed my country’: Lebanon's doctors are leaving in droves

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