Israel has sped ahead of any other country in its vaccine rollout, with more than 2 million people out of a total of 9.3 million already having received the first …
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Brazil Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Program for Hard Hit Indigenous People
Indigenous people in Brazil’s rainforest are getting their long awaited first doses of a vaccine against the coronavirus, which has infected thousands in their community and killed hundreds of others. The Brazilian military flew medical workers and 1,000 …
your ads here!Growing Swarms of Locust Converging on Kenya Threaten Crops
Kenya is under siege again by swarms of maturing desert locusts that threaten to ruin farmers’ crops and pastures. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement the locusts are swarming across seven counties, nearly …
your ads here!Palestinian High-Tech Sector Takes Off
In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, dozens of Palestinian high-tech startups are flourishing. Some are branches of international companies, others are all Palestinian. High-tech also offers new possibilities for …
your ads here!Skirting the Water: An Electric Bike Opens Up New Horizons for Bikers
Take a ride on a new kind of bike — one that skirts across lakes and waterways – powered by an electric engine and a battery. Michelle Quinn got a ride.Camera: Michelle …
your ads here!South Africa Coronavirus Cases Decline, But New Variant Spreading Quickly
South Africa is reporting both good and bad news in the battle against the coronavirus, seeing a decline in confirmed cases along with the spread of a new, more infectious …
your ads here!Serbia Becomes First European Country to Use Chinese COVID Vaccine for Mass Rollout
Hundreds of members of Serbia’s military lined up on Tuesday in their camouflage uniforms at an exhibition hall in Belgrade where nurses injected them with a Chinese-made vaccine against COVID-19. …
your ads here!Meghan Seeks Court Ruling over ‘Serious Breach’ of Privacy
Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a British judge on Tuesday to settle her lawsuit against a newspaper before it goes to trial by ruling that its publication of …
your ads here!COVID-19 Threat Will Likely Keep Border Closed in 2021, Australia Says
Australia has said it could keep its external borders closed for the rest of 2021 because of the coronavirus. 28,721 coronavirus cases have been reported in Australia since the pandemic …
your ads here!NYC Fashion Illustrator Tells COVID Stories Through Art
New York City-based fashion illustrator and writer Rebecca Moses decided to turn a quarantine art project into a gift to all New York City nurses. Nina Vishneva has the story, narrated by …
your ads here!Garth Brooks Joins Lineup of Entertainers at Biden Inaugural
Add Garth Brooks to the lineup of entertainers at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden “This is a great day in our household,” the country music superstar said during a …
your ads here!California First in US to Post More than 3 Million Total COVID-19 Cases
California has become the first U.S state to post more than 3 million total coronavirus cases. As of Tuesday, the western state, home to 40 million residents, has 3,015,644 confirmed …
your ads here!Turkey Hits Twitter, Pinterest with Advertising Bans
Turkey imposed advertising bans Tuesday on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest for not complying with a new law requiring social media companies to appoint a local representative to handle content removal …
your ads here!Mexico Temporarily Suspends Pfizer Vaccine Purchases to Help Supply Doses to Poor Countries
Mexico expects to receive its last Pfizer–BioNTech vaccines against COVID-19 Tuesday for the next three weeks as it supports a United Nations’ proposal to limit purchases in order to make vaccines available to poor countries. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Mexico …
your ads here!WHO Chief: World on Brink of ‘Moral Failure’ Over COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
The head of the World Health Organization says the world is “on the brink of a moral catastrophic failure” for its unequal sharing of COVID-19 vaccinations. Addressing a WHO executive board …
your ads here!Powerful 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Western Argentina
A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit San Juan Province in Argentina late Monday night, according to early reports from the U.S. Geological Survey. A series of aftershocks, with a lower magnitude than the quake also occurred. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said the earthquake in west …
your ads here!Parler Partially Reappears with Support from Russian Technology Firm
Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company.Parler vanished from the internet when …
your ads here!Watchdog Agency: Energy Sector Needs to Decrease Methane Emissions
Oil and gas companies are not doing enough to decrease the release of methane gases, a main source of planet-heating emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new …
your ads here!COVID-19 Deaths Rising In 30 US States Amid Winter Surge
Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking …
your ads here!Should Social Media Platforms Lose Legal Protection?
The decision by social media giants to police more content, along with banning U.S. President Donald Trump and some of his supporters from posting, is intensifying a debate in Europe …
your ads here!Malawi Announces New Lockdown Measures as COVID Cases Surge
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has introduced new lockdown measures to contain a jump in confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19. The restrictions include school closures, a night-time curfew, and no …
your ads here!WHO: Poor Countries Missing Out on Life Saving COVID-19 Vaccines
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warns the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines between rich and poor countries will prolong the global pandemic. Tedros delivered …
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