A dozen hunger strikers took their first bites of food in New York on Wednesday to celebrate the $2.1 billion set aside in a state budget deal hammered out this week for undocumented immigrants hurt by the pandemic. (April 7)
European drug regulators have confirmed a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot and rare blood clots, as UK authorities recommended that people under 30 should take alternative vaccines.
New Yorkers age 16 and older became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine this week. One New York City teen says he's 'excited to move toward normalcy.' (April 7)
Tal Zaks, the chief medical officer at Moderna, on Wednesday reflected on vaccine development a year after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. (April 7)
Sheikha Asma Al Thani is preparing to ascend Mount Everest, as she chases her dream of becoming the first woman from the Middle East to summit each continent's highest peaks and reaching the earth's poles, completing the Explorers Grand Slam. Sheikha Asma, a Qatari royal, is expected to start her ascent in mid May.
The All-Star Game will be played at Coors Field in Denver. Major League Baseball officially announced the new venue Tuesday after pulling the Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objections to extensive changes to Georgia's voting laws. (April 6)
White House press secretary Jen Psaki hailed Colorado's voting laws and said Georgia's election changes are "built on a lie" after Major League Baseball moved its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver over objections to Georgia's new law. (April 6)
Una decisión judicial obligó a Mohammed Aisha a encargarse de un barco que no es suyo. Cada vez hay más casos de marinos y barcos abandonados en el mundo.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said members of his family received COVID-19 tests at his office. (April 7)
The rising Chinese market is too promising for European companies to walk away from, said Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, regarding the recent worrying situation in the bilateral trade ties. Trade between China and the European Union (EU) has been advancing in recent years, with China becoming the largest trading partner of the latter.
