“We don’t yet believe we’ve reached the peak of this outbreak or necessarily the edges of it.” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand will extend its strict nationwide lockdown until at least Friday as it tries to eliminate a growing Covid outbreak. (Source: Quicktake)
Berlin hired DJs to throw a 3-night vaccination event to encourage young people get jabbed against Covid. @josefinefokuhl checks it out.
265 Afghan evacuees boarded a British military transport aircraft in Kabul on Saturday en route to a safer location.
Turkey is working to make their border with Iran “impassable” says the Governor of Van, in the hopes of stopping a potential influx of Afghans fleeing Taliban rule.
Frackers in America’s largest oil field are letting massive amounts of natural gas spill into the atmosphere. Scientists and activists are trying to find the leaks and get them plugged before they cook the planet further. Zachary Mider wrote about it in Bloomberg Businessweek. He’s on Quicktake “Take Charge.”
