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US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — A US government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just…
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 73, has been charged under the city’s national…
Large Oregon gentrification protest stretches into 3rd day

Large Oregon gentrification protest stretches into 3rd day

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A gentrification protest in Oregon’s largest city that has blockaded several city blocks in Portland entered…
Aid groups say staffers killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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…
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