AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine after over three million doses administered

After more than three billion doses, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn. AstraZeneca said it was “incredibly proud” of the vaccine, but it had made a

Police break up pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demos spread across Europe

Berlin police yesterday broke up a protest by several hundred pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied a courtyard on Berlin’s Free University earlier in the day. The protesters

Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America

The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America. It’s a significant shift

Macron sets trade, Ukraine as top priority as President Xi pays a state visit to France

China’s President Xi Jinping arrived at the French presidential palace yesterday for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic

Hungary and Serbia’s leaders to roll out red carpet for Xi during Europe tour

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half, a region

As China, Iran allegedly hunt for dissidents, the FBI is racing to counter the threat

After a participant in the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York City, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a

Spain’s Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio

Spain’s Prado Museum confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021 is in fact a work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo

Celebrating excellence in journalism and the arts, Pulitzer Prizes to be awarded today

The Pulitzer Prizes are set to be announced today , traditionally the most anticipated day of the year for those hoping to earn print journalism’s most prestigious honor.

As Putin begins another six-year term, he is entering a new era of extraordinary power

 Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin tomorrow will put his hand on a copy of the constitution and

King Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people

King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since

Workers’ rallies confront turbulent times around the world

Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with largely peaceful protests on May 1st over rising prices, low wages and calls for greater labor rights.

Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign

Herbert Rubinstein was 5 years old when he and his mother where taken from the Jewish ghetto of Chernivtsi and put on a cramped cattle wagon waiting

Talks advance on a treaty to end plastic pollution

Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished yesterday in Canada. For the first time in the

Winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has cancer

One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had

King Charles III returns to public duties with a trip to a cancer charity

King Charles III returned to public duties yesterday, visiting a cancer treatment charity and beginning his carefully managed comeback after the monarch’s own cancer diagnosis sidelined him for three months.

Leading presidential candidate is a late entry promising return to better times

The leading candidate to be Panama’s next president is a last-minute stand-in who promises to return the Central American country to a boom time that experts say

Nicole Kidman, who ‘makes movies better,’ gets AFI Life Achievement Award

Morgan Freeman spoke the words, but pretty much everyone who took the stage at the presentation of the AFI Life Achievement Award agreed: “ Nicole Kidman.

Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as a planned Rafah offensive looms

Hamas said Saturday it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the

Putin announces plans to visit China in May

Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week he plans to visit China in May, in what could become the first foreign trip for the Russian leader after

Two Russian journalists jailed on ‘extremism’ charges for alleged work for Navalny group

Two Russian journalists were arrested by their government on “extremism” charges and ordered by courts there on Saturday to remain in custody pending investigation and trial on accusations

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