Brazil’s death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed Italy’s to become the third-highest in the world, as the UN’s secretary-general called for a “people’s vaccine” to stem the pandemic. The figures from Brazil underlined the toll the virus is taking in Latin America, the latest epicentre in the pandemic, ...
Former President Barack Obama threw his support behind the efforts of peaceful protesters demanding police reforms during his first on-camera remarks since a wave of protests over the killing of George Floyd convulsed the country and upended the 2020 election. Mr. Obama, offering a strikingly more upbeat assessment of the ...
