U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements says she's pleased the U.S. plans to raise the cap on refugees to 125,000 per year. Work is already underway at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Canada Post is distributing prepaid postcards to 13.5 households in an effort to encourage people to connect with others through a handwritten note in its #WriteHereWriteNow campaign.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Elizabeth Holmes, writer and longtime royal watcher, about the fallout from Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Myanmar's military has used live ammunition to quell ongoing protests, which are trying to restore democratic rule, killing scores of protesters in recent days.
Many U.S. doctors have received their COVID-19 vaccines, but nearly a third are foreign-born with family in countries facing no access to it — a disparity that troubles many as they fight the virus.
Brazil is seeing a record number of coronavirus deaths as a new variant overwhelms the health care system. Over 1,900 deaths on Wednesday marked the second day in a row of record deaths.
To help people connect with those they've lost touch with during the pandemic, Canada Post, the primary postal operator in the country, has sent every household a postage-paid postcard for free.
Much of the blame for Brazil's coronavirus disaster lies with Jair Bolsonaro, who has enabled a domestic tragedy that now threatens the world, says analyst Robert Muggah.
It's the first country to receive free vaccines from the COVAX program. But that shipment of 600,000 can't protect a nation of 30 million. And conspiracy theories about the vaccine are swirling.
The enchanted lands of New Mexico are the most Beautiful in the World, and the artist of those lands are the source of a magical culture the residents enjoy; Tom Blazier’s Brilliant landscape depictions are treasures as they capture the spirit of the landscape from a Masters Perspective.
Canal Walk at Sunset, oil, 22” x 28” This painting was purchased by the City of Albuquerque Public Art Collection.
Canjilon Creek Canyon, oil, 32” x 50″
Cochiti Thunderhead, oil, 30” x 30”
Tom Blazier is an Albuquerque-based landscape painter. His work is represented by Masterpiece Gallery in Santa Fe. For more information about Tom and his work, visit the website www.tomblazier.com.
Alphabet’s Google has crushed almost all its competitors in the world of digital-advertising technology, but one rival, The Trade Desk, has emerged as the best hope to challenge the tech giant.
EBay is working to prevent the resale of six Dr. Seuss books pulled this week by the company in charge of the late author’s works because they contain offensive imagery.
Federal and state agencies conducted fewer inspections than in the past and often handled coronavirus complaints through no more than an exchange of letters, a Wall Street Journal investigation shows. Hundreds of workers’ deaths have gone uninvestigated, sometimes because employers didn’t report them.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reaffirmed his intention of keeping easy-money policies in place until the labor market improves much further, but provided no sign the central bank will seek to stem a recent rise in Treasury yields.
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell doesn’t appear ready to stand in the way of a steady and sometimes abrupt rise in bond yields that some observers worry could create headwinds for an economic recovery still struggling to pick up steam.
Worker filings for jobless benefits have eased since the start of the year, one of several signs the jobs market is slowly recovering, as Covid-19 vaccination efforts expand.