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Aid groups say staffers killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
December 11, 2020
Aid groups say staffers killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — International aid groups said Friday that at least four staff members have been killed in the…
World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020
December 11, 2020
World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020
A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by seven percent, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary…
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
December 11, 2020
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were jointly named Time magazine’s 2020 “Person…
US on cusp of COVID-19 vaccine as deaths surpass 3,000 in a day
December 10, 2020
US on cusp of COVID-19 vaccine as deaths surpass 3,000 in a day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States prepared to roll out a coronavirus vaccine within days as the country’s daily death…
US antitrust siege of tech widens with lawsuits vs Facebook
December 10, 2020
US antitrust siege of tech widens with lawsuits vs Facebook
WASHINGTON (AP) — The giant tech companies whose services are woven into the fabric of social life are now the…
China restricts US official travel to Hong Kong
December 10, 2020
China restricts US official travel to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP) — China is imposing restrictions on travel to Hong Kong by some US officials and others in retaliation…
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
December 10, 2020
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in northeastern Spain found two bodies in an abandoned building occupied by migrants and other squatters…
SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands
December 10, 2020
SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a…
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine faces last hurdle before US decision
December 10, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine faces last hurdle before US decision
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine faces one final hurdle as it races to become the first shot greenlighted in…
India experts find traces of lead, nickel in patients’ blood
December 9, 2020
India experts find traces of lead, nickel in patients’ blood
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian health officials have found traces of nickel and lead in a few blood samples taken…