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Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

NEW DELHI (AP) — With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United…
Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing’s top diplomat

Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing’s top diplomat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on…
Biden wants fast COVID aid, but minimum wage hike in doubt

Biden wants fast COVID aid, but minimum wage hike in doubt

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden laid out his case Friday for moving fast to pass $1.9 trillion in coronavirus…
Biden says ‘erratic’ Trump shouldn’t get intel briefings

Biden says ‘erratic’ Trump shouldn’t get intel briefings

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that Donald Trump’s “erratic behavior” should prevent him from receiving classified intelligence…
Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram as protests expand

Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram as protests expand

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The military authorities in charge of Myanmar broadened a ban on social media following this week’s…
Fact check: Are COVID-19 vaccines causing deaths?

Fact check: Are COVID-19 vaccines causing deaths?

With coronavirus vaccine distribution well underway around the world, all eyes are on those who have already received the jabs. For…
UN: Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’

UN: Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Life for civilians in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has become “extremely alarming” as hunger grows and…
Moscow’s jails overwhelmed with detained Navalny protesters

Moscow’s jails overwhelmed with detained Navalny protesters

MOSCOW (AP) — The video, shot by a man detained in a Moscow protest, shows a group of people jammed…
US: House removes controversial QAnon-supporting congresswoman from committees

US: House removes controversial QAnon-supporting congresswoman from committees

The Democratic-majority House of Representatives on Thursday voted to remove controversial congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments in the chamber.…
Countdown to ‘catastrophe:’ Inside Europe’s fight for COVID shots

Countdown to ‘catastrophe:’ Inside Europe’s fight for COVID shots

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In a meeting last week in the Europa building in Brussels, home of the European Union’s political…
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