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‘It Has Plagued Black Gay Communities’: 40 Years On, Black Americans Hit by HIV
Life-saving medications have brought infection rates crashing down -- but racial disparities are now wider than ever.
Biden to Announce Details of Global Distribution of 80 Million Covid Shots
Biden recently announced a plan to release 20 million more doses over six weeks, bringing the total earmarked for shipping out by the end of June to 80 million.
Explainer-Israel is Set for a Change of Government. Who? When? Why?
The 71-year-old right-winger looks set to be ousted by an unlikely coalition of right-wing, centrist and other parties who clinched a deal to form a government that would break a period of unprecedented political deadlock that saw four elections in two ye...
Amid Reports of Myocarditis in Vaccine Recipients, Here's All You Need to Know About the Disease
Myocarditis is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed.
Britain Seeks Extra AstraZeneca Shots to Combat 'Beta' Covid-19 Variant
Britain has previously secured 100 million doses of the vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford and licenced to AstraZeneca.
Israeli Parties in Final Sprint to Build Anti-Netanyahu 'Change' Coalition With Bitter Rivals
The high-stakes push is led by former TV presenter Yair Lapid, a secular centrist, who won the crucial support of hardline religious nationalist Naftali Bennett, a tech multi-millionaire.
Sherriff: Claims Against Missouri Lawmaker Not Credible
A Missouri sheriff said Friday that he didnt find credible a report that a man who is now a state lawmaker had sex with a drunken 19yearold while on duty as a police officer in 2015.
Ceuta Prosecutor Probes Child Deportations By Spanish Soldiers
Prosecutors in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta are investigating accusations that Spanish soldiers broke the law by deporting children who had crossed the border from Morocco during a surge in attempted migration last week.
Two Oklahoma Tribes Consider Tribal Citizenship For Freedmen
The Choctaw and Muscogee nations in Oklahoma are considering changes to their constitutions that would allow descendants of Freedmen, Black people once enslaved by tribal citizens, to become tribal citizens.
Ship Suffers Engine Trouble In Suez Canal, No Impact On Traffic - SCA
A container ship broke down in the Suez Canal on Friday but was refloated and repaired with no impact on traffic in the waterway, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.
Pakistan Marks 23rd Anniversary of 1998 Nuclear Tests; Says Credible Minimum Deterrence Established
Pakistan carried out the tests after India conducted a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions at the Pokhran in May, 1998.
Women's Rugby World Cup Schedule Released; NZ Plays On Day 1
Defending champion and host New Zealand will play perennial rival Australia on the opening day of the Womens Rugby World Cup in October next year.
U.S. Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Interfered In 2020 Election -NY Times
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether current and former Ukrainian officials unlawfully interfered in the U.S. presidential election, including by using former President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani to spread misleading c...
Boy, 14, Charged As Adult In 13-year-old Girl's Death
A 14yearold boy is being charged as an adult in the fatal stabbing of a 13yearold cheerleader whose body was found in the northeast Florida woods earlier this month.
New Clashes As Wildcat Miners Attack Indigenous In Brazil
Hundreds of wildcat miners attacked police who were trying to halt illegal mining in the Brazilian Amazon region and then raided an Indigenous village, setting houses on fire, federal prosecutors in the northern state of Para reported.
Justice Dept. Refocuses Long-standing Anti-violence Program
The Justice Department is refocusing a longstanding violent crime initiative amid a string of violence and mass shootings across the U.S. that includes embedding federal agents with local homicide investigators and sweeps to arrest wanted fugitives with a...
