At least 3 civilians killed in Myanmar protest

YANGON, Myanmar – At least three people were killed Saturday by security forces during a protest, according to sources and media reports. Police and soldiers opened fire...

More attacks vs. Asian Americans reported in US

A series of attacks against Asian Americans were being reported recently in different parts of the United States. It was in January this year when an...

Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More

In the midst of a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export ban on protective gear, allowing as...

New Single-Payer Bill Intensifies Newsom’s Political Peril

SACRAMENTO — A group of Democratic state lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to create a single-payer health care system to cover all Californians, immediately defining the biggest...

The U.K. approved the world’s first COVID-19 human challenge trial

It will deliberately infect people to find out how much coronavirus it takes to sicken someone In a few weeks, dozens of young and healthy volunteers...

The COVID-19 death toll sent U.S. life expectancy plunging in 2020

Overall U.S. life expectancy declined by a year, the biggest drop since the 1940s Life expectancy in the United States plunged in the first half of...

Americans still need a lifeline despite trillions in coronavirus aid

UN chief urges G20 to prepare ‘Global Vaccination Plan’

UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday proposed that the Group of 20 (G20) set up an emergency task force to prepare a “Global Vaccination...

Internet blackouts in Myanmar allow the military to retain control

Myanmar citizens have been living under military control for weeks after the country’s military staged a coup. Citing issues of electoral fraud in the November 2020...

‘Indian Country’ is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

President Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to lead the Department of the Interior is historic on many levels. Haaland, an enrolled...