GENEVA (AP) – When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus epidemic a year ago on Thursday, it resisted the term and made the highly contagious virus preventable only weeks later. A year later, the UN agency is still struggling to keep the evolving science of COVID-19 at the top, …
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BANGKOK (AP) – Violence in Myanmar has escalated as officials have tightened their grip on the February 1 uprising, despite countries struggling to better control military leaders for global condemnation. Fear of harming civilians has made the challenge doubly difficult for those who have been victims of the economic downturn …
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MILAN (AP) – The virus has spread to nursery schools and adjacent primary schools in Bolt’s Milan suburb at a surprising pace. In just days, 45 children and 14 staff members tested positive. Genetic analysis has already confirmed the suspicions to officials: the first known highly contagious coronavirus variant in …
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Footage of brutal crackdowns on protests against the uprising in Myanmar erupted on Thursday, a day after 38 people were killed, calling for a strong international response. Videos show security forces shooting a man at a point-blank range and chasing and brutally beating protesters. Despite the …
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Myanmar security forces have dramatically escalated their crackdown on protests against last month’s uprising, in which at least 34 protesters were killed in several cities on Wednesday, according to local social media accounts and data analysts. According to reports. U.N. The Human Rights Office said the …
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