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Live updates: Several new vaccine developments raise hopes even as virus variants proliferate

New vaccines are hitting the market while drug makers are retooling the existing ones to combat the emerging, more virulent strains of the virus.Source: Washington...

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‘V.I.P. Immunization’ for the Powerful and Their Cronies Rattles South America

LIMA, Peru — The hope brought by the arrival of the first vaccines in South America is hardening into anger as inoculation campaigns have spiraled...

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For Shielding Endangered Neighbors, Pandas Make Flimsy Umbrellas

Most panda reserves consist of bamboo forests at high elevation, which is not ideal for all wildlife. The researchers found that two threatened species, Asiatic...

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For Travel, a Sustainable Comeback?

Tomorrow’s Air, a new climate action group incubated by the Adventure Travel Trade Association, is taking a different tack, both technologically and socially. It champions...

• Politics

Full CPAC 2021 Guide: Trump, Cruz, Pompeo and More

Starting on Friday, a medley of conservative politicians, commentators and activists will descend on Orlando, Fla., for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, commonly known...

• Technology

Can Clubhouse Move Fast Without Breaking Things?

From the start, there were signs that Clubhouse was speed-running the platform life cycle. Weeks after launching, it ran into claims that it was allowing...

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Blinken chooses Canada and Mexico for first ‘virtual trip’ abroad

The secretary of state will hold meetings with America’s key neighbors amid new challenges on immigration and energy.Source: Washington Post

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China celebrates official end of extreme poverty, lauds Xi

BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party is celebrating the official end of extreme poverty in China with a propaganda campaign that praises President Xi...

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Xi Jinping declares China has achieved ‘human miracle’ of eliminating extreme poverty

This picture taken on January 13, 2021 shows farmer Mi Jiazhi smoking in front of his old residence in Baojing county, in central China's Hunan...

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Australia’s Qantas delays target date for international flights

The airline now says it is aiming to resume international flights in October, as it reported a 75 percent plunge in revenue.Qantas Airways Ltd says...