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What is the latest update on the hantavirus outbreak?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Dutch cruise ship tied to the hantavirus outbreak has arrived near Spain's Canary Islands, where passengers are beginning to disembark. They include 17 Americans who will be flown back to the U.S. for medical evaluation. The outbreak has sparked concerns, with many people comparing it to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But as NPR's Alana Wise reports, health officials say the risk remains low.
CDC officials sought to temper concerns of another event like the debilitating COVID-19 pandemic. The current outbreak of the anti-strain of the hantavirus arose last month on a cruise ship and has so far killed three people. More than two dozen Americans were on board the ship. The CDC said that the risk of infection to the American public is still low.
How are rising energy costs affecting global food prices?
The 17 Americans aboard the ship will eventually be sent to the University of Nebraska for monitoring. CDC officials insist that their time at the medical center is not a quarantine. Alana Wise, NPR News.
Fighting in the Middle East continues to drive up energy costs and global food prices are rising as well. The United Nations says April marked the third straight month of increases in its Global Food Commodity Index, with some of the sharpest jumps tied to cooking oils and fuel-related products. Food and Agriculture Organization chief economist Maximo Torero says vegetable oil prices saw some of the biggest increases last month.
The major increase is happening on vegetable oils, which is linked to biofuels, which is a 5.9% increase with respect to the previous month.
Analysts say consumers could begin seeing the impact in grocery stores in the coming weeks. especially on products tied to shipping and energy-intensive production. The United Nations is condemning what it calls a growing pattern of violence and intimidation against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
What recent incidents highlight the violence in the West Bank?
NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports Israeli settlers have forced a Palestinian family to dig up the body of their deceased father from a grave just hours after he was buried.
The cemetery where the Assasa family has buried their dead for generations, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, now lies only some 300 metres from an Israeli settlement that was re-established there last year. Palestinians now have to obtain Israeli permits to bury their dead there. The Assasa family did this to later arrest their elderly father, Hussein, on Friday. But only hours later, settlers forced the family to exhume Hussein's body, claiming the grave was too close to the settlement. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment, but told Israeli media that it had intervened after friction between Palestinians and Israeli civilians and said the incident was under review.
Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Tel Aviv. It's NPR.
The World Cup kicks off next month, and a controversy is growing over how much soccer fans will pay for a train ride from New York City to a tournament venue across the river in New Jersey. Bruce Convisor reports.
Why is there controversy over train fares for the World Cup?
New Jersey Transit is backpedaling on how much it will charge fans for a 20-minute train ride. The Transportation Authority says it will now charge fans $105 for a round-trip ticket. That's a 30% reduction from the $150 fare announced last month. But it's still eight times more than the standard round-trip ticket. which costs just under $13. New Jersey officials, led by Governor Mikey Sherrill, argued that New Jersey residents would not pay the $48 million price tag to provide the rail service. She said FIFA, soccer's global governing body, stood to make billions of dollars from the tournament and should subsidize the rail service. FIFA has refused. New Jersey now says third-party financing will enable the fare cut.
For NPR News, I'm Bruce Convisor in Greenbrook, New Jersey.
What financial challenges is the U.S. Postal Service facing?
The U.S. Postal Service's financial problems are getting worse. The agency is reporting losses for a fifth straight quarter, and officials warn it could run out of money within months.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the latest update on the hantavirus outbreak?
0:00–0:54
2
How are rising energy costs affecting global food prices?
0:54–2:03
3
What recent incidents highlight the violence in the West Bank?
2:03–3:14
4
Why is there controversy over train fares for the World Cup?
3:14–4:01
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What financial challenges is the U.S. Postal Service facing?
4:01–4:49
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Are complex societies doomed to collapse?
4:49–4:59