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100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks
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100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo pitched itself as “a safe pair of hands” when it was awarded the Olympics 7 1/2…
WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals
Environment

WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured…
US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports
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US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to…
Those recovering from coronavirus may fast if they no longer have symptoms: doctor
Egypt

Those recovering from coronavirus may fast if they no longer have symptoms: doctor

Mohamed Awad Tag El Din, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s health affairs advisor, announced on Monday that fasting for Ramadan is…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 818 new cases, 42 deaths on Monday
Egypt

COVID-19 in Egypt: 818 new cases, 42 deaths on Monday

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 818 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 211,307. The total number…
India reels amid virus surge, affecting world vaccine supply
World

India reels amid virus surge, affecting world vaccine supply

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian city of Pune is running out of ventilators as gasping coronavirus patients crowd its…
Egypt begins vaccination of tourism workers in the Red Sea
Egypt

Egypt begins vaccination of tourism workers in the Red Sea

The Ministry of Health and Population announced Monday that it has begun vaccinating tourism sector workers in the South Sinai…
Small but quick: Bhutan vaccinates 93 percent of adults in 16 days
World

Small but quick: Bhutan vaccinates 93 percent of adults in 16 days

THIMPU, Bhutan (AP) — When plotted on a graph, the curve of Bhutan’s COVID-19 vaccination drive shoots upwards from the…
Chilly weather doesn’t dampen UK joy at lockdown easing
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Chilly weather doesn’t dampen UK joy at lockdown easing

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people to “behave responsibly” as shops, gyms, hairdressers, restaurant patios and…
The faces in the fog of ‘long COVID’
World

The faces in the fog of ‘long COVID’

MADRID (Reuters) – Teresa Dominguez, 55, was doing her weekly shopping near her home in Collado Villalba, north of Madrid,…
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