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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Rapper Malik B, a longtime member of The Roots, died at 47. The band announced the news Wednesday in an Instagram post. “With sadness and watery eyes, we unfortunately inform …

Joe Biden urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to promote on Twitter the dubious claims of Dr. Stella Immanuel, the Houston physician who claims to have effectively treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, whom the alleged Democratic presidential nominee called a “crazy woman”. “ In a virtual event with …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine will obtain local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to front-line health workers soon after, a development source close to the matter told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Executive President of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, …

The United States has crossed the threshold of 150,000 deaths confirmed by Covid-19, just six months after the diagnosis of the first cases in China and with the outbreak far from being under control. The US death toll is the highest in the world by a significant margin and reached …

Enlarge / / All Snake says is “give peace a chance.” Almost five years have passed since Konami started Metal Gear Solid VThe nuclear disarmament metagame, which assigns the gaming community the removal of all player-created nuclear weapons on the game’s servers. This week, players on the PS3 version of …