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Minnesota, Canadian lawmakers search for border solutions
No "vaccine passport" for travelers to or from Canada yet.
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UK to ease lockdown next week, will test vaccine passports
Britain's slow but steady march out of a three-month lockdown remains on track even as coronavirus cases surge elsewhere in Europe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday, as he confirmed that businesses from barbers to bookstores will be allowed to reopen next week.
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Smugglers drop children over U.S. border barrier
U.S. Border Patrol agents found the toddler and her 5-year-old sister and they were transported to a nearby Border Patrol station for medical evaluation.
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Chauvin trial marks defining moment in U.S. racial history
What began 10 months ago at the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue has transformed into nothing less than an American reckoning on justice, racial equity, the role of law enforcement and the historical wrongs perpetrated on Black people.
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Daily Mail denied media credentials for publishing body-camera footage in George Floyd case
Outlet published it in August, against court orders.
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UN envoy demands foreign fighters and mercenaries exit Libya
The new U.N. special envoy for Libya urged foreign forces and mercenaries Wednesday to leave the conflict-stricken country as demanded in last year's cease-fire agreement.
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Honduras company says seized vaccine was for employees
A Honduran company said Tuesday that it had no intention of illegally bringing several thousand COVID-19 doses into the country when Mexican customs officials found them on a private plane last week.
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Texas law enforcement adds to US border response
The Texas Department of Public Safety, whose responsibilities do not include enforcing federal immigration laws, offered news media tours of aerial and river patrols of the Rio Grande Valley.
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UN chief calls for halt to violence and abuse against Asians
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for a halt to all violence against Asians and people of Asian descent, the United Nations said Monday.
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Friend: 2 Australian agriculture consultants held in Myanmar
An Australian couple working as agriculture development consultants in Myanmar are being detained at their home after the woman was not allowed to leave the country, a friend said Monday.
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Brazil security law being turned on president's critics
Protesters against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defied police in the capital Friday, a day after the latest round of arrests of the leader's critics under a dictatorship-era national security law.
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Egyptian activist sentenced to 18 months for 'fake news'
An Egyptian court on Wednesday convicted a prominent human rights activist of spreading false news and insulting a police officer, and sentenced her to 18 months in prison, her family and lawyer said.
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Defying pandemic, feminists in Spain decry far-right attacks
Women in Spain on Monday marked this year's International Women's Day with static protests, pot-banging, bicycle fun rides and other small-sized events to prevent gatherings that could trigger a new spike of coronavirus infections.
Meghan, Harry and Oprah talk about royal rift
In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday, Harry and Meghan described painful palace discussions about the color of their son's skin, losing royal protection and the intense pressures that led the Duchess of Sussex to contemplate suicide.
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North Macedonia police make big marijuana seizure, arrest 3
Police in North Macedonia said Sunday they have cracked down on an international drug smugglers' ring in two separate operations in the country's south, seizing over 500 kilograms of marijuana and arrested three men.
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From Minnesota to Italy: Rare fresco project spotlights biblical women
Fresco of biblical women starts in Minnesota, destined for church outside Rome
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Most coronavirus deaths occurred in countries with high obesity levels
Britain, Italy and the United States were among nations with some of the largest proportions of coronavirus deaths.
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Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops
At least 10 rockets targeted Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province in western Iraq on Wednesday.
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