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The Nobel Prize in medicine opens 6 days of award announcements
STOCKHOLM — STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel prizes award season begins Monday with the announcement by a panel at the…
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Zuckerberg: White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content
WASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the…
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Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy
The world’s governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N.…
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Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some don’t like it
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they…
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Former UK leader Boris Johnson returns for second day of COVID-19 inquiry testimony
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is defending his efforts to balance the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 ByDANICA…
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North Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Sunday it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line…
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US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked…
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Nearly 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia so far for annual Hajj pilgrimage
Saudi officials say close to 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in the country so far for the annual Hajj…
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Long-unfinished blue Strip tower sets date for grand opening
A soaring blue-glass resort that has sat empty and unfinished for close to two decades on the Las Vegas Strip…
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Middle East
Traffic surges at Dubai airport but lags behind 2019 peak
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Traffic more than doubled last year at Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international…
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