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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gets COVID shot on TV as U.S. about to approve ...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received his COVID-19 vaccine live on television on Friday, seeking to shore up public support for vaccinations ...From hope to agony, what’s left of the Arab Spring?
Ten years ago a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed ...New York nurse given COVID-19 vaccine as U.S. rollout begins
An intensive care unit nurse became the first person in New York state to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, marking ...Trump says he’s nixing plan for early vaccine at White House
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was reversing an administration directive to vaccinate top government officials against COVID-19, while public distribution ...Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran’s state ...Kuwait election sees two-thirds of parliament lose seats
Kuwaitis elected a new parliament in an election that saw two-thirds of lawmakers and the country’s only female legislator lose their seats, ...Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon denied bail on fraud charge
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was remanded into custody on Thursday after being charged with fraud, the latest in a string ...UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world
Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use and said that it ...Donald Trump says he will leave office — if Biden victory is confirmed
President Donald Trump said Thursday for the first time that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed ...Joe Biden Cabinet picks may face rough Republican reception in Senate
Republican members of the U.S. Senate fired warning shots to President-elect Joe Biden that they may be prepared to stand in the ...