Refugees pushed to back of the line amid vaccine shortages Millions of refugees living in crowded camps are waiting for their COVID-19 vaccines
The growing clamor for — and against — vaccine mandates Amid the surge of the highly transmissible delta variant — and the refusal of significant numbers of people to get vaccinated — governments are finding that more needs to be done.
Belarus sends reporter to prison over deleted chat messages A court in Belarus has convicted a journalist of insulting the president in messages in a deleted chat group and sentenced him to 1 1/2 years in prison, the Belarusian Association of Journalists says
Olympic high jumpers from Qatar and Italy share gold medal "Can we have two golds?" Qatar's Mutaz-Essa Barshim asked an official. Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi was more than happy to share.
Town baffled by mystery sound at night likened to the Purge movies Alarm has been wrecking residents’ sleep for years
Laurel Hubbard becomes first openly trans woman to compete at Olympics She competed in the women's super-heavyweight 87-kilogram weightlifting category but did not advance after failing on her three attempted lifts.
Afghan president blames U.S. troop pullout for worsening violence "There has been relentless gunfire, air strikes and mortars in densely populated areas. Houses are being bombed, and many people are suffering severe injuries," Doctors Without Borders said.
Hong Kong Pop Singer Arrested for Singing at a 2018 Election Rally The city’s anticorruption commission charges Anthony Wong Yiu-ming and other democracy activists with violating an election ordinance, which prohibits providing entertainment at rallies.
New York governor calls on all private businesses to become ‘vaccine only’ in the state Governor Andrew Cuomo has called on private businesses in New York to become “vaccine only” with customers and employers to prevent a “worst case scenario” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
RSV: Warning of post-Covid ‘immunity debt’ as babies are hospitalised with childhood virus usually seen in winter RSV, which typically spikes during the winter months, can cause severe illness in children five years and younger
Seattle mayoral primary will be test of progressive movement A year after racial justice and anti-police demonstrators took over part of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, there are lines outside restaurants and bars in and around the former protest zone
New tropical storm joins hurricane over eastern Pacific Newly formed Tropical Storm Ignacio has joined Hurricane Hilda over the open Pacific, but forecasters say neither threatens those on land
Tehran vows ‘strong’ response to any ‘adventure’ as UK summons Iranian ambassador over attack on tanker off Oman Iran has said it would not hesitate to give a “strong” and “prompt” response to any threat while slamming “false” accusations as the UK summoned its envoy over the attack on the Israeli-operated tanker off the coast of Oman.
Belarus Olympian Plans to Seek Asylum in Poland, Activists Say (TOKYO) — A Belarusian Olympic sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland, an activist group said Monday, after the athlete alleged that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home, where she feared she wouldn’t be safe from an autocratic government that recently was accused of diverting a plane in order to arrest a dissident journalist.
Woman’s fiancé, mum and grandma die in same week and urge her to get Covid jab Tiffany Devereaux from Jacksonville, Florida said how her hubby, 35, and her mum, 65, both appeared to be in good health but only her grandmother, 85, had received a coronavirus vaccination