The coronavirus is spreading faster in Manitoba than anywhere else in Canada, the United States or Mexico, with Indigenous people and people of color hit disproportionately hard.
Biden’s trade chief holds ‘candid’ talks with China as tensions grow
President Joe Biden’s top trade negotiator spoke for the first time with her Chinese counterpart by phone on Wednesday. It’s a sign that Washington and Beijing may be ready to pick trade talks back up, even as relations between the two remain tense.
The Disparities in Access to New York’s Parks
Low-income residents and people of color have significantly less space available to them than residents of white and wealthy areas.
San Francisco returns disputed religious artifacts to Thailand
A pair of 1,000-year-old religious relics, which US investigators say were illegally taken from Thailand, have been returned after more than five decades.
To Test Covid Protocols, Cruise Lines Turn to Volunteer Guinea Pigs
Hundreds of thousands of cruise lovers have signed up to take part in sailings designed to test new health and safety measures.
Betnijah Laney Is the Scoring Threat the Liberty Needed
Laney has scored at least 20 points in the first six games of the season, the first Liberty player ever to do so. She was the team’s leading scorer in four of its five victories.
With Olympics nearing, Japan considers extending coronavirus state of emergency
Japan’s government will decide Friday whether to extend a state of emergency across much of the country, nearly two months before the planned start of the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Study finds majority of severe Covid-19 cases had longterm symptoms, as officials race to vaccinate
Mask mandates are being lifted across the US. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are dropping. People are getting vaccinated.
Defense rests after the defendant in Mollie Tibbetts’ murder trial reverses his confession on the stand
The defense for Cristhian Bahena Rivera rested Wednesday after he reversed his confession to killing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts.