US health agency issues dengue virus infection advisory
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory warning the public and health care officials about the increasing risk of dengue virus infections in the United States. The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has declared…
Ukraine sets out on long path to EU membership
Warsaw, Poland — Ukrainian officials are embracing what will be a detailed and tortuous process of negotiations following the official opening of EU accession talks this week, saying they have already made major strides toward qualifying for a status that…
Hilton tells Congress youth care programs need more oversight
WASHINGTON — Reality TV star Paris Hilton called for greater federal oversight of youth care programs at a U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing on Wednesday as she described her traumatic experience in youth care facilities. Hilton, 43, the great-granddaughter…
Report: Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to Bloomberg News, which said a copy of the opinion was briefly posted Wednesday on the court’s…
Delhi grapples with water woes amid heat wave
New Delhi — Mushrat Parveen, a resident of a low-income neighborhood in the Indian capital, New Delhi, perches atop a tanker truck delivering water to her neighborhood to escape the chaos that ensues. “Everyone keeps fighting for water, so I…
A source of nutrients and anxiety: Egypt cuts back on longtime bread subsidies
After more than three decades, Egypt has increased the fixed price of subsidized bread from 0.05 Egyptian pounds ($0.0010) a loaf to 0.20 Egyptian pounds ($0.0042). With record levels of inflation already straining the Egyptian people — the majority of…
Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade
Since the February 2021 coup, over 5,000 civilians have been killed, at least three million displaced. More than 20,000 political prisoners remain incarcerated. Military airstrikes against civilian targets have increased five-fold in the last six months, even as the junta…
From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future
The Balaigay Women Producer Cooperative is made up of local women from the fishing village of Lumbayanague as well as women who were displaced from Marawi, a nearby city, following an attack by Islamist militants in 2017. Ahead of Micro,…
Zelenskyy makes frontline visit in eastern Donetsk region
Ukraine’s president visited his troops Wednesday on the front line in the eastern Donetsk region where they have fought some of their fiercest air and ground battles against Russian forces. Before Ukraine received promised Western weapons and supplies, it was…
‘Before Bucha Was Abkhazia’: Georgians link past Russian atrocities with Ukraine invasion
Tbilisi, Georgia — Campaigners in Georgia are seeking to highlight atrocities committed by invading Russian troops and allied militias during the early 1990s, which they say should have been a warning of the dangers posed by Russia long before Moscow’s…