Top news of the week: 07.02.2023.
Harvard is shutting down project that studied social media misinformation
The Technology and Social Change Project, which has published research into the spread of coronavirus hoaxes and online incitement ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol riot, will be eliminated in 2024.
NATO urges Russia to respect nuclear pact with the US
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO called Friday on Russia to respect the only treaty it has with the United States aimed at keeping a lid on nuclear weapons expansion and urged Moscow to allow ...
SNAP Benefits Set For Cut As Pandemic Boost Expires
Sixteen million households will see an average reduction of about $82 per person in food benefits.
Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy
HAVANA (AP) — In barely a week, 25-year-old engineer Marcos Marzo went from riding his small electric motorcycle past the low buildings of Havana’s Vedado district to traveling the ...
Colbert on end of Covid emergency: ‘Shove that up your nose and rotate it five times’
Late-night hosts discuss Biden’s plan to end Covid emergency declarations in May, George Santos’s spiraling scandals and more legal woes for Trump
Ukraine pushes to exclude Russia from 2024 Paris Olympics
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With next year's Paris Olympics on the horizon and Russia’s invasion looking more like a prolonged conflict, Ukraine’s sports minister on Friday renewed a threat to ...
Latin America can lead the way on a new public health model
The pandemic demonstrated that the current global public health system is failing the Global South. We need a new one.
The balloon saga strains an already fraught U.S.-China relationship
The days of intrigue over the balloon generated no shortage of partisan hot air in the United States. But the episode may be more damaging to China’s leadership.