KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is trying to inoculate millions of children against polio after pandemic lockdowns stalled the effort to eradicate the crippling disease. But the recent killing of three vaccinators…
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Australian politicians will no longer be exempt from rules against sexual harassment at work, the conservative government announced Thursday as it tries to quell public anger over parliamentary sex abuse scandals. Prime…
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Washington(Reuters): The U.S. government on Saturday stopped a Baltimore manufacturing plant that ruined 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ.N COVID-19 vaccine from making the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc, the New York…
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A US Capitol police officer was killed and a second injured Friday after a vehicle rammed through security and crashed into a barrier at the Washington complex, forcing it into lockdown less…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government acknowledged Saturday that the country’s true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic now stands above 321,000, almost 60% more than the official test-confirmed number of 201,429.…
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SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — The company that owns the giant container ship stuck sideways across the Suez Canal said an attempt will be made to refloat the vessel by taking advantage of…
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Mozambique(AFP): More than 180 people including expatriate workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege by insurgents for three days, workers and security sources said Friday. Several…
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Riyadh(AFP): A projectile attack sparked a fire at an oil terminal in southern Saudi Arabia, the country’s energy ministry said Friday, on the sixth anniversary of a Riyadh-led military intervention in Yemen.…
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Egypt(AFP): The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said Thursday they faced “extreme difficulty” refloating it as Egypt temporarily closed one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Salvage…
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Brazil’s daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for the first time Tuesday as the hard-hit country struggled to contain a surge of cases that have pushed many hospitals to breaking point.…
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