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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Fiji’s leader is urging people to get vaccinated as the island nation contends with a devastating outbreak of the delta variant...
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Human Rights Watch: Israeli war crimes apparent in Gaza war
JERUSALEM (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused the Israeli military of carrying attacks that “apparently amount to war crimes” during an 11-day war...
North and South Korea Reopen Communication Lines After a Tense 14 Months
Restoring the hotlines signaled a thaw in inter-Korean relations, which chilled after the collapse of Kim Jong-un’s diplomacy with former President Donald J. Trump. Source:...
Sydney covid lockdown could last months as daily cases reach record high
More than 170 daily cases reported, with block of flats sealed off by police, outbreaks affecting two hospitals and further delays to Novavax vaccineCoronavirus –...
Former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer Robbed, Assaulted in Oakland.
Barbara Boxer, 80, a former U.S. senator, announced Monday on her official Twitter account that she had been assaulted and robbed but was not seriously...
A 2nd New Nuclear Missile Base for China, and Many Questions About Strategy
In the barren desert 1,200 miles west of Beijing, the Chinese government is digging a new field of what appears to be 110 silos for...
Mexican Workers on Border Get Vaccines to Aid Them, and the U.S. Economy
TIJUANA — They labor in factories in Mexico producing goods U.S. consumers enjoy. But where American communities are awash in unused coronavirus vaccines, Mexican workers...
Jeff Bezos offers Nasa $2bn in exchange for moon mission contract
Billionaire lost out to Elon Musk’s SpaceX in lunar bidContract is to build craft to take astronauts to the moonFresh off his trip to space,...
‘It’s Painful’: Infrastructure Talks Near Either a Deal or Collapse
WASHINGTON — A key Republican senator grumbled publicly that Democrats were not being responsive enough. One aide anonymously described a litany of unresolved disagreements, while...
Booker Prize Longlist Is Unveiled
Rachel Cusk’s “Second Place,” Richard Powers’s “Bewilderment” and Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” are among the 13 novels nominated for one of the world’s...