Americas

USA

As coronavirus spreads, students stuck and isolated in epidemic's epicenter

Six weeks on from the lockdown of Wuhan, China, many are still stranded and wish their governments had done more.

10/03/2020

Mexico

Mexico: Women stay at home to protest femicide

What would a world without women look like? On Monday, tens of thousands of women in Mexico stayed off the streets to protest femicide.

10/03/2020

USA

Progressive group pressures Sanders and Biden to call for ending filibuster

Activists are getting nervous that progressive legislation will be blocked even if Democrats sweep the 2020 election. Some have a plan to change that.

10/03/2020

USA

Why some moderate conservatives are voting in Michigan's Democratic primary

"This is why we get do-overs," said one former Trump voter.

09/03/2020

USA

Ireland cancels St. Patrick's Day festivities over coronavirus concerns

There have been a total of 33 cases of COVID-19, the disease associated with coronavirus, between both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

09/03/2020

Europe Decoded

White House shares 'manipulated' and 'partly false' video of Joe Biden

The viral clip appears to show the Democrat frontrunner endorsing Donald Trump as US President but had been shortened to remove the end of his sentence.

09/03/2020

USA

Coronavirus mask pushers pump wares on social media

Some accounts that purport to market other illicit goods such as drugs have turned to coronavirus-related products.

09/03/2020

USA

Stock-trading app Robinhood suffers third outage amid market turbulence

"Surely this can't be legal. Constant broker outages on the biggest trading days in history? No way," one Reddit user wrote Monday.

09/03/2020

USA

How new rules at Facebook and Twitter led to a warning beneath the president's retweet

The spread of the video shows how even clear warnings can be little match for the power of the social media infrastructure that has been built up by both parties in recent years.

09/03/2020

USA

Euroviews. Bernie Sanders in 2020 is having a rock star moment (literally) ǀ View

With any good performer, a semblance of skill, talent, charisma, stage presence, endurance, or an amalgam of all of these assets is necessary for a good show. But sometimes, none of that matters. Sometimes enough people in the audience just need to like you more than the last act.

09/03/2020

USA

Texas Dems announce largest-ever voter drive in 2020 flip effort

With money from the national party, state Democrats aim to expand their voter rolls in a bid to flip the state from red to blue this November.

09/03/2020

USA

Biden says Trump should 'just be quiet' about coronavirus

Stocks across the world have cratered amid the spread of the coronavirus.

09/03/2020

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Hundreds of thousands protest violence against women in Chile

Thousands took to the streets of Chile's capital Santiago to mark International Women's Day on Sunday, calling for equality and an end to violence

09/03/2020

USA

What's behind oil price war that sent markets plunging?

"The main reason why coronavirus is a threat to oil prices is that China is the main new consumer of oil in the world," said economist Cailin Birch.

09/03/2020

USA

As Warren stays on sidelines, key allies move toward Sanders

The Working Families Party was one of the first big progressive groups to back Warren. It's now calling on her supporters to rally behind Sanders.

09/03/2020

USA

Twitter strikes deal with activist investor to keep Jack Dorsey as CEO

The deal will include a $2 billion share buyback program and give the hedge fund, Elliott Management, a seat on Twitter's board of directors.

09/03/2020

USA

Harry and Meghan to make their final appearance as senior royals

"I imagine everybody will be on absolutely best behavior. But goodness knows what they will all be thinking privately," said royal biographer Penny Junor.

09/03/2020

USA

Coronavirus reality is creating fear and uncertainty, and might be Trump's biggest challenge yet

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

09/03/2020

USA

Cory Booker endorses Biden: Former vice president will 'restore honor to the Oval Office'

Booker joined Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Mike Bloomberg, who have endorsed Biden in recent days.

09/03/2020

USA

Why Sanders' uphill battle gets steeper as six states vote on Tuesday

Analysis: The senator's weakness with black voters and the switch from caucuses to primaries could hurt his chances against Biden.

09/03/2020

USA

Women fill streets of world's cities with call for justice

On International Women's Day, they protested gender violence, inequality and exploitation.

09/03/2020

USA

Anxiety in an aging Congress as coronavirus marches across U.S.

"There's a lot of concern that members could bring it home," a senior Democratic leadership aide says as offices discuss recessing Congress.

09/03/2020

USA

4 French MPs test positive for coronavirus; large gatherings banned

Three more deaths raise the toll to 19 in France as confirmed cases of infection rise almost 20 percent in a day.

09/03/2020

USA

Abandoning cafes for long supermarket lines, Milan enters coronavirus lockdown

Supermarket staff were wearing masks and at the cashier people were told to stand one meter away from each other, Luca Galli. said

08/03/2020

USA

Kamala Harris endorses Joe Biden

Harris joins Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Mike Bloomberg, who've all endorsed Biden in recent days.

08/03/2020

USA

Upcoming primaries offer Biden a strong path

Results from Super Tuesday show that Joe Biden can tap into a strong wave of support from Democrats.

08/03/2020