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China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe
Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive in China this week for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Monday.
Alabama nurse did not die as a result of receiving COVID-19 vaccine
A 42-year-old nurse in Alabama died after she received the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed that no deaths have occurred as a result...
Germany bans far-right, pro-Nazi group; Police raid homes
More than 180 police officers raided homes in three German states early Tuesday after the German government banned a far-right group, the interior ministry said.
New Zealand joins Australia in denouncing China’s tweet
New Zealand has joined Australia in denouncing a graphic tweet posted by a Chinese official that shows a fake image of a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to a child’s throat.
NYC to reopen schools, even as virus spread intensifies
New York City will reopen its school system to in-person learning, and increase the number of days a week many children attend class, even as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies in the city, Mayor Bi...
Doctor says Biden fractured foot while playing with his dog
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden fractured his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, an injury discovered in a scan Sunday and that will likely require him to wear a boot for...
India farmers press on with protest despite offer to talk
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of farmers in and around the Indian capital on Saturday pressed on with their protest against agricultural legislation they said could devastate crop prices, while the gover...
Trump slams global climate agreement Biden intends to rejoin
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the U.S. economy, not s...
She fled Ethiopia’s fighting. Now she warns of ‘catastrophe’
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Shaken by the gunfire erupting around her town in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the woman decided to get out. She joined a long line at the local government office for the p...
Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump’s scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the...
2nd virus vaccine shows striking success in US tests
A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine — this one from Moderna Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly needed dose of hope as the pandemic enters a terrible new phase...