The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis

that has not only devastated poor

countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.

Heating up: World leaders take center stage at climate talks

By SETH BORENSTEIN today

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — It’s time for more than 130 world leaders to feel the heat.

They will traipse to the podium Monday and Tuesday at crucial international climate talks in Scotland and talk about what their country
is going to do about the threat of global warming.

Ugandan kids lose hope in long school closure amid pandemic

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA today