India, already buckling under the weight of a COVID surge, is about to face a new challenge: it is spreading to Indian villages, threatening to overwhelm their already weak healthcare systems. Already, hundreds of bodies have been found along the banks of the Ganges River, often buried in shallow graves. The bodies pose a potential …

Joel Greenberg, an associate of Matt Gaetz, is expected to plead guilty to federal sex trafficking charges and cooperate with investigators. Four women have said that Matt Gaet’z friend, Joel Greenberg, pressured them to do drugs and then, by extension, have sex. Matt Gaetz is using campaign donations to fund his legal defense as sex …

The CDC has dramatically eased it masking recommendations for vaccinated Americans, no longer recommending that masks be worn outdoors or indoors (with some exceptions like hospitals and nursing homes). The average daily rate of COVID infections have fallen below 40,000 for the first time since September. Vaccination rates are also dropping, but more than 101 million Americans have …

Four women have said that Matt Gaet’z friend, Joel Greenberg, pressured them to do drugs and then, by extension, have sex. Matt Gaetz is using campaign donations to fund his legal defense as sex trafficking investigations continue. Gaetz is currently under investigation for possibly bringing a 17-year-old girl with whom he had sex across state lines––sex …

Indian journalists started counting the COVID dead and found what many international observers have long suspected: the government is undercounting, and in some cases drastically. COVID is killing 120 people per hour in India. Just this week, India  set a new single-day COVID record on Thursday, with more than 410,000 new cases. COVID cases have topped 20 million. …

The World Health Organization has classified a COVID variant from India as a global health risk because of its highly contagious nature and evidence suggesting that it can evade some vaccine protections. COVID is killing 120 people per hour in India. Just this week, India  set a new single-day COVID record on Thursday, with more than 410,000 …

Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has vowed to “consider” criticism of his leadership of the USPS amid plummeting metrics for success. President Biden plans to nominate three new board members to the USPS, paving the way to oust Postmaster General DeJoy, Trump’s pick. Meanwhile, Postmaster General DeJoy is attempting to slow down the mail once more, …

COVID is killing 120 people per hour in India. Just this week, India  set a new single-day COVID record on Thursday, with more than 410,000 new cases. COVID cases have topped 20 million. Things have gotten so bad that cricket, one of the nation’s favorite pastimes, has been halted. India’s vaccination rates are plummeting, thanks …

There are fresh waves of COVID surging throughout Asia, ranging from Nepal to Sri Lanka. India has set a new single-day COVID record on Thursday, with more than 410,000 new cases. COVID cases have topped 20 million. Things have gotten so bad that cricket, one of the nation’s favorite pastimes, has been halted. India’s vaccination rates are …

A Facebook-appointed panel has upheld Trump’s prohibition on the platform.Facebook banned Trump from its platform for the rest of his term following the violence at the Capitol. Following Trump’s rabble-rousing, which led to a group of out-of-control rioters storming the United States Capitol, Twitter also suspended Trump’s account for 12-hours and forced him to delete several tweets. …

New Zealand’s government has backed off labeling China’s treatment of the Uighur people genocide, instead discussing rights in more general terms. The Lithuanian government, meanwhile, has been ramping up its condemnation of the Chinese treatment of the Uighur people, coming close to calling it genocidal. The Chinese government has called such talk a “farce.” A …

India’s daily COVID cases have surpassed 400,000 for the first time, signaling a grim new turn in the virus’s spread in that country. The United States has limited travel from India as the country suffers under a massive COVID surge. Perhaps the United States is worried about new strains getting into the country, since India blamed …