Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million
The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple vaccines and detect new COVID-19 variants.
Diane Orentlicher
Seeking justice for Syrians
Demanding "accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people ," the Obama administration has forcefully argued that Syria must be punished for gassing more than 1,400 civilians to death in a single day — an act President Barack Obama called "a crime against humanity, and a violation of the laws of war" in his speech Tuesday night. Leaders around the world have also denounced Syria's "war crimes" and its "crime against civilization." But if they seem to be making the case for prosecutions, that option has, in fact, received scant serious attention — despite French and British efforts to press the issue.