The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” mastermind Lorne Michaels and actress-singer Bette Midler.Organizers expect to …
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Olympic Games an Afterthought for Some Americans
Barring another postponement, Friday’s opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will launch competitions overshadowed by a pandemic that has already forced a major delay, has interfered with the pageantry ahead …
your ads here!Pfizer, BioNTech Agree to Produce COVID-19 Vaccine for Africa
Pfizer and BioNTech have reached an agreement with a South African company to produce their COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in Africa, the biotechnology companies said Wednesday.The Biovac Institute in Cape …
your ads here!Many Tanzanians Still Resisting COVID-19 Preventive Measures
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has moved away from her predecessor’s pandemic denial to urge social distancing, handwashing and mask-wearing. But as the third wave of coronavirus sweeps across Africa, …
your ads here!Fossil Reveals Burrowing Lifestyle of Tiny Dino
A finger-sized fossil from 308 million years ago unearthed in the United States gives tantalizing clues to the habits of tiny dinosaurlike creatures that may be the forerunners of reptiles, …
your ads here!Brisbane Picked to Host 2032 Olympics Without Rival Bid
Brisbane was picked Wednesday to host the 2032 Olympics, the inevitable winner of a one-city race steered by the IOC to avoid rival bids.The Games will go back to Australia …
your ads here!Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Shown Less Effective Against Variants
A study suggests Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine may be less effective against the emerging variants of the coronavirus.Researchers at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine reached the …
your ads here!Athletes Expected to Speak Their Minds at Tokyo Games
Since the last Summer Olympics in 2016, a global Black Lives Matter protest movement has resurfaced. The “Me Too” movement sprung up in support of women’s rights. And both may …
your ads here!First Lady Jill Biden Leading US Olympic Delegation
U.S. first lady Jill Biden heads to Alaska Wednesday on the first stop of a trip that will see her lead the official U.S. delegation at the Olympics in Tokyo. In …
your ads here!Women’s Softball Leads Off Postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The Japanese women’s softball team posted an 8-1 rout of Australia Wednesday to usher in the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Games, delayed for a year by the pandemic, got off to a …
your ads here!Twelve People Killed in Massive Floods in Central China
At least 12 people are dead in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou after massive floods triggered by several days of heavy rains. The rains washed out streets throughout the capital …
your ads here!Billionaire Bezos Makes Successful Suborbital Trip
Space company Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rocketed to space Tuesday, with the world’s oldest and youngest people to ever fly in space in tow. Bezos’ flight follows last week’s …
your ads here!Monster Wildfire Tests Years of Forest Management Efforts
Ecologists in a vast region of wetlands and forest in remote Oregon have spent the past decade thinning young trees and using planned fires to try to restore the thick …
your ads here!US Opioid Lawsuits on Verge of Settlements With 4 Companies
The yearslong effort by state and local governments in the U.S. to force the pharmaceutical industry to help pay to fix a nationwide opioid addiction and overdose crisis took a …
your ads here!US Urges Citizens to Refrain from Traveling to Britain
The U.S. State Department is urging Americans not to travel to Britain because of the rising levels of new COVID-19 cases in the country. The State Department raised its travel …
your ads here!Billionaire Bezos Back on Earth After Successful Suborbital Trip
Billionaire Jeff Bezos was back on earth safely Tuesday after a 10-minute suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft.“Best day ever,” Bezos said after the capsule touched down near …
your ads here!Muslims Mark Eid Al-Adha Holiday in Pandemic’s Shadow
Muslims around the world were observing Tuesday yet another major Islamic holiday in the shadow of the pandemic and amid growing concerns about the highly infectious delta variant of the …
your ads here!In Mecca, Women Take Part in Hajj as ‘Guardian’ Rule Dropped
Bushra Shah, a 35-year-old Pakistani, says she is realizing a childhood dream by making the great pilgrimage to Mecca, and under new rules she’s doing it without a male guardian.The …
your ads here!Billionaire Bezos Ready to Realize Dream of Traveling to Space
American businessman Jeff Bezos is set to become the second billionaire to self-fund a trip to space this month when he blasts off Tuesday morning from a remote desert launch …
your ads here!Blinken Speaks with Iranian American Journalist Targeted in Kidnap Plot
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an Iranian American journalist targeted in what the Justice Department called an Iranian kidnapping plot “has demonstrated tremendous courage.” Blinken tweeted Monday that he had a …
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