Views: 5 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Her husband campaigned to help unite the country, but Jill Biden says “healing” a nation wounded by a deadly pandemic, natural and other disasters and deep political polarization is among her chief roles as first lady, too. © Provided by Associated Press FILE – First lady Jill Biden reacts to a […]
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Views: 0 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia reported a record high of COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, and its second-largest state declared an emergency in hospitals to cope with surging patient admissions and a staffing shortage due to the coronavirus. © Provided by Associated Press Masked spectators watch first round matches on Rod Laver Arena at the Australian
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Views: 1 Sudanese security forces on Monday have been accused of killing at least seven people during anti-coup protests in the capital Khartoum. An advocacy group, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD), said in a statement posted on social media that “seven civilians were killed by the live ammunition of security forces during today’s
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Views: 2 WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Wednesday will launch a website where Americans can order up to four free COVID-19 testing kits per person, according to a senior administration official. The tests, part of the Biden administration’s purchase of 500 million tests last month to help tackle a record surge in infections, will be available at
Views: 3 China has announced that tickets to the Winter Olympics will no longer be sold to the general public, as the country’s capital recorded its first case of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus. © Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters People line up to take nucleic acid tests at a testing site outside a hospital
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Views: 2 First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, accompanied by her visiting Hungarian counterpart Anita Herczegh when they made an extensive tour of Maramba Tea Factory in Limuru, Kiambu County. Her Excellency First Lady Anita Herczegh is accompanying her spouse, President János Áder on a four-day State Visit of Kenya. NAIROBI, 17th January 2022 (PSCU) – First Margaret
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Views: 11 (L) Mariam Akiror, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator at Action Against Hunger, (R) Rubangakene Patrick, Budget Policy Analyst at Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) during a Press Conference at Eureka Place, Ntinda, Kampala-Uganda yesterday/Courtesy Photo. By Julius Mugaga/ KMA Updates. Kampala, Uganda: Civil Society Organizations cling to policy makers to take their Perspectives
Views: 18 By Julius Mugaga/ KMA Updates. Kampala, Uganda: Action Against Hunger organization has advised Uganda’s government to directly improve people’s nutrition levels if it is to benefit from the proposed FY 2022/2023. Mariam Akiror, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator at Action Against Hunger/Courtesy Photo Appearing in the Joint Civil Society Organizations’ engagement giving their
Views: 3 © Provided by Quartz FILE PHOTO: Thailand bans entry from 8 African countries over the coronavirus Omicron variantFor the third year in a row, Singapore and Japan have the most powerful passports in the world. According to data from the International Air Transport Association, analyzed by immigration consultants Henley& Partners, citizens of those two
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Views: 2 STRASBOURG, France (AP) — A World Health Organization official warned last week of a “closing window of opportunity” for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed as the omicron variant produces near-vertical growth in coronavirus infections. © Provided by Associated Press Nurses care for a COVID-19 patient in the infectious
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