LONDON (AP) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine, and a historic step towards ending the drought that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide. . For emergency use of the vaccine, developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and …
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BEIJING (AP) – China’s third landing on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that includes a robot rover heading to Mars, developing a reusable aircraft and plans to return humans to the lunar surface. The first attempt to bring lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s, …
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RUNE, France (AP) – A frightened 22-year-old man is being led to Consultation Room No. 2, his simple-mop floor and hive grille over the window. Behind it, the heavy double doors of the mental emergency ward – open only with the key of a staff member – closed trunk. With …
Read More »‘Stop madness’ Tigre leader urges Ethiopian PM
Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Ethiopia’s notorious Tigre region’s fugitive leader on Monday called on Prime Minister Abiya Ahmed to “stop madness” and withdraw troops from the region as he insisted fighting two days after Abiya was “on every front”. Declared victory. Debrecen Gabremischel said in a phone interview with the …
Read More »Iran says Israel has killed a military nuclear scientist from afar
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A senior Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using electronic devices to assassinate a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks at the funeral of Mohsen …
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