F.W. De Klerk, Former South African President Who Dismantled Apartheid, Dies at 85
F.W. de Klerk, who dramatically dismantled the apartheid system in South Africa that he and his ancestors had helped put
Moderna won’t share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it
Enlarge this image Members of a team at the Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines lab in Cape Town, South Africa. The World Health Organization has enlisted the company to replicate Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Tommy Trenchard for NPR Tommy Trenchard for NPR Fans of the television series The Great British Bake Off have long marveled at the skill contestants show…
UN fears world likely to miss Paris climate targets
The United Nations has released a report providing scientific proof that climate change is moving faster than predicted.
Regrets in South Africa After Lives and Livelihoods Lost in Mass Unrest
The manager of a looted supermarket in Soweto and a man who joined in ransacking it reflect on the causes
Africa COVID deaths surge 43 percent in a week: WHO
The agency says the rise is a warning sign that hospitals in affected countries are reaching a ‘breaking point’.
Study Shows Moon ‘Wobble’ Contributing to More US Coastal Flooding
A NASA-University of Hawaii study warns that upcoming changes in the moon’s orbit coupled with higher ocean levels could lead
A Eulogy for the Free Press
On the morning of July 1, 2020, newsstands across Hong Kong had a conspicuously uniform appearance. At least eight major
As Vaccine Delays Grind on Across Africa, the Coronavirus Surges
A sudden, sharp rise in coronavirus cases in many parts of Africa could amount to a continental third wave, the
Covid Has Killed Over 5 Percent of Congo’s Parliament
The coronavirus has now claimed the lives of 32 lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo — more than 5
Franklin Graham worries Trump too old to run in 2024 — Axios
The Rev. Franklin Graham says a potential 2024 presidential bid by Donald Trump would “be a very tough thing to do,” the prominent Christian leader told “Axios on HBO.” Why it matters: Graham, the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, was among Trump’s earliest and most prominent evangelical defenders. Graham told “Axios…