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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scrapping the last domestic coronavirus restrictions in England even as he acknowledged the potential for new and more deadly variants of the virus.

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A comprehensive new map and report tracking whale migrations around the globe highlights where they go in the high seas and the cumulative impacts the animals face from human activity

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Not from political leaders, but from well-known people in Israel and Palestine a new proposal for a two-state confederation has emerged raising hopes for a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts

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The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine

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Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds, and even people. Now they are taking plundering millions of Internet addresses

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More than a year after Black Lives Matter protests launched a worldwide reckoning about the centuries of racism that Black people continue to face, the question of reparations emerged — unevenly — as a high-profile issue at this year’s largest gathering of world leaders.

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The country’s Civil Protection Agency said 1,297 dead from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake had been counted by Sunday, a day after the temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble

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A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes

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Debate about the role of Amsterdam’s city fathers in the slave trade has been going on for years, but it has gained more attention following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

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A man smiles beneath his protective face mask after receiving a box of donated food intended residents of the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) 

A mid-stage study suggests the drug may help mild to moderately ill COVID-19 patients clear the virus sooner. There were hints the drug might help avoid hospitalization.

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