Biden temporarily transfers power to US VP over medical procedure

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden will temporarily transfer his power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he remains under anesthesia in a hospital during planned medical procedures,...

Sleaze: why Boris Johnson is being reminded of the lurid scandals of 1990s Britain

The “Teflon premier” has finally encountered something that may stick: the revival of a word first heard the last time a British Conservative government entered its...

Why Moderna won’t share rights to the COVID-19 vaccine with the government that paid for its development

A quiet monthslong legal fight between the U.S. National Institutes of Health and drugmaker Moderna over COVID-19 vaccine patents recently burst into public view. The outcome...

Anniversary of peace deals in Nepal and Colombia: Views on female ex-soldiers need to be challenged

November sees the anniversary of two peace deals — on Nov. 21, Nepal’s agreement reaches its 15th anniversary and on Nov. 24, Colombia commemorates its fifth...

Trouble on the Belarus-Poland border: What you need to know about the migrant crisis manufactured by Belarus’ leader

Using migrants as pawns is perhaps nothing new. But rarely do you have a situation in which one country encourages a migrant crisis on its own...

We know better than to allow Facebook to control the metaverse

In the midst of the scandals of the Facebook papers, Facebook rebranded the company as Meta. The new name was designed to reflect a focus beyond...

Infrastructure law: High-speed internet is as essential as water and electricity

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021, was hailed by the White House and advocates as...

US vaccine rollout was close to optimal at reducing deaths and infections, according to a model comparing 17.5 million alternative approaches

Young and ethnic minority workers were hardest hit at the start of COVID, but not anymore

Governments had to take unprecedented measures to control the spread of the COVID pandemic, shutting down whole sectors and encouraging many people to work from home....

Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complex

In a new study, we found that the overall U.S. gun violence rate rose by 30% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to...