WASHINGTON – The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted amid a hack of Microsoft Corp’s Outlook email program, saying a recent software patch still left serious vulnerab…
Royal Row Reaches a Head as Harry and Meghan Speak to Oprah
NEW YORK – Britain’s royal family on Sunday braced for further revelations from Prince Harry and his American wife, Meghan, as a week of transatlantic claim and counter-claim reaches a climax with the broadcast of their interview with Oprah Winfrey.The…
Malawi Receives First COVID Vaccine Shipment
BLANTYRE, MALAWI – Malawi has received its first 360,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The shipment Friday afternoon was the first tranche of about 1.2 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine allocations for Malawi through the COVAX program.Government…
COVID Pandemic Worsening Gender Divide in Africa, WHO Says
GENEVA – The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening gender inequality in Africa and causing millions of women great physical, mental and economic distress, the World Health Organization says. Although fewer women in Africa are contracting COVID-19, the pande…
Former USAGM CEO Paid $1 Million to Investigate Staff, Documents Show
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Agency for Global Media has released financial documents showing the agency’s Trump-appointed CEO paid an outside law firm more than $1 million for work that included investigating its own staff.In a statement Friday, USAGM said i…
WHO to Release Mid-March Report on China COVID-19 Inspection
Investigators who conducted an inspection in China to determine origins of the COVID-19 virus will release a report on their findings in mid-March, a World Health Organization official said Friday.Peter Ben Embarek, who led the mission, clarified at a …