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Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months
August 17, 2021
Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months
WASHINGTON (AP) — US health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight…
Haiti mourners tell of church collapse horror during quake
August 17, 2021
Haiti mourners tell of church collapse horror during quake
TOIRAC, Haiti, Aug 17 (Reuters) – When the ground began to tremble during a church funeral service in the small…
New Zealand thrown into lockdown over single suspected Delta case
August 17, 2021
New Zealand thrown into lockdown over single suspected Delta case
WELLINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put New Zealand under strict lockdown on Tuesday after the country’s…
Thai protester comatose with bullet lodged in head after clashes
August 17, 2021
Thai protester comatose with bullet lodged in head after clashes
BANGKOK, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A Thai anti-government protester is in a coma with a bullet lodged in his head,…
China holds assault drills near Taiwan after ‘provocations’
August 17, 2021
China holds assault drills near Taiwan after ‘provocations’
BEIJING/TAIPEI, Aug 17 (Reuters) – China carried out assault drills near Taiwan on Tuesday with warships and fighter jets exercising…
Sydney COVID-19 cases set to rise, hospitals under pressure
August 17, 2021
Sydney COVID-19 cases set to rise, hospitals under pressure
SYDNEY, Aug 17 (Reuters) – COVID-19 cases are set to “rise substantially” in Sydney in the coming weeks despite a…
Tropical depression drenching earthquake-stricken Haiti
August 17, 2021
Tropical depression drenching earthquake-stricken Haiti
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Tropical Depression Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains just two days after a powerful…
Prominent fact-checker Snopes apologizes for plagiarism
August 16, 2021
Prominent fact-checker Snopes apologizes for plagiarism
NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder and CEO of the fact-checking site Snopes.com has acknowledged plagiarizing from dozens of articles…
Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
August 16, 2021
Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, tempers flared among those waiting for…
EXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes
August 16, 2021
EXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes
Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed…