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US transport department faults aviation body over Boeing 737 MAX

In new report, US Transportation Department says ‘much work remains’ in fixing how aviation body certifies new planes.The United States Department of Transportation inspector general...

• Technology

Facebook Bans Myanmar Military Accounts in Aftermath of Coup

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Wednesday that it had banned Myanmar’s military and military-controlled state and media entities from its platforms, weeks after the...

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Biden reverses Trump actions on green cards, architecture and ‘anarchist jurisdictions’

Move undoes actions that blocked many immigrants from entering the US and sought to cut funding to cities Trump deemed ‘lawless’Joe Biden has formally reversed...

• Science

A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report

A new form of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in New York City, and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of...

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Ghana Receives First Vaccine Shipment Through Covax

Ghana on Wednesday became the first country to receive a shipment of coronavirus vaccines through the World Health Organization’s Covax distribution program. Source: New York...

• Politics

Biden Revokes Trump’s Pause on Green Cards

WASHINGTON — President Biden reopened the country on Wednesday to people seeking green cards, ending a ban on legal immigration that President Donald J. Trump...

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California has passed the 50,000-death mark, the most of any state.

A bleak reminder that the recent progress the state has made against the pandemic may be fragile. Source: New York Times

• Economics

Amid Shortfalls, Biden Signs Executive Order to Bolster Critical Supply Chains

WASHINGTON — Automakers have been forced to halt production because of a lack of computer chips. Health care workers battling the coronavirus pandemic had to...

• Science

Haaland, With a Key Vote in Her Column, Appears Headed for Confirmation

WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III, the West Virginia Democrat who heads the Senate Energy Committee, announced Wednesday that he would vote to confirm Representative...

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All suspects in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder arrested, says police chief

Angelo Gafa says all those who masterminded killing of Maltese journalist now apprehended or chargedEvery person involved in the 2017 murder of the anti-corruption journalist...