US confirms first case of Brazil COVID-19 variant
News comes as President Joe Biden reinstates coronavirus travel bans for most non-US citizens from several countries. The United States
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US House delivers Trump impeachment article to Senate
The US House of Representatives has presented its article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate, a step that
Read moreUS allows transactions with Houthis as ‘terrorist’ label reviewed
Aid groups warn the Trump administration’s designation of Yemeni rebels could trigger famine in the war-torn country. The United States
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US police have killed 135 unarmed Black people since 2015: NPR
A review of thousands of documents found officers with ‘troubled pasts’ are hired and rarely face prison time over the
Read moreCentral African Republic gov’t says forces killed 44 rebels
Government says army and ‘allied forces’ launched offensive in Boyali village, about 90km from the capital, Bangui. Central African Republic
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Can Turkey and Greece resolve their maritime dispute?
The two countries have resumed talks over rights in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. Source link
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Biden reverses Trump’s ban on transgender people in US military
New US president issues an order reversing a Pentagon rule that had barred transgender people from military service. President Joe
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Moderna says COVID vaccine works against variants
US biotech firm plans trials of a booster shot against the virus strain first discovered in South Africa as precaution.
Read moreIndia, China army commanders’ talks on border dispute ‘positive’
Ninth round of negotiations to defuse tensions came days after Indian and Chinese soldiers brawled again along frontier. India and
Read moreCOVID: How has the UK managed to master the vaccine roll-out?
London, United Kingdom – When Ayesha Sharieff, a general practitioner in a south London surgery, administered the first COVID vaccines
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