Jared Holt says right-wing political content exists in "a parallel media universe" from other news coverage, "and the two lanes don't touch." In that parallel universe, some Americans truly believe that Trump "is still the president," Anne Applebaum says.
Oliver Darcy says the Biden White House is "very frustrated" at news outlets for "overly focusing" on so-called breakthrough cases of Covid and missing the bigger picture. Robby Soave opines that recent coverage has been "utterly, shamefully hyperbolic and fear-mongering.
Dr. Celine Gounder says there is a faulty expectation that Covid vaccines should be "perfect" when that's "just not realistic." But they are highly effective, as Robby Soave says first-hand: He describes having a mild case of Covid after being vaccinated and says "I feel completely fine today" thanks to the vaccine.
Fareed takes a look at how increasingly antagonistic rhetorical exchanges between China and the U.S. are stoking nationalist sentiment.
Hundreds of dogs were adopted during the pandemic, with plenty of New Yorkers working from home able to care for a furry housemate for the first time. But as life returns to some normalcy, puppies and pet parents alike have to adapt to a different reality.
Mina Escondida (Chile) (AFP) – Workers at the world's biggest copper mine, Chile's Escondida, have approved a strike after rejecting the final contract offer proposed by multinational owners BHP. The workers are asking for a one-time bonus to recognize their work during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as education benefits for their children.
Rockland (United States) (AFP) – Virginia 'Ginny' Oliver has been catching lobsters off the coast of Maine since age 7 and is now 101 — and still going strong.
Four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine sent by the United States arrive at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport on two British Airways aircraft. Officials from the UN children's agency UNICEF received the doses at the airport on behalf of Nigeria.
CNN's Brian Stelter says the media's coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic needs added nuance to accurately reflect the different realities facing unvaccinated and vaccinated populations.
New York (AFP) – Hundreds of dogs were adopted during the pandemic, with plenty of New Yorkers working from home able to care for a furry housemate for the first time. But as life returns to some normalcy, puppies and pet parents alike have to adapt to a different reality.
Rockland (United States) (AFP) – Virginia ‘Ginny’ Oliver has been catching lobsters off the coast of Maine since age 7 and is now 101 — and still going strong.
Abuja (AFP) – Four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine sent by the United States arrive at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport on two British Airways aircraft. Officials from the UN children’s agency UNICEF received the doses at the airport on behalf of Nigeria.
