COVID-19
US, EU strongly decry UN declaration promising international collaboration in face of pandemic
US initially requested that the UN removed "mentions of equity and universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services," to make the Trump administration comfortable with the language.
US national debt tops $40 trillion for first time, doubled under presidents Trump, Biden
US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after refusing to answer questioning
Senate panel obtains Fauci’s COVID-era iPhone records as contempt vote approaches - report
Bahrain unveils massive reform package to tackle $50 billion debt crisis
The reform package includes higher electricity and water tariffs, with an exception for citizens’ first homes, which will continue to receive subsidized rates up to a specified limit.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick indicted on charges of misusing disaster funds
Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted on Wednesday on charges that she, her brother and others conspired to misappropriate a $5 million overpayment of COVID-19 relief fund.
UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds
UK inquiry finds Boris Johnson’s delayed lockdown and chaotic leadership contributed to around an additional 23,000 COVID deaths.
Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says
Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist who exposed early COVID-19 conditions in Wuhan, has been sentenced to four more years in prison for her reporting, Reporters Without Borders says.
Suspect wrote note threatening Kirk, tied to scene by DNA, FBI director says
Separately, the Washington Post reported on Monday that Robinson had sent a message via the online platform Discord to friends apparently confessing to the crime.
Gen Z's cleaning habits may reflect growing up in a world shaped by COVID-19 - study
Since CDC reports suggested infection could spread through contaminated surfaces or objects, disinfecting items became a widespread practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chikungunya virus outbreak in China infects at least 7,700, local authorities crack down
Spread by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, global infections of the disease number at least 240,000 this year.
Japan sees big wins for far-right, anti-immigration party that denounced ‘Jewish capital’
Sanseito, which flies a “Japanese First” banner explicitly inspired by President Donald Trump, gained 14 seats in the country’s upper house elections on Sunday
Covid-19 pandemic tied to 5.5-month surge in brain aging across population
specialists from the UK National Institute for Health Research used a machine learning model trained on 15,334 UK Biobank brain scans to chart the shift.
Israeli researchers develop world-first mRNA vaccine against deadly bacteria
TAU’s vice president for research and development said that they worked on the project for two-and-a-half years and were very satisfied with their discoveries.
