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WTO mulling intellectual property waivers for vaccines

Ambassadors from World Trade Organization countries are set to discuss trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind COVID-19 vaccines

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Iraq pushes vaccine rollout amid widespread apathy, distrust

It has taken a populist Shiite cleric’s public endorsement of vaccinations — and images of him getting the shot — to turn Iraq's faltering vaccine rollout around

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Israeli coalition talks resume after PM misses deadline

Israel’s president has signaled he will move quickly to task a new candidate with forming a government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to do so ahead of a midnight deadline

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Facebook board's Trump decision could have wider impacts

On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump will know his fate on the world’s biggest social platform, Facebook

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Asia markets mixed after Wall Street decline

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street sank, while Japanese and Chinese markets were closed for holidays

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Indian government faces lockdown calls, contempt charges

India’s government is facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in new coronaviorus cases, and a court in New Delhi will decide whether to punish officials for failing to end an erratic supply of oxygen to overstretched hospitals

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

New Zealand leader Ardern plans to marry over the summer

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to marry her longtime partner during the southern summer

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

60 years since 1st American in space: Tourists lining up

Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: Nepal extends lockdown for capital amid surge

Authorities extended a lockdown in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and surrounding districts by another week on Wednesday as the Himalayan nation recorded its highest daily tolls of COVID-19 infection and death

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Nature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emerge

Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge from 15 U.S. states

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Montana tribe gifts vaccines to neighbors across the border

A Native American tribe in northern Montana is giving unused COVID-19 vaccines to its First Nations relatives and others from neighboring communities in Canada

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Myanmar's military disappearing young men to crush uprising

Myanmar’s security forces are arresting and forcibly disappearing?thousands of people, especially boys and young men, in a sweeping bid to break the back of a three-month uprising against a military takeover

DATE: May 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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