MAY 11, 2021
A cremation ground for Covid-19 victims along the banks of the Ganges River in Garhmukteshwar, India, this month. - Archana Thiyagarajan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
NEW DELHI, INDIA — Dozens of bodies washed up on the banks of the Ganges this week, most likely the remains of people who perished from Covid-19.
States in southern India have threatened to...
MAY 11, 2021
Ransomware cyberattack shuts down major US pipeline, company says. - Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA via Shutterstock
A cybersecurity attack targeting operators of a major East Coast fuel pipeline has left the nation reeling, exposing the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to new threats while also leaving many Americans with more questions than answers.
Colonial Pipeline said on Saturday that it...
MAY 10, 2021
Marine experts think the whale is a small minke, a Port of London Authority spokesman said. - @dkfitldn/Twitter
Rescuers have freed a whale that swam hundreds of miles before getting stuck in London's River Thames -- but officials lost sight of the creature overnight and are now trying to find it again.
The young minke whale was spotted...
MAY 9, 2021
First lady Jill Biden gestures to a student as she visits the Christa McAuliffe School in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., March 17, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS
First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday delivered a message of encouragement to moms nationwide.
"I know how hard you're working, and I want you to remember that...
MAY 9, 2021
FILE Critical care workers insert an endotracheal tube into a coronavirus disease positive patient in the intensive care unit at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., Feb. 11, 2021. - Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Variant COVID-19 infections skyrocketed following spring break in Florida and there have been more than 10,000 variant cases reported throughout the state, the South Florida Sun...
MAY 9, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021, file photo, voters wait in line to cast their ballots in Georgia's Senate runoff election in Atlanta. Former President Donald Trump’s discredited allegations about a stolen election did nothing to save his presidency months ago. Courtrooms, state governments and ultimately Congress affirmed the legitimacy of his defeat and the honesty...
MAY 9, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci. - AP/Pool
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said Sunday that the U.S. is unlikely to see a surge of COVID-19 infections over the fall and winter like it did last year, pointing to the widespread availability of vaccines as a "game changer" that would prevent future surges.
"Well, the fact that...
MAY 7, 2021
Coronavirus Outbreak In India. - Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto/Getty
Delhi — India continues to break records for new COVID-19 infections and deaths. On Friday the Health Ministry said 414,188 new cases were confirmed and 3,915 more deaths added to the country's toll, which brought the total number of fatalities blamed on the coronavirus in India to more than 234,000.
The...
MAY 6, 2021
Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. - Pool/Reuters
The Biden administration’s support of a petition to ease patent protections for vaccines elevated the global battle against the coronavirus as a central plank of U.S. foreign policy, but myriad hurdles remain before that stance could become international policy — if ever.
As a result, it could be...
MAY 6, 2021
The contrast could hardly be sharper.
Receiving oxygen treatments for Covid-19 last month in Delhi. - Atul Loke / NY Times
In much of the developed world, vaccine orders are soaring into the billions of doses, Covid-19 cases are easing, economies are poised to roar to life and people are busy lining up summer vacations. In many less...
