NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Linda Thélémaque, country director for Hope for Haiti, about the fuel shortages that are now pushing the nation to the brink of collapse.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, about commitments to addressing climate change in light of the COP26 Conference.
President Biden has pledged urgent action on the "existential threat" of climate change. But his struggles to get his plan through Congress may undercut U.S. influence at a global climate summit.
The U.S. leads the world in the number of confirmed deaths from the virus — 745,800 people — followed by Brazil and India, according to Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker.
The attacker, identified as a 24-year-old man, was arrested after stabbing several passengers and starting a fire on the commuter train. His motive was not immediately known.
A global climate summit got underway today in Glasgow, Scotland. It appears unlikely that this conference will produce any dramatic new changes in policy.
President Biden said he's worried about soaring energy prices and says the world can't simply cut its use of fossil fuels — even as he heads to Glasgow for the U.N. climate summit.
Although his restaurant has been credited as the birthplace of the popular Italian dessert, it was actually Campeol's wife and one of Le Beccherie's chefs that apparently invented it.
Tunisia's president dissolved the last parliament and has concentrated power. Now, he's appointed the country's first female prime minister. But is this a genuine move towards reform?