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Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant
Middle East
December 20, 2021
Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries…
Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’
World
December 20, 2021
Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world,” the White House’s top medical adviser…
How COVID-19 upended Blinken’s diplomatic mission
World
December 19, 2021
How COVID-19 upended Blinken’s diplomatic mission
HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — US Air Force Special Air Mission 50601 departed from Joint Base Andrews on the night of…
Iran nuke talks adjourn, Europeans say pause disappointing
Middle East
December 19, 2021
Iran nuke talks adjourn, Europeans say pause disappointing
VIENNA (AP) — Talks aimed at salvaging Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers adjourned Friday to allow the…
Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency
Middle East
December 19, 2021
Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Muslim nations sought to respond to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as…
Restaurants anxious as omicron, high food costs take toll
World
December 19, 2021
Restaurants anxious as omicron, high food costs take toll
DETROIT (AP) — While restaurants in the U.S. and United Kingdom are open without restrictions and often bustling, they are…
Russia hands proposals to US on security guarantees, Kremlin says
World
December 15, 2021
Russia hands proposals to US on security guarantees, Kremlin says
MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Russia handed the United States concrete proposals for binding security guarantees that it wants from…
Biden visiting storm-ravaged Kentucky to offer aid, support
World
December 15, 2021
Biden visiting storm-ravaged Kentucky to offer aid, support
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the fifth time since taking office less than a year ago, President Joe Biden is taking…
US COVID death toll hits 800,000, a year into vaccine drive
World
December 15, 2021
US COVID death toll hits 800,000, a year into vaccine drive
The US death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more…
One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
World
December 14, 2021
One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy…