Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Mask from the moment you go inside. Bars are full and pulsing like 2019. Social media stars waving bottles of champagne. DJ Spinning party tunes through multi-hour brunch. After becoming one of the first destinations in the world to open up to tourism, Dubai …
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Belgrade, Serbia (AP) – Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or nothing? This dilemma confronts the countries of Southeast Europe, where the coronavirus vaccination campaign is off to a slow start – shrouded in heavy political debate and conspiracy theories. In countries such as the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia, …
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Beirut (AP) – The choice between a spiraling virus outbreak in a country that has been stagnant and weakening economically over the past year and restarting a dying economy was the choice. Lebanese officials chose the latter. Now, virus patients wait outside hospitals in a conflict of breath – hoping …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of police was bad. Only a few dozen people have visited the U.S. Defended west of the Capitol as thousands of pro-Trump rioters turned to break into the building. According to a video widely circulated on YouTube, a mob armed with metal pipes, pepper spray …
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Somalia is a rare place where most of the population has not taken the coronavirus seriously, as rich countries race to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. Some know it has proven to be more terrible than anyone knows. “Certainly our people do not use any kind of …
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