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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. (Image credit: Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images)

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. (Image credit: Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he’ll sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams in the state’s schools and universities.

The four-month reprieve on import levies reflects a thawing of trade tensions between the countries.

Oil prices have risen remarkably over the last few months. Now the powerful oil cartel is keeping a lid on supply in an attempt to push crude prices even higher. (Image credit: Mazen Mahdi/AFP via Getty Images)

Capitol Police request extension of National Guard to protect Congress, defense officials say  The Washington Post Officials Put ‘Unusual’ Limits on D.C. National Guard Before Riot, Commander Says  The New York Times Police request 60-day extension of Guard at US Capitol  Yahoo News

Nonprofits, churches and health care outreach workers are scrambling to to reach older people who are falling through the cracks before the nation’s focus moves on and the competition for vaccines stiffens.

Spending on infrastructure appears to be the next major priority for the Biden administration after its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package clears the Senate, likely along hardened partisan lines.

Army Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chair, escorted Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin into the Pentagon on January 22, 2021. | Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images The Biden administration wants a professional, dispassionate process during its Afghanistan review. The

Protests have broken out in different parts of Lebanon with roads closed by demonstrators who burned tires amid a worsening economic crisis and lack of progress on the formation of a new Cabinet.