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Covid-hit Chinese City Tells Residents to Stay Home as Holiday Starts
Visitors to Xiamen's residential compounds are not allowed without approval, non-essential vehicle traffic in and out of residential areas is forbidden, and dining in at restaurants, cafes, and other venues is prohibited.
US President Biden to Focus on Combating Covid-19 Pandemic, Climate Crisis in First UNGA Address
President Biden will speak to our top priorities: ending the COVID-19 pandemic; combating climate change climate the climate crisis; and defending human rights, democracy, and the international rules-based order.
Empty Desk Array At UN Spotlights Lost Learning In Pandemic
While world leaders converge on the U.N. headquarters next week, the coronavirus will be on the agenda and a set of empty, backpackdraped chairs and desks will symbolize what the pandemic has done to education.
'Devious Licks' Videos Of Damage, Thefts Bedevil US Schools
Kids across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves vandalizing school bathrooms and stealing soap dispensers and even turf from football fields, bedeviling school administrators seeking to contain the viral internet trend.
Showtime's 'The Circus' Resumes — But Has Circus Left Town?
What does The Circus do when the circus has left town?
Nine Killed, Ten Critical in Firing Over Land Dispute in Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
The police team rushed to the site and cordoned off the entire area and carried out a massive search operation to arrest the fleeing accused.
'My Children Need Food': Kabul Streets Turn Into Flea Market as Afghans Struggle Amid Economic Collapse
In a desperate need to survive, Afghans were seen selling everything to find enough money to get food or arrange resources to escape
IMF Chief Denies Altering World Bank Report To Avoid Angering China
The investigation also found "improper changes" in the 2020 report affecting the rankings of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan.
Brazil Official Wants Halt To Teen COVID-19 Shots After Death; Health Agency Says No Evidence For Move
Brazil's federal government wants to halt COVID19 vaccinations for most adolescents, citing a death under investigation and adverse events after some 3.5 million teens have already been immunized, but several state governments vowed to press on.
EPA Strikes Deal For Cleanup Of Battery Site That Burned
The Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with a northern Illinois battery company to clean up a warehouse where a June fire led to the evacuation of thousands of nearby residents, the agency said Thursday.
Judge Invites Prince Andrew To Request Unsealing Of Records
Prince Andrew can request the unsealing of a 2009 settlement agreement that his lawyer claims protects him from a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a girl two decades ago, a U.S. judge said Thursday.
West African Bloc Imposes Sanctions On Guinea Junta
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea on Thursday and demanded they return the country to constitutional rule within six months, the president of the bloc's commission said.
Lawyer Charged In Durham Probe With Making False Statement
The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government's investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI.
Earthquake Of Magnitude 6 Strikes China's Sichuan Province
The quake struck at 4:33 am (local time), the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Cuba Publishes Draft Family Code That Opens Door To Gay Marriage
Cuba published a longawaited draft of a new family code on Wednesday that would open the door to gay marriage if approved, in a move that LGBT rights activists applauded cautiously as they remained wary of whether it would actually be implemented.
Van Zweden To Leave New York Philharmonic After 2023-24
Jaap van Zweden will leave the New York Philharmonic at the end of the 202324 season after six years as music director, the shortest tenure of anyone in a halfcentury.