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New Zealand protesters block streets outside parliament
Reuters WELLINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people protesting vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions blocked streets outside New Zealand's...
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Ottawa declares state of emergency over COVID-19 protests
AP News By ROB GILLIES TORONTO (AP) — The mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency Sunday and...
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Islamic State’s ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him
The Washington Post By Joby Warrick and Souad Mekhennet Captured Islamic State fighters described him as a “ghost,” a mysterious...
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Family who died in freezing cold by US-Canada border identified
BBC News By Roxy Gagdekar & Holly Honderich Jagdish Patel, 39, Vaishailben Patel, 37, and their children Vihangi, 11, and...
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Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst dies at 30
The Washington Post By Reis Thebault Cheslie Kryst, who won the 2019 Miss USA pageant and worked as a correspondent...
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Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court
The Washington Post By Robert Barnes Justice Stephen G. Breyer will retire at the end of the current Supreme Court...
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Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults
AP News By LAURAN NEERGAARD Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely...
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Stadium stampede kills eight in Africa Cup of Nations soccer match
Reuters By Josiane Kouagheu At least eight people died and 38 were injured in a stampede when fans stormed a...
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Auschwitz: Dutch tourist fined over Nazi salute at former death camp
BBC News A Dutch tourist has been detained in Poland for giving the Nazi salute at the site of the...
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U.S. CDC warns against travel to 22 destinations over COVID-19
Reuters By David Shepardson The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday advised against travel to 22...
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