UK health minister ‘very sorry’ after pictured kissing aide
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was “very sorry” after pictures of him kissing and embracing his top aide, a friend hired last year, were splashed on the front page of the Sun newspaper.
A family’s vaccine hopes shattered in Brazil
As newly vaccinated people in countries such as the United States and Britain celebrate their freedom from the pandemic, the shots are coming too late for others in the rest of the world. A vicious COVID-19 variant cut through three generations of the large, close-knit Cunha family in Brazil. Within the space of six weeks, several would be intubated and four would die.
Australian PM hears emotional plea for Cameroonian asylum-seekers
A woman approached Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison in tears on Tuesday after he held a news conference in Queensland, as she made an emotional plea for him to help her family in Cameroon and asylum-seekers from Africa. The incident was caught on camera after Morrison had just finished a news conference in the city […]
Families tell of desperate searches after Mexico metro collapse
Samuel Del Aguila’s son was on his way home from his job at the airport in Mexico City on Monday night when his family saw the first news reports about a deadly metro train accident. When 29-year-old Immer did not arrive home at the usual time, his family started to worry, and began calling his […]
