BEIJING (AP) – Dancers were involved in the role of Africans on Blackface during a national broadcast on Chinese state TV as Asia greeted the Lunar New Year with a holy feast on Friday, including a renewed coronavirus outbreak. One of the world’s most-watched TV programs, “African Song and Dance,” …
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NEW YORK (AP) – Nearly a dozen Americans say they will definitely or probably not get the Covid-1 vaccine, with some experts saying the new one is disappointing if the U.S. gains immunity to the herd and hopes to eradicate the epidemic. . A poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center …
Read More »Schools plan for the possibility of distance learning in the fall
Parents of home-school children should not count on reclaiming the dining room table at any time soon. After seeing a two-year curriculum through the epidemic, school leaders across the country are still planning for the prospect of more distance education next fall at the start of the second school year. …
Read More »Trump’s urgency, the impeachment trial to open with a sense of speed
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment hearing Opening this week with a sense of urgency – the violent U.S. Capitol siege by Democrats and Republicans who want to hold the former president accountable for demanding it as quickly as possible. Scheduled to start on Tuesday, a month after …
Read More »Italy has a snowy, closed ski resort
CORTINA, Italy (AP) – The granite peaks, with Cortina d’Ampezzo glittering granite peaks being the most famous snowfall of the year, are a cruel joke of nature while the Covid-19 epidemic ravages Italy’s winter resorts. Cortina will be flashing on TV sports channels for two weeks this month, as past …
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