2021-08-07 Carmakers Struggle With Electronic Parts Shortage
Carmakers — including BMW, Fiat, Chrysler and Peugeot — warned this week that the worldwide semiconductor processor shortage will continue…
2021-08-06 Tokyo Olympians Win Social Media Gold
This year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo are different from all others that came before. First, the Games were delayed by…
2021-08-06 Biden Aims for 50 Percent New Electric Vehicles by 2030
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 carbon-free.…
2021-08-06 Voting Rights Act, 56 Years Later, Is in Danger
The U.S. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Within months of its approval, the law permitted hundreds of…
2021-08-05 Belarusian Sprinter Says She Defected on Family Fears about Safety
Belarusian Olympic runner Krystsina Tsimanouskaya decided to defect as she was being driven to a Tokyo airport. She made the…
2021-08-05 Mask Guidance Divides Parents, Officials Before New School Year
U.S. health officials are recommending that children wear masks this autumn when they return to school. Parents and policy makers…
2021-08-04 US Lawmaker Who Was Homeless Fights to Help Others Avoid it
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden issued a renewed ban on evictions that will last until October 3. The…
2021-08-03 Turkey’s Erdogan Faces Criticism over Handling of Wildfires
Extremely powerful fires have destroyed villages and forests in Turkey over the past week. Critics have accused President Recep Tayyip…
2021-08-03 US Employers Step Up Pressure on Unvaccinated People
U.S. employers have used information campaigns, extra money and other persuasions to urge their workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.…
2021-08-02 Competitors Show Kindness at Unusual Olympics
As the world watched the Tokyo Olympics, we saw a surfer helping to translate for the surfer who had just…
2021-08-02 US to Admit More Afghan Refugees as Taliban Violence Increases
The United States is expanding efforts to permit Afghan citizens who have worked with the U.S. to resettle as refugees…
2021-08-02 Migrants Seeking to Cross Southern US Border Face Dangerous Heat
Record numbers of migrants and extreme heat are resulting in many deaths among immigrants trying to cross the southern U.S.…
2021-08-02 Gaza Women Make Personal Care Products from Plants
For years, Palestinian farmers have exported special plants to Europe. Those plants, or herbs, are turned into high-priced cosmetics and…
2021-08-01 Warming Rivers in US West Killing Fish, Hurting Fishing Industry
Salmon fishermen on the West Coast of the United States are expressing increasing concern about threats to the fish population.…
2021-07-30 Banned Fans Find Ways to See Olympic Games
Fans are not permitted into most places where Olympic events are taking place in Tokyo. But the Games are still…