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Spain: Snow adds to misery in Madrid slum area without power MADRID (AP) — As record snowfall and sub-freezing temperatures enveloped much of normally temperate Spain, few residents suffered as severely as the thousands who live in La Caada Real Galiana, a mega-shantytown outside Madrid that is ranked as one of the biggest slum areas in Europe. Published Jan. 14 2021 @ 12:05am

China: WHO experts to visit Wuhan in virus origins probe BEIJING (AP) — World Health Organization experts will visit the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected in late 2019, at the start of their investigation into the origins of the pandemic, China said Tuesday. Published Jan. 13 2021 @ 12:05am

UK ramps up vaccine rollout LONDON (AP) — Britain's health secretary said Sunday that every adult in the country will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine by the autumn as the U. by Associated Press Published Jan. 11 2021 @ 12:05am

Africa exceeds 3M COVID-19 cases, 30% in S Africa JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19 on Sunday, including more than 72,000 deaths, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. by Associated Press Published Jan. 11 2021 @ 12:05am

Body parts, debris found after Indonesia plane crash JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers pulled out body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early this morning, a day after a Boeing 737-500 with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, officials said. by Associated Press Published Jan. 10 2021 @ 12:05am

French vaccine rollout slowed by red tape, focus on elderly PARIS (AP) — The few hours it took to give the first coronavirus vaccine shots to 14 residents of the John XXIII nursing home — named after a pope and not far from the birthplace in eastern France of vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur — took weeks of preparation. by Associated Press Published Jan. 10 2021 @ 12:05am

Vaccination drive enters new phase in US, Britain The first Americans inoculated against COVID-19 began rolling up their sleeves for their second and final dose Monday, while Britain introduced another vaccine on the same day it imposed a new nationwide lockdown against the rapidly surging virus. by the Associated Press Published Jan. 5 2021 @ 12:05am

Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes S Korean ship DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran began enriching uranium Monday to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and also seized a South Korean-flagged tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a double-barreled challenge to the West that further raised Mideast tensions. by Associated Press Published Jan. 5 2021 @ 12:05am