NPRRussia Despite Hundreds Of Daily COVID-19 Deaths In Russia, Moscow Streets Are Bustling verified_publisherNPR - Lucian Kim Russian officials report thousands of new COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths everyday, but that's not reflected on the streets of Moscow, where people act as if the pandemic is over.
NPRBelgium Set In Stone? Franco-Belgian Border Moved By Bold Farmer And A Boulder verified_publisherNPR - Ailsa Chang , Ari Shapiro , Amy Isackson , Sam Yellowhorse Kesler , Caroline Kelly The border between France and Belgium was recently redrawn, but not due to a political dispute. A farmer moved a stone off his land and, in doing so, inadvertently made Belgium slightly bigger.
NPRRefugees 'New Era In Resettlement': U.S. Refugee Advocates Count On More Community-Based Help verified_publisherNPR - Deborah AmosWhen President Biden announced this week that his administration would raise the cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 for this fiscal year, refugee advocates breathed a collective sigh of relief. The number...
NPRUK Politics Scotland Goes To Polls In Crucial Election That Could Trigger New Independence Vote verified_publisherNPR - Scott NeumanSeven years after choosing to remain in the United Kingdom and five years after opposing moves to leave the European Union, voters in Scotland are going to the polls once again Thursday in a parliamentary...
NPRMali Nonuplets: Woman From Mali Gives Birth To 9 Babies verified_publisherNPR - Bill ChappellA Malian woman has given birth to nine babies in what could become a world record. Halima Cissé had been expecting to have seven newborns: Ultrasound sessions had failed to spot two of her babies. "The...
NPRJapan Pfizer To Vaccinate Olympic Athletes As Japan Mulls Extending Pandemic Restrictions verified_publisherNPR - Scott NeumanPfizer and its partner, Germany's BioNTech, announced Thursday that they have agreed to donate vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo Games, set to be held this summer despite ongoing concerns...
NPRCoronavirus (COVID-19) VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Coronavirus Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces verified_publisherNPR - Michaeleen DoucleffWhen will the pandemic end? How many more COVID-19 waves will the U.S. go through? Will we go back to "normal" in the fall? All these questions depend largely a one key factor: how the variants behave....
NPRAustralasia New Zealand Pauses 'Travel Bubble' With Australia Amid Coronavirus Outbreak In Sydney verified_publisherNPR - Scott NeumanLess than three weeks after launching a quarantine-free "travel bubble" between New Zealand and Australia, officials in Wellington, New Zealand's capital, announced Thursday that flights from Sydney would...
NPRScotland Scotland May Once Again Try To Break Away From The United Kingdom verified_publisherNPR - Frank LangfittPeople in Scotland are voting in regional parliamentary elections. Victory for nationalist candidates will lead to calls for a referendum on Scottish independence and a possible split from the U.K. NOEL...
NPRWorld Politics News Brief: Vaccine Patent Waiver, Eviction Moratorium, Scottish Election verified_publisherNPR - Steve Inskeep , Noel KingBiden supports waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines. Judge strikes down federal eviction moratorium. Scottish voters cast ballots in an election that could lead to independence. INSKEEP,...
NPRRadio Industry Doctor In India: Emergency Room Is So Crowded, 'It's Nearly Impossible To Walk' verified_publisherNPR - Steve InskeepIndia has been setting daily records for positive coronavirus tests — more than 400,000 people on Wednesday alone. In New Delhi, the Holy Family Hospital is at 140% capacity. "It's nearly impossible to...
