India Starts World’s Largest COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

new delhi mdash india started inoculating health workers saturday in what is likely the world 8217 s largest covid 19 vaccination campaign joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is...

Trump Administration Carries Out 13th and Final Execution

terre haute ind mdash the trump administration early saturday carried out its 13th federal execution since july an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of...

Wandavision Offers Hope That Originality Can Survive the Era of the Ever-Expanding Franchise

just a year ago it was difficult to imagine franchises eating up an even larger chunk of pop culture than they already had avengers endgame the final chapter in a decade long superhero saga had...

All the Marvel Clues You Missed in WandaVision’s First Two Episodes

at first glance wandavision is a playful satire of family sitcoms of yesteryear wanda a k a scarlet witch and vision play house as a happily married couple dealing with mundane problems like...

One Night in Miami Blends Fact and Fiction to Bring Civil Rights-Era Luminaries to Life

what do famous people talk about behind closed doors that question is only interesting for about two minutes but wondering what legends talk about behind closed doors you can build a whole movie...

Joe Biden’s Pick to Lead the Pentagon Was on Shaky Ground. Then the Insurrectionists Came

this article is part of the the dc brief time rsquo s politics newsletter sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday almost everything about the deadly insurrection at...

2 Million People Have Died From COVID-19 Worldwide

in coming years families around the world will be reminded of what happened in january 2021 by gaps in photo albums saved video chats or text message threads and in some cases tragically empty...

She Helped Launch Yemen’s Revolution. 10 Years On, Tawakkol Karman Still Believes Change Is Possible

nobel peace prize winning yemeni journalist tawakkol karman was in boston on jan 6 when rioters fired up by president donald trump stormed the capitol building in d c leaving five people dead only...

She Helped Launch Yemen’s Revolution. 10 Years On, Tawakkol Karman Still Believes Change Is Possible

nobel peace prize winning yemeni journalist tawakkol karman was in boston on jan 6 when rioters fired up by president donald trump stormed the capitol building in d c leaving five people dead only...

Madeleine Albright: ‘Us vs. Them’ Thinking Is Tearing America Apart. But Here’s Why I’m Still Hopeful About the Future

at this moment of shock sadness and hope it might be wise to reflect on the two most dangerous words in the human vocabulary ldquo us rdquo and ldquo them rdquo last week we received a dramatic...

Israel Is Leading the World in COVID-19 Vaccination. But Palestinians Aren’t on the List

israel which has already vaccinated more than 2 million of its citizens is ramping up covid 19 shots to 250 000 per day meaning most israelis over the age of 16 are on track to have two doses by...

Israel Is Leading the World in COVID-19 Vaccination. But Palestinians Aren’t on the List

israel which has already vaccinated more than 2 million of its citizens is ramping up covid 19 shots to 250 000 per day meaning most israelis over the age of 16 are on track to have two doses by...

We Could Use a Pandemic-Era Romantic Comedy, But Locked Down Isn’t It

two people who used to be in love but now can rsquo t stand each other are forced to cohabitate because there rsquo s nowhere for them to go welcome to the era of covid romance and to the first...

Melinda Gates: Why Women’s Voices Must Be at the Center of Rebuilding After COVID-19

right around this time last year many of us at the gates foundation were starting to worry that the public health crisis emerging in wuhan would soon be felt everywhere we work with each passing...

Strong Earthquake Sets Off Landslides and Flattens Homes in Indonesia

jakarta indonesia mdash a strong shallow earthquake shook indonesia 8217 s sulawesi island just after midnight causing landslides and sending people fleeing from their homes in the nighttime...

Strong Earthquake Sets Off Landslides and Flattens Homes in Indonesia

jakarta indonesia mdash a strong shallow earthquake shook indonesia 8217 s sulawesi island just after midnight causing landslides and sending people fleeing from their homes in the nighttime...

North Korea Holds a Huge Military Parade as Kim Vows to Expand His Nuclear Program

seoul south korea mdash north korea rolled out developmental ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines and other military hardware in a parade that punctuated leader kim jong un...

North Korea Holds a Huge Military Parade as Kim Vows to Expand His Nuclear Program

seoul south korea mdash north korea rolled out developmental ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines and other military hardware in a parade that punctuated leader kim jong un...

Joe Biden Unveils a $1.9 Trillion Plan to Stem the Virus and Steady the Economy

wilmington del mdash saying the nation faces ldquo a crisis of deep human suffering rdquo president elect joe biden unveiled a 1 9 trillion coronavirus plan thursday to turn the tide on the...

‘A Fireable Offense.’ Law Enforcement Agencies Grapple With Police Officers’ Involvement in U.S. Capitol Riots

a new hampshire police chief a philadelphia detective two seattle police department officers who traveled cross country to name just a few in the aftermath of the historic insurrection that took...

After Georgia Flips Blue, Voting Rights Advocates Brace for New Voting Restrictions

on jan 5 the nation 8217 s eyes were locked on georgia as the state 8217 s voters decided the fate of the next u s senate in two tight runoff races by the next day as a pro trump mob stormed the...

GOP Leaders Seem to Want a Trump Divorce. But They Can’t Bring Themselves to Sign the Papers

this article is part of the the dc brief time rsquo s politics newsletter sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday if you were having flashbacks to a school playground...

Angela Merkel’s CDU Party Is Choosing a New Leader. Whoever Wins Might Become Germany’s Next Chancellor

chancellor angela merkel has been one of germany 8217 s most influential leaders and a standard setter for europe for 16 years now the party that kept her at the helm of europe 8217 s largest...

Angela Merkel’s CDU Party Is Choosing a New Leader. Whoever Wins Might Become Germany’s Next Chancellor

chancellor angela merkel has been one of germany 8217 s most influential leaders and a standard setter for europe for 16 years now the party that kept her at the helm of europe 8217 s largest...

WandaVision Deserves the Hype. But It Penalizes Casual Marvel Viewers With Confusion

ldquo who rsquo s doing this to you wanda rdquo the first time we hear this question in marvel studios rsquo debut disney series wandavision it emerges from the static of a 1960s radio that was...

Siegfried Fischbacher from Illusion Duo Siegfried & Roy Dies at 81

berlin mdash german news agency dpa is reporting that illusionist siegfried fischbacher the surviving member of the duo siegfried roy has died in las vegas at age 81 the news agency said thursday...

A Racing Pigeon Traveled 8,000 Miles From Oregon to Australia. Officials Want to Kill It for Violating Quarantine

canberra australia mdash a racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13 000 kilometer 8 000 mile pacific ocean crossing from the united states to find a new home in australia now authorities...

Johnson & Johnson’s 1-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Early-Stage Trials

johnson johnson rsquo s experimental one shot covid 19 vaccine generated a long lasting immune response in an early safety study providing a glimpse at how it will perform in the real world as the...

Impeachment Was the GOP’s Last Chance to Quit Donald Trump

as the house of representatives voted wednesday on the second impeachment of president donald trump the leader of the chamber rsquo s republicans kevin mccarthy sought to have it both ways trump...

Ex Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Charged With Neglect of Duty for Flint Water Crisis

lansing mich mdash former michigan gov rick snyder was charged wednesday with willful neglect of duty after an investigation of ruinous decisions that left flint with lead contaminated water and a...

‘A Real Nightmare.’ State Capitols Are Racing to Catch Up to the Far-Right Threat

as a mob of president donald trump rsquo s supporters besieged the u s capitol in washington on jan 6 a few dozen protestors chanting similar slogans were breaching the gate of the governor rsquo s...

In These Tumultuous Times, Sea Shanty TikToks Have Suddenly Become a Port in the Storm

while 2021 has already served up plenty of wretched bombshells the best surprise of the past two weeks might be tiktok 8217 s biggest new trend sea shanties as the world hurtles head first into...

In These Tumultuous Times, Sea Shanty TikToks Have Suddenly Become a Port in the Storm

while 2021 has already served up plenty of wretched bombshells the best surprise of the past two weeks might be tiktok 8217 s biggest new trend sea shanties as the world hurtles head first into...

Donald Trump Impeached a Second Time in Historic House Vote

the house of representatives impeached donald trump on january 13 for a second time marking the first time in u s history that a president has been impeached more than once ten republicans voted to...

‘An Epidemic of Misinformation.’ New Report Finds Trust in Social Institutions Diminished Further in 2020

after an unprecedented year of global pain loss and uncertainty a new report finds that 2020 marked 8220 an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust of societal institutions and leaders...

‘An Epidemic of Misinformation.’ New Report Finds Trust in Social Institutions Diminished Further in 2020

after an unprecedented year of global pain loss and uncertainty a new report finds that 2020 marked 8220 an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust of societal institutions and leaders...

‘It’s Unimaginably Bad.’ How Government Failures and the New COVID-19 Variant Are Pushing the U.K.’s Health System Into Crisis

dr rachel clarke never dreamed that in her medical career she would say out loud that hospitals in britain are running out of oxygen yet some hospitals in the u k are now in that critical situation...

A Week After the U.S. Capitol Attack, Many Involved Are Still Walking Free Despite Online Efforts to Identify Them

in the wake of a violent mob incited by president donald trump storming the u s capitol in washington d c many involved in the assault have yet to be arrested this despite the fact that many have...

D.C. Officials Ignored the Lessons We Learned in Charlottesville. Here Are 3 Things Leaders Should Do to Help Prevent Future Attacks

as the city rsquo s mayor at the time it rsquo s particularly painful to describe the failures of government during the ldquo unite the right rdquo rally in charlottesville in august 2017 mdash but...