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China study warns of ‘colossal’ COVID outbreak if it opens up like U.S., France
November 28, 2021
China study warns of ‘colossal’ COVID outbreak if it opens up like U.S., France
BEIJING, Nov 28 (Reuters) – China could face more than 630,000 COVID-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance…
Travel curbs aimed at COVID variant tighten across the world
November 28, 2021
Travel curbs aimed at COVID variant tighten across the world
HONG KONG (AP) — Australian officials were racing Sunday to conduct further tests on passengers arriving from southern Africa who…
Blaming COVID: Biden sees common culprit for country’s woes
November 27, 2021
Blaming COVID: Biden sees common culprit for country’s woes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is soaring, businesses are struggling to hire and President Joe Biden’s poll numbers have been in free-fall. The White House sees…
EXPLAINER: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?
November 27, 2021
EXPLAINER: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?
LONDON (AP) — WHAT IS THIS NEW COVID-19 VARIANT? South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this…
Can Biden find the right balance on immigration?
November 27, 2021
Can Biden find the right balance on immigration?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats wielded demands to fix the nation’s broken immigration system as a cudgel against Republicans in the…
Nonprofit provides Thanksgiving meals to Afghan refugees
November 27, 2021
Nonprofit provides Thanksgiving meals to Afghan refugees
CLEVELAND (AP) — A nonprofit teamed up with three Cleveland-area restaurants to ensure that local Afghan refugees could celebrate Thanksgiving…
Japan PM vows to step up defense amid China, NK threats
November 27, 2021
Japan PM vows to step up defense amid China, NK threats
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, at his first troop review Saturday, renewed his pledge to consider “all…
EU orders travel ban on South Africa to halt variant spread
November 27, 2021
EU orders travel ban on South Africa to halt variant spread
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union nations on Friday agreed to impose a ban on travel from southern Africa to…
Afghan girl from famous cover portrait is evacuated to Italy
November 26, 2021
Afghan girl from famous cover portrait is evacuated to Italy
ROME (AP) — National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation…
NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
November 26, 2021
NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test…