Tag: Humanitarian crises
US urges UN to stop making aid to Syria a political issue
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the divided U.N. Security Council on Monday to stop making humanitarian aid to war-torn...
Rebels leave beheaded bodies in streets of Mozambique town
JOHANNESBURG — Fierce fighting for control of Mozambique's strategic northern town of Palma left beheaded bodies strewn in the streets Monday, with heavily armed...
Anti-restriction protests held in Romania as virus surges
BUCHAREST — Anti-restriction protesters took to the streets in several Romanian cities Monday against new pandemic measures that came into force a day earlier...
In Brazil, moms are bearing the brunt of pandemic’s blow
RIO DE JANEIRO — When Sao Paulo city officials put out a call last month for 4,500 public school cleaning jobs, targeting Brazilian mothers...
Romanian woman, 104, says vaccine “only way” to end pandemic
BUCHAREST — A 104-year-old Romanian woman has received her second COVID-19 vaccination shot, becoming the oldest person in Romania’s capital of Bucharest to be...
UK variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of COVID
LONDON — On March 4, 2020, when there were just 84 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.K., professor Sharon Peacock recognized that the...
Pope on pandemic’s second year: Weariness, economic hardship
VATICAN CITY — Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass for a second time in the pandemic without crowds of faithful, Pope Francis said while shock dominated...
The eviction moratorium is expiring. What will Biden do?
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's administration has less than a week to decide on extending the nationwide eviction moratorium, a measure that housing advocates...
Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect
WARSAW, Poland — The Piw Paw club in Warsaw advertised its event as a “Pandemic Fashion Show," with models wearing “masks from the Spring...
5,000 attend rock concert in Barcelona after COVID-19 screen
BARCELONA, Spain — Five thousand music lovers are set to attend a rock concert in Barcelona on Saturday after passing a same-day COVID-19 screening,...
