NPR News: 05-10-2026 2AM EDT

This NPR News Now broadcast delivers a snapshot of international and domestic developments, including a hantavirus crisis on a cruise ship prompting evacuations, U.S. political redistricting, Middle East military tensions ahead of diplomacy, an animal welfare scandal involving imported sloths, and the death of a prominent baseball manager.

Hantavirus Cruise Ship Evacuation in Canary Islands

A cruise ship carrying passengers infected with hantavirus docked in Spain's Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife, to facilitate evacuations. The World Health Organization Chief, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (referred to as Dr. Tedras Gabrices in the report), is on-site overseeing the process. Several countries and the European Union are deploying planes to transport passengers after they disembark. Tedros praised Spain for demonstrating "active solidarity and moral duty" in allowing the ship to dock and emphasized global cooperation: "It's only when we support each other that we can respond more effectively to viruses or to outbreaks like this." He assured that every precaution has been taken to prevent spread during transfers.