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I love to walk through small villages where life is still normal. Small places where people are driving tractors and there is one baker, one church. The people in these places aren’t multitasking. They go about their days in a normal way. Someone shows up and they want to know, “Hey, what brought you here?” …
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NEW DELHI — Adar Poonawalla made big promises. The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against Covid-19. His India-based empire signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to make and export doses to suffering countries. Those promises have …
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Palestinians protested ahead of a decision that will come from the Israeli Supreme Court on whether to uphold the eviction of six families from a neighborhood in East Jerusalem in favor of Jewish settlers. Source link
The signals from either side of the border between Canada and the United States this week could not have been more dissimilar. On this side, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, who has repeatedly blamed travelers for the third wave of Covid-19, put out an ad condemning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for …
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After all, Lonely Planet, which was founded by Tony Wheeler with his wife, Maureen, was itself named by mistake. Mr. Wheeler thought he was adopting the name from the lyrics to “Space Captain,” sung by Joe Cocker and written by Matthew Moore — until his wife corrected him. (The actual line is “Once while traveling …
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan announced on Friday that it was extending the state of emergency in Tokyo and other cities until the end of May to contain the increase of coronavirus cases. Source link
In 2012, the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns recognized her efforts, awarding her its “Spirit of the U.N.” award. Influenced by the shamanic teachings of Carlos Castaneda and others, her activism could veer toward the mystical, which somehow seemed appropriate, given Ms. Kraft’s interests in all things magical and colorful growing up. …
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An explosion in the capital, Malé, on Thursday night left the former President Mohamed Nasheed in critical condition. Police said the attack was an assassination attempt. Source link
new video loaded: W.H.O. Approves China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 Vaccine transcript Back transcript W.H.O. Approves China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 Vaccine The World Health Organization’s authorization of the vaccine for emergency use on Friday allows it to be included in Covax, W.H.O’s global initiative to increase vaccine access in low- and middle-income countries. Solving the vaccine crisis requires …
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Australia will resume repatriation flights for Australian nationals in India after May 15, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. The resumption will end a travel ban that made it a criminal offense for citizens and residents of Australia to enter the country from India. No other democratic nation has issued a similar ban on …
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