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Homes of top US Republican and Democrat vandalized
Jan 03, 2021 05:56Vandals have targeted the homes of Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with graffiti, fake blood and a pig's head, US media said.
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Tehran Metro campaign invites passengers to observe health protocols
Jan 03, 2021 04:14The Tehran Metro has launched a campaign inviting passengers to respect health protocols, including mask-wearing and social distancing, in order to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
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US COVID vaccinations in 2020 fall far short of target of 20 million people
Jan 01, 2021 09:45Only about 2.8 million Americans had received a COVID-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the government’s target to vaccinate 20 million people this month.
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World risks 'moral catastrophe' if COVID shots delayed in Africa: CDC chief
Jan 01, 2021 07:16The world risks a “moral catastrophe” if COVID-19 vaccinations are delayed in Africa while wealthier regions inoculate their entire populations, the head of the continent’s disease control body said on Thursday.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily death toll stands at 128
Dec 31, 2020 10:24The number of patients who have died of the coronavirus infection in Iran over the past 24 hours has reached 128, the Health Ministry said.
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France to mobilize 100,000 police forces to prevent New Year's Eve gatherings
Dec 31, 2020 08:26The French government is planning to deploy 100,000 police forces and gendarmes across the country on New Year’s Eve in an attempt to enforce a strict curfew and prevent gatherings in public places.
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For COVID-19 vaccines, some are too rich — and too poor
Dec 31, 2020 06:14A few months from now, a factory in South Africa is expected to begin churning out a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine each day in the African country hardest-hit by the pandemic. But those vials will probably be shipped to a distribution center in Europe and then rushed to Western countries that have pre-ordered them by the hundreds of millions. None have been set aside for South Africa.
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US sets new COVID records as Fauci hints at ‘next fall’ for normal life
Dec 31, 2020 05:39Top US infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, says the country could return to normal life by early fall next year, if the nation “diligently” gets vaccinated against the coronavirus, which has infected nearly 20 million people and killed nearly 342,000 across America.
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COVID-19 updates in Iran: Over 6,200 new cases detected
Dec 31, 2020 04:08The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran exceeded 1,218,000 after the detection of over 6,200 new patients in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
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Unbelievably cruel: Sanders slams Trump's intransigence as millions lose unemployment lifeline
Dec 30, 2020 16:15While the US president golfed, Americans suffered. "People are losing their extended unemployment benefits," said the senator from Vermont. "They're going to be evicted from their apartments because the eviction moratorium is ending."