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Afghanistan flash flood: Death toll rises to 113

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Rockets hit Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan

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Mexico to hold referendum on accountability of ex-presidents

A referendum in Mexico on Sunday is going to cost Mexico about $25 million, few like the poorly written question on the ballot, and the vote is being held in the coronavirus pandemic from World https://ift.tt/3idtIRy

Texas Governor Bars Mask and Vaccination Mandates

https://ift.tt/2TNm4nB state’s daily average of cases has risen by 209 percent over the past 14 days and hospitalizations are surging, but an executive order ensures that masking and vaccinations remain voluntary. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/378RDeC

Thousands Protest in France Against Health Pass for 3rd Weekend

https://ift.tt/3fhYfvC government’s health pass law was passed by Parliament and is expected to get a final greenlight from a top constitutional council next week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fjTP7r

Trump raises big money in early 2021, but doesn't spend much

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Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires

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Australia's east coast battles rising Covid-19 cases

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Sydney and its surroundings, under a stay-at-home order for five weeks already, reported 239 new locally acquired cases of the highly infectious Delta strain, matching the record daily number in the current outbreak that was reported on Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rJJ97d

Senators will 'get the job done' on infrastructure: Chuck Schumer

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US Navy says drone strike hit oil tanker off Oman, killing 2

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Young man shot in California movie theatre, dies

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In Vaccine Holdout States, a New Urgency to Administer Shots

https://ift.tt/3j67ss1 from the C.D.C. shows that many people in states like Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri are now receiving their first doses. On Friday, more than 850,000 total shots were recorded in the U.S. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3BZVSap

Covid: Delta pushes weekly cases to 4 million

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Thousands Protest in France Against Health Pass for 3rd Weekend

https://ift.tt/3jd7Wg9 government’s health pass law was passed by Parliament and is expected to get a final greenlight from a top constitutional council next week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3xfQPz2

French police clash with anti-vaccine protesters amid tensions over ‘health pass’ plans

Around the world, governments and businesses are increasingly turning to vaccine mandates. from World https://ift.tt/2V0QBir

Delta Variant Drives Global Virus Surge, W.H.O. Warns

https://ift.tt/2V0tmFb. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director general, said a worldwide rise in Covid-19 cases has disparately impacted poorer countries with lower vaccination rates, and that deaths in Africa have spiked 80 percent in four weeks. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/37fIBfT

Hospital bombed in southern Afghanistan as battles rage

The owner of a private hospital in Afghanistan says the Afghan air force has bombed his facility, killing one person and injuring three others from World https://ift.tt/3ylXpFC

Johnny Ventura, Dominican singer who helped modernize merengue, dies at 81

He was one of the Dominican Republic’s most beloved musicians, known for up-tempo hits including “Patacón Pisao” and “¿Pitaste?” from World https://ift.tt/3ig8Glo

Canada official: 4th virus wave possible if steps not taken

Canada’s chief public health officer says the country could face a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant, by the end of summer if restrictions are eased too quickly and before enough people have been vaccinated from World https://ift.tt/3leB8G3

Iraq military: Many feared dead in terrorist attack in north

Iraq’s military says a terrorist attack on a funeral procession has claimed many victims in the country’s northern province of Salahaddin from World https://ift.tt/3BW2tmh

Three Olympic Refugee Team Members Will Call Canada Home

https://ift.tt/3zT4wWl athletes will join another 150 refugee students selected who were accepted to one of 80 participating institutions this fall. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3icq4XT

Wildfires Continue to Rage Across Turkey

https://ift.tt/3j39ngZ struggled to contain the dozens of wildfires burning for a third day on Friday, as local residents and tourists along the Mediterranean Coast were forced to evacuate. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ifEK92

Here’s who is hospitalized for Covid in New York City.

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U.S. restaurants scramble to reimpose rules.

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Biden names Indian-American to be religious freedom ambassador

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US president Joe Biden on Friday nominated Indian-American Rashad Hussain as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Hussain is the first Muslim to be nominated to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xetAFE

US approval of Covid-19 shots could boost vaccination numbers, Fauci says

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US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday he hopes regulators could as soon as next month start granting full approval for the use of Covid vaccines, a move he said could spur unvaccinated Americans to get the shots. Use of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna two-dose vaccines and Johnson & Johnson's one-dose shot are currently authorized on an emergency use basis by the US FDA from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V0A8L8

Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm dies at 85

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Broadway to require vaccinations, masks for audience members

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Donald Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'

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Florida river gets curves back in 22-year, $980 million restoration

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Wisconsin storms bring 3 tornados; 1 man dies in crash

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Murder Trial in Sweden Could Shine Unsavory Light on Iran’s New President

https://ift.tt/2UZ0gpK 3,000 miles from Tehran where mass executions were carried out in 1988, a murder trial in Sweden could produce new revelations that complicate life for Iran’s president-elect. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fe42lW

Deaths From Covid in Africa Are Rising as Cases Surge Worldwide

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/world/africa-who-coronavirus-deaths.html“We can prevent this disease, we can test for it, and we can treat it,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3iYXyZa

Delta Variant and Travel Restrictions in Europe: What to Know

https://ift.tt/3fh30Wb, vaccine requirements, conflicting advice. As variants like Delta spread, rules and restrictions are popping up across the continent and staying informed can feel like a job. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2WIhwQB

Attack on oil tanker off the coast of Oman kills two crew members

The incident was the deadliest in a string of recent attacks on shipping attributed to Iran or Israel. from World https://ift.tt/3jbM1WG

Ruth Pearl, seeker of justice for her murdered journalist son, Daniel, dies at 85

Mrs. Pearl, who survived a pogrom against Iraqi Jews in her youth, helped establish a foundation in memory of her son, a Wall Street Journal reporter abducted and beheaded by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. from World https://ift.tt/3BXttls

Haiti arrests another officer in president's murder

Haitian police say that a fourth officer has been arrested in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse from World https://ift.tt/3ja0DG1

With evictions looming, Congress strains to extend ban

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Hours before a nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire, Congress raced Friday to try to extend the ban in a long-shot effort to prevent millions of Americans from being forced from their homes during a Covid-19 surge.​ from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zSFCpP

Quake strikes Peru-Ecuador border region, minor damages reported

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted the Peru-Ecuador border region on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said, but only minor reports of damage were registered immediately following the tremor. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WDnamV

California wildfire flares but within line crews have built

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California's largest wildfire so far this year was flaring up Friday but it was because the flames were chewing through unburned islands of vegetation within a perimeter that firefighters have built, authorities said.​ from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rR8RXu

In shadow of Japan’s Fukushima disaster, the Olympic message of ‘recovery’ rings hollow

A decade later, many people remain displaced from the devastation left by the an earthquake, tsunami and meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant. from World https://ift.tt/3lcjNxA

Here’s how countries around the world have approached vaccine mandates

The announcement Thursday is part of a growing trend around the world to require — or nearly require — vaccinations for certain groups as the delta variant continues to spread. from World https://ift.tt/3ibVRs3

Jill Biden gets medical procedure on foot after Hawaii visit

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New Yorkers say they've been ignored in stop-and-frisk fight

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Probe: No wrongdoing in Richmond statue-removal contract

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Police seek clues after woman and dog killed in Atlanta park

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Ravages of Covid surge evident inside Missouri hospital

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Senate OKs bill to secure Capitol, help Afghans with visas

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Forgotten oil and gas wells linger, leaking toxic chemicals

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US FDA allows Lilly's Covid-19 drug to be taken without remdesivir

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LA's Venice Beach a flashpoint in city's homeless crisis

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German Cycling Official Is Sent Home After Racial Slur on Olympics Telecast

https://ift.tt/3iV8F5m Moster was suspended by Germany’s Olympic sports federation after referring to cyclists from Algeria and Eritrea in a derogatory manner. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3l9TGXX

Behind the Masks, a Mystery: How Often Do the Vaccinated Spread the Virus?

https://ift.tt/3fbxngK C.D.C.’s new masking advice was based in part on unpublished data showing that the virus can thrive in the airways of vaccinated people. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lbAKZ2

How Europe, After a Fumbling Start, Overtook the U.S. in Vaccination

https://ift.tt/3zPES4V a few months ago, European Union efforts were a mess, but its problems were temporary. The United States turned out to have the more lasting challenge. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2TJpTKv

Coronavirus Cases Surge in Tokyo and Throughout Japan

https://ift.tt/3zO2GGf chief cabinet secretary to the prime minister of Japan said the country has reported a record number of new infections due to the Delta variant spreading throughout the region. This came as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approached its midway point. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fd4QY7

Your Friday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3BYNbxk E.U. surpassed the U.S. in vaccinations. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zOqklV

Israel to Offer Third Covid Vaccine Shot to Those Over 60

https://ift.tt/3l7U7lt Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel said the country would begin offering a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to people over the age of 60, in an effort to slow the spread of the Delta variant. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3j5VzSX

UAE sends 6 Gitmo detainees to Yemen amid concerns

The United Arab Emirates has sent six Yemeni detainees who were first held at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and then in the Gulf Arab federation, to their home nation of Yemen from World https://ift.tt/3yevMOO

Mexico may release thousands of elderly, unsentenced inmates

Mexico’s president says he will issue a decree that could release hundreds or thousands of elderly inmates or those who have spent ten years or more in prison and have not been convicted of any violent offense from World https://ift.tt/3rHMmnx

Brazil cold snap gives rare chance for snowmen and snowballs

A fierce cold snap has prompted snowfall in southern Brazil, with snow accumulating on streets of cities where the phenomenon is rarely seen from World https://ift.tt/3xceT5Z

UN demands Turkey, Turkish Cypriots reverse Varosha action

The U.N. Security Council is again demanding that Turkey and Turkish Cypriots immediately reverse all actions to reopen the abandoned resort of Varosha from World https://ift.tt/2WyPua2

Fighting between Syrian forces, rebels escalates in south

A war monitor and Syrian state media say clashes between government forces and opposition fighters in the country’s southern province of Daraa have escalated from World https://ift.tt/3rJgP4Y

Israel to Give Third Covid Vaccine Shots to Those Over 60

https://ift.tt/3f8qKf4 booster shots are needed by older citizens is an issue that is far from settled among scientists. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zTEpPh

Biden's 'summer of joy' turns grim as Covid cases in US skyrocket

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1 arrested in shooting that wounded TikTok star, killed teen

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Police: Indianapolis FedEx shooter not racially motivated

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California, Nevada governors to tour site of huge wildfire

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New York to require state employees to get vaccines, or get tested

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New York will require all state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by Labor Day or undergo weekly tests for Covid-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. "It's smart, it's fair and it's in everyone's interest," Cuomo said in a Zoom call with the nonprofit Association for a Better New York. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zZ6IMj

In Peru, a rural schoolteacher rises from obscurity to the presidency

“This is the first time that our country will be ruled by a peasant,” Pedro Castillo told lawmakers July 28. He outlined a vision for a Peru where universities would be free, but unemployed youth not in school would be conscripted by a military redeployed for engineering and public works projects. from World https://ift.tt/3rG3BFY

In Peru, a rural schoolteacher rises from obscurity to the presidency

“This is the first time that our country will be ruled by a peasant,” Pedro Castillo told lawmakers July 28. He outlined a vision for a Peru where universities would be free, but unemployed youth not in school would be conscripted by a military redeployed for engineering and public works projects. from World https://ift.tt/3rG3BFY

Tunisia’s crisis tests Biden’s democracy agenda

Since he took office, President Biden has repeatedly signaled that his administration would stand up for democracy and human rights. Almost immediately, though, there were reasons to be skeptical. from World https://ift.tt/2TKm1ca

Haiti's new PM pledges to hold elections soon after slaying

Haiti’s newly installed prime minister has pledged to hold elections as soon as possible following the slaying of President Jovenel Moïse from World https://ift.tt/3iZKN0h

Your Thursday Briefing

https://ift.tt/2UXNE1W delays in South Korea. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3l8pcFU

Other Diseases May Surge in Latin America as Prevention and Treatment Falter

https://ift.tt/3f8HkLP global health official warns of an avalanche of illness as routine childhood inoculations and other basic medical concerns fall by the wayside. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3j2dycX

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, army officer who led Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution,’ dies at 84

The nearly bloodless military coup restored democracy to Portugal after almost half a century of right-wing dictatorship and effectively ended Portugal’s colonial rule over the African nations of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. from World https://ift.tt/2WvDvdj

Puerto Rico orders government workers to get vaccinated

Puerto Rico’s governor has announced that all public employees must be vaccinated against the coronavirus starting next month as the U.S. territory reports a new rise in hospitalizations and deaths from World https://ift.tt/376Uk0k

Wildfire in northern Lebanon scorches forest, 1 person dead

Civil defense officials say a wildfire raged in a forested area of mountainous northern Lebanon reaching just outside some residential homes and killing at least one person from World https://ift.tt/3iR5A6k

Bologna's porticoes are added to UNESCO's Heritage List

Bologna’s 12th-century porticoes, still part of the city’s everyday life, have been added to the World Heritage List from World https://ift.tt/3BU2Opt

Union representing Canada border employees votes to strike

The union that represents about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees has voted in favor of striking, which could affect travel between Canada and the United States from World https://ift.tt/2WxGp19

Gunmen shoot, injure Chinese national in Karachi

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Taliban taking over Afghanistan will make it a ‘pariah state’, warns US secretary of state

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If the Taliban took Afghanistan by force and abused the rights of the people, they would make the country a “pariah state” and no international recognition or support would be forthcoming, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said here on Wednesday, in the strongest warning yet to the extremist group amid mounting atrocities and continuing violence in the restive country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3i9BlrY

After a Long Lockdown and Vaccination Campaign, Is England on the Road to Normality?

https://ift.tt/3BNTBPA downward trend in coronavirus cases that followed the lifting of most social-distancing rules is raising hopes that the worst is over, although the cause of the drop is not yet completely clear. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3i9FL22

Death of 5 Cuban generals in 9 days marks passing of old guard amid new crises

It is not clear what caused the deaths and there is no indication they were related. from World https://ift.tt/3l5HsQ5

Palestinians: 12-year-old boy killed by Israeli gunfire

Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank from World https://ift.tt/3zMXUsI

US sanctions hit Syria prisons, abusers including opposition

The Biden administration has announced its first sanctions on Syria, targeting prison facilities and officials who run them, as well as an opposition armed group, focusing on human rights abuses from World https://ift.tt/3y6Qb8i

El Salvador court orders pre-trial detention of ex-officials

A judge in El Salvador has ordered the pre-trial arrest of 10 former government officials, including ex-President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, on corruption charges from World https://ift.tt/3f7fwHQ

Kosovar survivors of Croatia bus crash return to homeland

Some of the survivors of a deadly bus crash in Croatia have flown home to Kosovo to a welcoming crowd at the country’s international airport at the capital Pristina from World https://ift.tt/3iRwpaE

Ivory Coast leader meets predecessor, urges reconciliation

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has met with longtime rival Laurent Gbagbo, who returned last month to the country after the International Criminal Court upheld his acquittal on war crimes charges from World https://ift.tt/3i7BNaj

Ecuadorian court revokes citizenship for Julian Assange

Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is currently in a British prison from World https://ift.tt/3iXz7Lw

Brazil landscape garden earns UNESCO world heritage status

Rio de Janeiro has received a new recognition of its natural beauty as UNESCO added landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx’s former home to its list of World Heritage sites from World https://ift.tt/3f17aRU

As virus cases rise, another contagion spreads among the vaccinated: anger.

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Cardinal in Vatican fraud trial: My conscience is 'tranquil'

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CDC reverses course on indoor masks in some parts of US

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Inside a KKK murder plot: 'Do you want him six feet under?'

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Western wildfire battles aided by weather but losses grow

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Senators, White House in talks to finish infrastructure bill

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US supports India's emergence as leading global power: State department

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Canada has enough Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate everyone eligible: Justin Trudeau

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Israel appears to have committed war crimes in May conflict with Hamas, Human Rights Watch says

The report renews scrutiny on this May’s deadly exchange of Israeli missiles and Hamas rockets in which over 250 Palestinians in Gaza, among them 67 children, and 13 residents of Israel, including two children, died. from World https://ift.tt/3BXNSqC

Influential voices in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE celebrate Tunisia turmoil as blow to political Islam

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US suspends cooperation with Guatemala attorney general

The U.S. government has suspended cooperation with Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office in response to the firing of its top anti-corruption prosecutor, saying it has “lost confidence” in the Central American country’s willingness to fight corruption from World https://ift.tt/3l4zAhU

Ukraine's president replaces general commanding armed forces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has replaced the commander of the country’s armed forces from World https://ift.tt/2UYLMpw

3 Mexican ships taking fuel, medical aid and food to Cuba

Two Mexican ships carrying food, fuel and medical supplies are sailing to Cuba and third is scheduled to leave Wednesday from World https://ift.tt/3i61NCN

Your Wednesday Briefing

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/briefing/olympics-biles-osaka-hong-kong-trial.htmlBiles’s withdrawal at the Tokyo Games. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zE5XYL

After a Tanzanian opposition leader’s arrest, hopes for a democratic turn fade

The opposition leader had been campaigning for changes to Tanzania’s constitution that would lessen the central government’s power. from World https://ift.tt/3zIZ7kA

UN says closing Darfur peacekeeping operation has hiccups

The U.N. logistics chief says closing down the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping operation in Sudan’s western Darfur region is proceeding on schedule, though with some hiccups from World https://ift.tt/3yftQ8Q

CDC change on masks bring U.S. back in line with WHO and foreign governments

The WHO had advised all people, vaccinated or not, to continue wearing masks when around people. from World https://ift.tt/3iVvi9D

Police: Attack on 14-year-old Dutch girl may be LGBTQ-linked

Police in Amsterdam say they are treating a brutal assault on a 14-year-old girl as a possible LGBTQ-related attack and are appealing for witnesses from World https://ift.tt/3x75TPq

British Prime Minister Urges Caution as New Case Numbers Fall

https://ift.tt/3iXrHba Minister Boris Johnson warned against “premature conclusions” after new coronavirus cases in Britain declined for six consecutive days and advised people to remain cautious. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3x9jKVA

UN says five peacekeepers injured in attack in northern Mali

The United Nations says five U.N. peacekeepers have been injured in an attack using an improvised explosive device in Mali’s restive north from World https://ift.tt/3eWRwXC

Concern rises over anti-corruption efforts in Guatemala

The firing of Guatemala’s top anti-corruption prosecutor and new allegations that someone close to the attorney general was soliciting bribes for protection from investigations have increased concerns that what little capacity the country still had to battle corruption is being dismantled from within from World https://ift.tt/3kVby8Z

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract

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Man fatally shoots ex-wife, man at Houston soccer field

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Veena Reddy sworn-in as first Indian-American USAID Mission Director

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5 die, including deputy, in shootings at California home

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As January 6 probe begins, Democrat vows: 'We have to get it right'

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St. Louis becomes first to reinstate masks in US

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US, China needle each other on 'rights abuse', 'wrongdoings' as heated talks end in stalemate

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Canada installs first indigenous governor general, highlights reconciliation

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