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COVID Has Killed 15 Million People Worldwide, WHO Says
The problem is that 85 of the 194 countries surveyed by the WHO technical advisory group that came up with the new estimates don’t have good enough death registries for this to be a viable approach. Forty-one of those countries are in sub-Saharan Africa. For these countries, a team led by Jonathan Wakefield, a statistician at the University of Washington…
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Jill Biden Visits Ukraine, Meets Zelensky’s Wife, Olena Zelenska
After almost two hours in Ukraine, Biden’s motorcade returned to Slovakia. The US first lady has been on a tour of Eastern Europe to meet with American troops and Ukrainian refugees. Earlier on Sunday, she met with volunteers in Slovakia assisting refugees and visited another school where children were making crafts projects for Mother’s Day. “The hearts of the American…
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte, And Prince Louis
For the first time, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis rode in a carriage together for the annual Trooping the Colour parade, as the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations kicked off in London on Thursday. The children rode with their mother, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton), and step-grandmother, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. Their father, Prince William,…
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A Year From College, The Taliban Banned Her From School
As her first day of school under Taliban rule approached, Sajida Hussaini was hopeful. Her father, a teacher for 17 years, and her mother had instilled in her and her siblings the value of education, and now she was one year away from graduating high school. Even though the Taliban had taken over the country last summer, marking an end…
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18 Fascinating Facts About Japan I Learned In Tokyo
18. Bonus — I HAD to include this point about masks, which I wrote back in 2019: And of course, everyone wears face masks, for reasons as diverse as wanting to avoid air pollution, allergens, or germs or even wanting to cover up a spot or blemish! Source link
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Brittney Griner Writes Joe Biden A Letter
Brittney Griner has written to President Joe Biden with an urgent plea: “Please don’t forget about me.” The message from the WNBA star was delivered via a letter she handwrote from the Russian jail where she has been held since being arrested in February at a Moscow airport on drug charges. She faces up to 10 years in prison if…
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25 Pictures To Remember Boris Johnson's Time As Prime Minister
Them’s the breaks! View Entire Post › Source link
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World Leaders React To Assassination
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday by a gunman who shot him as he appeared at a campaign event. Abe’s death has sent shockwaves through Japan, where deadly violence and shootings are extremely rare, and around the world. The 67-year-old was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, having held office twice from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012…
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Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty In Russia, Gets Biden Note
Basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian courtroom on Thursday, but not before she was handed a note from President Joe Biden. With the hope that a guilty plea might be her best shot at a lenient sentence in what experts fear is a sham trial, the WBNA player admitted to taking hashish oil into…
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Judge Rules Mail On Sunday Article Defamatory
The High Court judge agreed with this interpretation, writing that the story could lead readers to believe that Harry had purposefully tried to bamboozle the public about the truth of his legal proceedings against the government. “It may be possible to ‘spin’ facts in a way that does not mislead, but the allegation being made in the article was very…
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