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Italy bans batch of AstraZeneca vaccine as navy officer dies after taking jab

Italian medicine agency AIFA Thursday said it has banned the use of a batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after the death of...

What can fully vaccinated people do? Dr. Leana Wen‘s advice

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued long-awaited guidance on what fully vaccinated people can safely do, and with it, an opening:...

#Russian Govt is slowing down @Twitter upload speed for photos & videos over its failure to remove banned content- part of growing efforts to clamp down on #SocialMedia platforms that play roles in amplifying dissent.

Russian authorities said Wednesday they are slowing down the speed of uploading photos and videos to Twitter over its failure to remove...

‘The Fight of the Century’: a divided US nation 50 years on

By the time the first bell rang and Joe Frazier came bobbing towards him, Muhammad Ali was already four years into a...

Serena Williams says she understood the ‘pain and cruelty’ suffered by #MeghanMarkle #OprahMeghanHarry #HarryandMeghanonOprah #InternationalWomensDay #MeghanAndHarry #MeghanandHarryonOprah #womenpower

Tennis superstar Serena Williamssays she understands the “pain and cruelty” suffered by Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, after the Duchess of Sussex told Oprah...

“My father and my brother … they are trapped,” the Duke of Sussex told Oprah in a CBS interview. Trending… #OprahMeghanHarry #HarryandMeghanonOprah #MeghanAndHarry #InternationalWomensDay

Prince Harry said in a interview with Oprah on Sunday he felt “trapped” in his life as a senior member of the royal...

Algerians suffering from French atomic legacy, 55 years after nuke tests

Ahmed el-Hadj Hamadi was huddled into a building with the rest of his community by French soldiers early in the morning. They...

Fake coronavirus vaccines seized in several countries are ‘tip of the iceberg,’ Interpol says

South African authorities recently seized 400 vials, which held around 2,400 doses, of counterfeit vaccines from a warehouse outside Johannesburg, Interpol said...

#USA Corps Of Engineers establishes permanent presence in Africa to support key missions on continent. Europe District recently relocated a project engineer to #Nigeria to support the construction of new facilities for the A-29 Super Tucano wing at Kainji Airbase.

#Nigerian Michael Essien loses over 1m social media followers for supporting LGBT

Former Chelsea and Black Stars football legend, Michael Essien, has lost over one million followers on social media for publicly declaring support...