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UK minister backs reduced COVID isolation period to ease workforce pressures
January 9, 2022
UK minister backs reduced COVID isolation period to ease workforce pressures
LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Reducing the self-isolation period for people who test positive for COVID-19 from seven days to…
Japan PM: Deal reached on US military curbs to halt COVID
January 9, 2022
Japan PM: Deal reached on US military curbs to halt COVID
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that Japan and the U.S. have reached “a basic agreement”…
Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine
January 9, 2022
Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake, the United States…
Intel reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot
January 9, 2022
Intel reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence reports compiled by the U.S. Capitol Police in the days before last year’s insurrection envisioned only…
Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services
January 9, 2022
Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City…
Aid workers say Ethiopia air strike in northwest Tigray killed 56 people
January 8, 2022
Aid workers say Ethiopia air strike in northwest Tigray killed 56 people
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – An air strike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region killed 56 people and injured 30, including…
Cambodia defends leader’s trip to Myanmar as ‘positive step’
January 8, 2022
Cambodia defends leader’s trip to Myanmar as ‘positive step’
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s foreign minister on Saturday defended Prime Minister Hun Sen’s trip to Myanmar, the first…
Scientists explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier
January 8, 2022
Scientists explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier
A team of scientists is sailing to “the place in the world that’s the hardest to get to” so they…
Prince William seeks nominees for $1 million Earthshot prize
January 8, 2022
Prince William seeks nominees for $1 million Earthshot prize
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince William on Thursday appealed for innovators around the world to submit nominations for his Earthshot…
Billionaire’s looted art still on display at Israel Museum
January 8, 2022
Billionaire’s looted art still on display at Israel Museum
JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the Israel Museum’s biggest patrons, American billionaire Michael Steinhardt, approached the flagship Israeli art institution…