In the volatile waters where the Persian Gulf meets the Arabian Sea, Iran maintains a formidable and seemingly permanent influence over the
An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) sovereign lending to the Philippines is expected to reach $9.4 billion between 2021 and 2023, with at least two-thirds going into infrastructure, health, and employment recovery to help the government revitalize the economy amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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The Chief of Staff to then Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia entered a guilty plea today to charges of extortion, bribery and making false statements.
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“In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,” President-elect Joe Biden said Monday night, shortly after the Electoral College vote that confirmed his presidency.
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The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was killed in a targeted attack Tuesday morning when someone stuck a magnetic mine, also called a sticky bomb to his car.
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As U.S. hospitals ramped up COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday with the first vaccine approved for emergency use, federal regulators issued a favorable review of a second vaccine needed to combat the country's worsening crisis.
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The United Nations has recorded the deaths of 255 people in 66 massacres in Colombia this year, as well as the killing of 120 human rights defenders, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday.
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More than 500 pupils attend Bilisuma primary school in Gursum District in Ethiopia’s Oromia Regional State, despite there being, until recently, no school to attend.
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Health emergencies take place daily in Cox’s Bazar district and nearby refugee camps, affecting people of all ages and spanning all types of injuries and infections, heart attacks and strokes, pregnancy-related complications and chronic diseases.
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COVID-19 has greatly disrupted the journeys of migrants making their way to and through Yemen, where migrant arrivals have decreased by over 80 per cent since the onset of the pandemic.
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