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News Brief: War In Yemen, COVID-19 Numbers, Fox News Lawsuit

Biden has vowed to help end the war in Yemen. Researchers found a way to estimate how many people are currently contagious with COVID-19. And, Fox News has been sued over false election claims.

Biden Announces U.S. Will Engage Diplomatically To End War In Yemen

Taking on two world crises, President Biden pledged to use diplomacy to end the long Yemen war and to allow more refugees to come to the US.

Workers salvage oil canisters from the wreckage of a vehicle oil store hit by Saudi-led airstrikes last July in Sanaa, Yemen. The U.S. said Thursday it will no longer back the Saudi-led military offensive.

Biden Administration Ends U.S. Support Of Saudi-Led Offensive In Yemen

U.S. support to the coalition over the course of the war has included inflight refueling of Saudi warplanes and the sale of precision bombs dropped on Yemeni targets.

A young man living on a small river island known as a char heads out to catch a boat and cross the Brahmaputra River to the mainland, in Assam's Barpeta district. To live in Assam legally, people must be registered by the government. But some 4 million people have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens, a sort of statewide census.

In India's Assam State, Residents Of River Islands Face Uncertainty Over Citizenship

Some 4 million people, many Muslim and impoverished, were excluded from a 2018 official register of citizens. Photographer CK Vijayakumar visited Assam to learn more about the challenges they face.

American Sam Goodwin was captured and imprisoned in Syria in 2019 when he was 30 years old.

'I Was Absolutely Terrified': American Sam Goodwin Describes Syrian Prison Time

The traveler tells the story of his two months held in Syria's notorious prisons, and how his family got a Lebanese official to help secure his release.

Chinese workers wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine jab at a mass vaccination center in Beijing on Jan. 5. Even with at least 5 homegrown vaccines nearing approval, China is setting a modest initial goal: 50 million people vaccinated by mid-February — about 3.5% of the total population.

China's Vaccine Campaign Hits A Few Bumps

Their vaccine rollout in this nation of 1.4 billion citizens is happening more slowly than anticipated. Why the delays?

'Lot' Paints An Unforgettable Portrait Of Houston And Its People

Bryan Washington's debut story collection brings the Texas city to life in all its struggle and imperfect glory.

How The Biden Administration Can Tackle America's Longest War

In a deal with the Taliban last year, the Trump administration agreed to withdraw U.S. troops by May, but the Biden administration says the Taliban isn't keeping its end of the bargain.

'Lot' Paints An Unforgettable Portrait Of Houston And Its People

Bryan Washington's debut story collection brings the Texas city to life in all its struggle and imperfect glory.

Education Pick Miguel Cardona Is New To Washington — But Not To Classrooms

President Biden's education nominee has spent most of his professional career as a public school educator in the city where he grew up: Meriden, Conn.

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