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Pfizer vaccine stops COVID-19 spread, Israeli study shows
The early results on lab-confirmed infections in Israel are important because they show the vaccine may also prevent asymptomatic carriers from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19, something that hadn't been clear so far.
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Ice road becomes a lifeline to Minnesota's Northwest Angle
Canada's COVID closures left the Northwest Angle inaccessible. Residents engineered a solution.
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Ice road becomes a lifeline to Minnesota's Northwest Angle
Canada's COVID closures left the Northwest Angle inaccessible. Residents engineered a solution.
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Joe Biden declares to allies: 'America is back'
The president made the statement speaking virtually to the annual Munich Security Conference, his first address before a global audience.
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U.S. ready for talks with Iran on nuclear deal
It's a sharp repudiation of former President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure campaign" that sought to isolate the Islamic Republic.
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Alleged boss in sophisticated sex trafficking ring extradited from Belgium to Minnesota
Sumalee Intarathong, 59, made her first court appearance this week.
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Indonesian public workers, traders next in line for shots
Public workers, people over 60 and traders and security personnel are next in line for COVID-19 shots in Indonesia on Wednesday, after more 1.1 million mostly health workers received the vaccine in the first phase of inoculation.
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No-confidence debate begins in Thailand's Parliament
Opposition parties in Thailand on Tuesday began debating a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and nine members of his Cabinet who face accusations of mismanaging the economy, bungling the provision of COVID-19 vaccines, abusing human rights and corruption.
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'Cancel your vacation plans': Canada tightens border rules
Northern Minnesota resorts have long awaited looser COVID-related border restrictions, but Canadian officials have not budged even amid pressure from U.S. officials.
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Denmark: Man charged with planning terror attack
A naturalized Danish man was charged Monday with planning to commit an act of terror in an unknown location in Denmark or abroad, Denmark's top prosecutor said.
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Israeli commander says Hamas has amassed vast arsenal
The Hamas militant group ruling Gaza has replenished its arsenal since a 2014 war with Israel and now has a vast collection of rockets, guided missiles and drones, a senior Israeli military commander said Thursday.
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A decade after 2011 protests, Bahrain suppresses all dissent
A decade after demonstrators massed in Bahrain's capital to call for the downfall of their government in 2011, authorities continue to suppress all signs of dissent. Activists behind those turbulent days say the memory of the protests that threatened the Sunni monarchy's grip on power is all but extinguished.
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Spokesman: Muslim youth kills Ahmadi physician in Pakistan
A Pakistani Muslim youth shot and killed an Ahmadi homeopathic doctor at his clinic in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, the police and a spokesman for the minority group said.
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Lebanese ex-army chief testifies in Beirut port blast probe
Lebanon's former army chief told the lead investigator of last year's massive Beirut port blast on Thursday that he had recommended, years before the explosion, that tons of seized ammonium nitrate stored there be sold privately or sent back to importers.
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Serbia says it's ready for Russian vaccine production
Serbia is ready to domestically produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine after successfully using it and a Chinese-developed shot in its inoculation campaign, officials said Thursday.
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Rockets from Afghanistan kill boy in Pakistan, wound 7
Rockets fired by militants inside Afghanistan killed a five-year-old boy and wounded seven other children in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, the military said.
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Opposition calls on Haitians to 'rise up' as strife deepens
Hundreds of Haitians chanted "Down with kidnapping! Down with dictatorship!" as they marched through the streets of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, bolstering opposition leaders who stepped up their demands that President Jovenel Moïse resign.
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Snow, ice disrupt transport in central, northern Europe
Transport disruption in Germany and the Netherlands persisted into a second day on Monday as heavy snowfall and icy temperatures gripped parts of central and northern Europe. Some Dutch children's return to school after a coronavirus lockdown was delayed.
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St. Cloud-based Guard unit heading to Kuwait for 'All Night Long' mission
While on its 9-month deployment, the unit will provide aerial support for troop and combat operations.
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