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The Covax initiative aims to help developing countries, with the easy-to-store AstraZeneca vaccine as the centerpiece.
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The United States said Thursday it would expel 10 Russian diplomats and place sanctions on 32 individuals and companies accused of interfering in the 2020 presidential election.
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As suburbs become more diverse and less affluent, tensions are rising and communities are struggling with how to respond to demands for racial justice.
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The Biden administration Thursday imposed a substantial slate of economic sanctions on Russia. The move came as little surprise.
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Violent conversations flowed freely and visibly on TheDonald.win for weeks, underscoring the openly violent intent of some of the thousands of Trump enthusiasts who thronged the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Nearly 200 department stores have disappeared in the past year, and another 800 — or about half the country’s remaining mall-based locations — are expected to shutter by the end of 2025, according to one real estate firm.
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