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Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China as they met Friday at the White House in Biden's first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 17 2021 @ 12:05am
Biden to pull troops from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will withdraw remaining U.S. troops from the "forever war" in Afghanistan, declaring the Sept. 11 terror attacks of 20 years ago cannot justify American forces still dying in the nation's longest war.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 15 2021 @ 12:05am
US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several U.S. officials said Tuesday.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 14 2021 @ 12:05am
Iran calls Natanz atomic site blackout ‘nuclear terrorism’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising regional tensions as world powers and Tehran continue to negotiate over its tattered nuclear deal.
Published Apr. 12 2021 @ 12:25am
Brazil’s virus outlook darkens amid vaccine supply snags
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — April is shaping up to be Brazil’s darkest month yet in the pandemic, with hospitals struggling with a crush of patients, deaths on track for record highs and few signs of a reprieve from a troubled vaccination program in Latin America’s largest nation.
Published Apr. 12 2021 @ 12:20am
Aid group facilities targeted in northeast Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists attacked the offices of several international aid groups, setting them ablaze and renewing concerns Sunday about the safety of humanitarian workers in Nigeria’s embattled northeast.
Published Apr. 12 2021 @ 12:20am
Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths
Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections.
by the Associated Press
Published Apr. 11 2021 @ 12:05am
Countries hit new records for virus cases, deaths
Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 9 2021 @ 12:05am
Holocaust survivors use social media to fight anti-Semitism
BERLIN (AP) — Alarmed by a rise in online anti-Semitism during the pandemic, coupled with studies indicating younger generations lack even basic knowledge of the Nazi genocide, Holocaust survivors are taking to social media to share their experiences of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 9 2021 @ 12:05am
Vaccine reaches world's far corners
After enduring 40-knot winds and freezing sea spray, jostled health care providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in the North Atlantic late last month to conduct coronavirus vaccinations.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 8 2021 @ 12:05am
Christians mark another pandemic Easter
Christianity's most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of "Hallelujah" through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday marked by pandemic precautions.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 5 2021 @ 12:05am
UK: Benefits outweigh risks for AstraZeneca despite 7 deaths
LONDON (AP) — Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.
by Associated Press
Published Apr. 4 2021 @ 12:05am
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