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BARCELONA, SPAIN — European countries diverged Wednesday on whether they would push ahead with giving their residents Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of very rare blood clots in …
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BANGKOK — Thailand reported more than 1,300 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, setting another daily record and adding pressure on the government to speed up a nearly nonexistent vaccination drive …
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BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. — Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge the white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis …
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JUNEAU, ALASKA — The state health department Tuesday said upcoming appointments for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Alaska are being cancelled or delayed after federal agencies recommended …
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YAOHNANEN VILLAGE, TANNA, VANUATU — Pacific villagers who worship Prince Philip are considering whether his son Charles should be anointed his successor as the remote jungle communities hold a marathon …
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BERLIN — Austria’s health minister announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying that he couldn’t continue in the grueling job of helping lead the country’s coronavirus response because of persistent personal …
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MINNEAPOLIS — The defence for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death was set to start presenting its case Tuesday, following 11 days of a prosecution narrative …
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PARIS, FRANCE — The Group of Seven leading economic powers on Monday called on Russia to stop its “provocations” and “de-escalate tensions” following its troop build-up on the border with …
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WINDSOR, ENGLAND — Prince William, second in line to the throne, hailed his “grandpa” Prince Philip for his dutiful service to the crown, but said that the late duke would …
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MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of a feminist activist and artist charged with disseminating pornography after she shared artwork depicting female anatomy online — a …
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Myanmar’s military is charging families CAD$107 to retrieve the bodies of relatives killed by security forces in a bloody crackdown on Friday, according to activists. At least 82 people were killed …
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PALM BEACH, FLA. — It was supposed to be a unifying weekend for a Republican Party at war with itself over former U.S. President Donald Trump’s divisive leadership. But Trump …
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AMMAN, JORDAN — Jordan’s Prince Hamzah on Sunday made his first public appearance since he was placed under house arrest last week, reciting Quranic verses together with King Abdullah II …
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A pilot project in a California town is paying homeless residents to tidy up their living areas, and it’s changing the culture of the city. The idea stemmed from a …
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PANAMA CITY, FLA. — A cluster of severe storms swept across the South early Saturday, leaving one person dead in Louisiana, toppling trees and power lines in Mississippi, dropping large …
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LOS ANGELES — The mother of three children — all under the age of 5 — found slain inside a Los Angeles apartment Saturday morning has been arrested, police said. …
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LONDON — The funeral service for Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, will be held on April 17, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday, adding that their grandson Prince Harry …
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For over a week, riots have marred the streets across five cities and towns in Northern Ireland. Cars and a bus have been hijacked and burned, young people have thrown …
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HOUSTON — Police believe an infant was fatally shot Friday by his 3-year-old brother after the older boy got a hold of a gun inside a Houston apartment. The infant …
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Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a seaside resort for African Americans but suffered racist harassment and were stripped …
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TORONTO — Buckingham Palace is asking mourners hoping to pay tribute to Prince Philip to do so by following pandemic guidelines. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the palace has asked …
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BELFAST, UNITED KINGDOM — Gangs of youths threw stones and fireworks at police in Belfast who hit back with water cannons as violence flared again on the streets of Northern …
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SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for waging another “arduous march” to fight severe economic difficulties, for the first time comparing them to …
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ANKARA, TURKEY — Turkey on Thursday strongly rejected accusations that it snubbed Ursula von der Leyen — one of the European Union’s most powerful executives — because of her gender …
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden, in his first gun control measures since taking office, announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across …
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ROCK HILL, S.C. — A suspect was found after an hours-long search for the attacker in a South Carolina shooting Wednesday evening that left five people, including two children, dead, …
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Parts of Northern Ireland saw their sixth consecutive night of violence Wednesday as unionists and nationalists clashed with police and each other. Unrest first broke out last week amid rising …
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WASHINGTON — The American military is warning that China is probably accelerating its timetable for capturing control of Taiwan, the island democracy that has been the chief source of tension …
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FREDERICK, MD. — A Navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was assigned to a Naval medical …
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BANGKOK — A Buddhist monk who was trapped by floodwaters inside a cave in northern Thailand for four days has been rescued by divers, a provincial official said Wednesday. The …
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