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India’s staggering COVID-19 death toll could be 6 million: Study

(NEW YORK) -- New research suggests that India’s COVID-19 death toll during its first and second waves might have been significantly undercounted, with the actual number potentially 12 times higher than the official stats -- over 6 million people. That would be by far the highest ...
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Aid groups get greater leeway to help in Afghanistan amid famine warnings

(WASHINGTON) -- As Afghanistan spirals further toward a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, the international community is allowing greater exemptions to aid groups to try to alleviate the suffering. The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday to grant humanitarian exemptions to their sanctions on the ...
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Election of Gabriel Boric as Chile’s youngest president ‘symbol of hope’ for new generation

(RIO DE JANEIRO) -- Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old self-described "moderate socialist," will be sworn in as Chile's president in March, making him both the youngest leader in South America and the youngest president in modern Chilean history. The left-wing former student protester secured 56% of ...
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Queen Elizabeth cancels family Christmas tradition for second year due to COVID-19

(LONDON) -- The British royal family's annual Christmas tradition has been canceled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. Queen Elizabeth will remain at Windsor Castle this year for Christmas, canceling her traditional family gathering at Sandringham, her Norfolk estate, ...
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Sixth child dies after bouncy castle accident

(SYDNEY) -- A sixth child has died from his injuries following Thursday's bouncy castle tragedy at an Australian school. Chace Harrison, 11, died at Royal Hobart Hospital on Sunday afternoon, Tasmania Police said. “Our thoughts continue to be with his family, and the families and loved ...
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Afghan Air Force pilots trapped in Afghanistan plead for evacuation

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Around two dozen U.S.-trained former Afghan Air Force pilots are still trapped in Afghanistan and pleading for the United States government to evacuate them from the country, where they fear they face execution if found by the Taliban. The pilots belong mostly ...
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Russia makes sweeping demands for security guarantees from US amid Ukraine tensions

(WASHINGTON) -- Russia published a list of sweeping new security guarantees it wants from the United States and NATO on Friday -- including a promise not to expand the alliance -- staking out demands for de-escalating the crisis it has stoked around Ukraine. The radical ...
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Notre Dame restoration kicking off in France

(PARIS) -- After 2 1/2 years of cleaning and consolidating -- and a pandemic that halted French workers for a few months -- the restoration phase of the Notre Dame cathedral is set to kick off this winter. The night of April 15, 2019, a ...
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Australia mourns 5 ‘angels’ killed in bouncy castle accident

(LONDON) -- Australia is coming together as a nation following Thursday’s bouncy castle tragedy in which five children were killed. A gust of wind lifted the castle into the air, causing several children at the Devonport school in north Tasmania to fall from about a ...
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Haitian gang releases remaining hostages from US-based missionary group

(WASHINGTON) -- The remaining 12 hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group have been released by the Haitian gang that had held them for two months, Haitian authorities and the missionary group confirmed Thursday. Their release was secured two months to the day after they were ...
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US accuses Chinese tech firms, research institutes of weaponizing biotechnology, creating ‘brain-control weaponry’

(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has blacklisted and sanctioned dozens of Chinese government research institutes and private-sector tech firms, accusing them of weaponizing technology for use at home and abroad, the U.S. departments of Commerce and Treasury announced Thursday. In particular, the U.S. warned that ...
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Queen Elizabeth cancels annual family pre-Christmas lunch amid COVID-19 surge

(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth has canceled her annual pre-Christmas celebration for family for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 95-year-old monarch traditionally holds a lunch at Buckingham Palace before Christmas for extended members of the royal family, but has ...
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