New York Daily News reporter Larry McShane and Baltimore Sun reporter Liz Bowie describe their efforts to line up local owners for Tribune's newspapers and avoid a hedge fund takeover. They say cities are strengthened by responsible local ownership of newspapers.
Brian Stelter says Covid-19 coverage is changing as cases dissipate in the United States, and it's important for media outlets to model the "new normal." Amanda Marcotte says journalists are feeling more "empowered to ask hard questions" of public health authorities.
France is angry that after decades of unfettered access to the waters around Jersey, fishing boats must now provide proof they have historically fished in the waters, and paperwork that is required since Britain left the European Union. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe says he believes the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics can be "a beacon of hope and optimism", despite infections surging in Japan and other countries.
A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl after she allegedly attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage. The bodycam footage has been put in slow motion and blurred by the Columbus Division of Police.
Hundreds of revellers in Brussels had to be dispersed by police Saturday night. The crowds of mainly young people had gathered in the Place Flagey to celebrate the first day of the lifting of curfew. Police used water cannon as the mayor of Ixelles, Christos Doulkeridis, urged people to go home.
Brasov (Romania) (AFP) – This weekend, visitors to Romania's Bran Castle – widely known as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula – are being jabbed with needles rather than vampire fangs as authorities look for creative ways to boost the number of people who receive the coronavirus vaccination.
An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, killing at least 15 people and injuring 70, authorities said. 34 were hospitalized, according to preliminary figures.
Tarīm (Yemen) (AFP) – Four people have died in flash floods as a result of heavy rains in Yemen's Tarim. The city, located in the central province of Hadramawt, is best known for its mud-brick structures and more than 360 mosques — including Al-Mehdar, which has the tallest minaret in the country.
More than 860 medics have died in India since the pandemic began with 116 losing their lives in less than a month during the ongoing second wave. Medical workers are facing life and death every day on the frontlines and are facing the full brunt of the catastrophic second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NASA has lambasted China for its failure to "meet responsible standards" after debris from its out-of-control Long March 5B rocket likely plunged into the Indian Ocean west of Maldives.
Nepal is preparing to take delivery of oxygen cylinders from China early next week as the Himalayan country faces an acute shortage of oxygen due to growing needs of COVID-19 patients, Nepali government officials said Saturday.
