Patrons at Truck Yard Houston mingle without masks a month after Texas, the second most populous state in the United States, lifted a maks mandate and no longer requires businesses to enforce Covid-19 restrictions. "It's great to be able to see people's faces," says Tom Williams, who is visiting Houston from Steilacoom, in Washington state.
Haridwar (India) (AFP) – Indian pilgrims take a dip in the Ganges river for the Hindu Kumbh Mela festival, despite a record Covid surge in the country.
Los Lagos (Chile) (AFP) – More than 4,200 tons of salmon have fallen victim to killer algae in Chile. It's the latest mass mortality event recorded in the world's second largest producer of salmon.
A standoff between Honolulu police and an armed man at a luxury resort ended when the man was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local media reported Sunday. (Apr. 11)
CNN's Jim Acosta talks with Dr. Jonathan Reiner of George Washington University about the coronavirus surge Michigan is experiencing, and Texas governor Greg Abbott's claim that, despite admittedly not knowing what herd immunity is, Texas is close to reaching it.
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization condemned an incident at the Natanz nuclear facility, calling it a "terrorist action," according to the Iranian telegram channel of the Revolution Guard Corps, or IRGC.
Robby Soave argues that a recent "60 Minutes" story about Florida's vaccine rollout and Governor Ron DeSantis was wildly flawed. Soave says the story aided DeSantis politically because the governor responded by criticizing the media, and "being anti-media is probably the single thing that unites all conservatives.
Two Black anchors, played by Ego Nwodim and Kenan Thompson, and two White anchors, played by Alex Moffat and Kate McKinnon, found they had different perspectives on the Chauvin trial.
On the BAFTA red carpet, Richard E. Grant recalls his meetings with Prince Philip, while BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry discusses the late Duke's impact on the organization. (April 11)
Faced with daily internet shutdowns and information suppression by the junta, young activists in coup-hit Myanmar are fighting back with a 'revolutionary' printed newsletter called 'Molotov', which they secretly distribute across communities.
Iran's Natanz nuclear site lost power on Sunday just hours after starting up advanced new facilities to speed up the enrichment of uranium. Announcing an "incident" on state TV, a spokesman for the country's nuclear programme said no injuries or contamination had occurred.
US Army officer 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino, is suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop in December 2020 for what the officers believed was a missing license plate on his new SUV.
