Myanmar cracked down brutally on protests, it may get worse – Jaweb
TOKYO — Myanmar’s security forces have killed scores of demonstrators protesting a coup. The new junta has jailed journalists — and anyone else capable of exposing the violence. It has done away with even limited...
Senate Democrats Change Unemployment Benefits In Latest COVID-19 Relief Bill – Jaweb
Democrats on Friday made a last-minute change to the jobless benefits included in their $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package, which they are racing to pass in the Senate.The new proposal, sponsored by Sen. Tom...
Here’s When To Expect It – Jaweb
A COVID vaccine for kids under the age of 18 may be coming sooner than was previously thought, according to Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) CEO Alex Gorsky.Gorsky said during a Washington Post Live event...
Guatemalan would-be lawyer died in mom’s arms in California SUV crash – Jaweb
A young Guatemalan woman in search of a better life was among the 13 migrants killed in Tuesday’s horrific Southern California crash near the US-Mexico border — dying in her mother’s arms, her family...
This is why scientists want to study human embryos beyond the 2-week limit –...
An international team of scientists from China, the Netherlands, the United States, and the UK are shaking things up in Science this week, lobbying for an extension on how many days scientists can study...
Songs and swords greet Pope Francis on Iraq arrival – Jaweb
Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on Friday, March 5 for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012, saying he felt duty-bound to make the “emblematic” visit because Iraq had suffered so...
Disinformation Is Among the Greatest Threats to Our Democracy. Here Are Three Key Ways...
In October 2019, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg was asked what she thought historians would see when they looked back on the Trump era in United States history. Justice Ginsberg, known...
Pondering love and loss amid COVID at the Berlinale – Jaweb
The opening scenes of “Jole Dobe Na” — Bengali for “Those Who Do Not Drown” — are apocalyptic. The camera moves slowly, visually documenting parts of an abandoned building, its doors and walls stripped of...
What it says about us when we skip right to the online recipe –...
Not everyone wants to cook mung bean popsicles. Judy Leung, one of the people behind recipe website The Woks of Life, understands that.So when she shared her recipe online, she opened her blog post...
Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop ‘whining’ after record COVID-19 deaths – Jaweb
BRASILIA – After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop “whining” and move on, in his latest remarks attacking distancing measures and downplaying...
US, EU Agree To Suspend Airbus-Boeing Tariffs – Jaweb
Washington and Brussels have agreed to suspend tit-for-tat tariffs imposed during their dispute over subsidies for rival planemakers Airbus and Boeing, EU chief Ursula...
