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How COVID-19 vaccinations are going, on a global scale

Tuesday, January 19 by ABC News

By ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) -- "The world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure," World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday at the opening of the WHO's annual executive board meeting. "The price for this failure will... Read More.

Egypt unlocks more secrets in Saqqara with discovery of temple, sarcophagi

Monday, January 18 by ABC News

BY: HATEM MAHER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Egypt uncovered a funerary temple and the oldest coffins ever found in Saqqara, unlocking more secrets in the ancient burial site and marking another major discovery in the vast necropolis south of Cairo. The country said... Read More.

Russia extends Navalny’s detention as outcry over his arrest grows

Monday, January 18 by ABC News

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News(MOSCOW) -- Russian authorities have extended the detention of opposition leader Alexey Navalny in a hastily organized court hearing on Monday despite growing international condemnation over his arrest a day earlier at a Russian airport.

Migrants from Honduras moving through Guatemala, hoping to reach US

Monday, January 18 by ABC News

By CHRISTINE THEODOROU and JOSHUA HOYOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Thousands of migrants from Honduras fleeing violence, devastation caused in the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes and economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic are in Guatemala and moving towards Mexico, hoping... Read More.

Prince William is ‘proud’ his grandparents received COVID-19 vaccine

Monday, January 18 by ABC News

By ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (LONDON) -- Prince William is taking part in the effort to get people vaccinated in the United Kingdom by joining its vaccination campaign.In a video posted on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s social media... Read More.

Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny detained upon arrival in Moscow

Sunday, January 17 by ABC News

BY: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained by police at a Moscow airport minutes after returning to Russia for the first time since he was poisoned with a nerve agent this summer. Navalny had pledged to... Read More.

Lebanon enacts all-day curfew after new surge in coronavirus cases

Friday, January 15 by ABC News

By IBTISSEM GUENFOUD, ABC News(PARIS) -- Starting Thursday, people in Lebanon are asked to stay home, day or night, without exemptions for grocery shopping or exercising, to curb a new surge in coronavirus cases.Lebanon has entered a national... Read More.

Sending carrier back to Middle East will keep tensions low after Soleimani death anniversary, admiral says

Friday, January 15 by ABC News

By ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- With tensions running high between Iran and the United States in recent weeks, the Navy's top admiral believes the U.S. has the right naval assets in the Middle East to deter Iranian aggression.Adm. Mike... Read More.

COVID-19 mutations spark global concerns

Thursday, January 14 by ABC News

By LIEZL THOM, ABC News(PRETORIA, South Africa) -- The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet two weeks early on Thursday to discuss the new coronavirus variants from South Africa and Britain that have rapidly spread to at least 50... Read More.

Huge religious festival of Kumbh Mela goes ahead despite coronavirus pandemic

Thursday, January 14 by ABC News

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) -- Hindu pilgrims in India have begun gathering along the Ganges River on the first day of Kumbh Mela, despite coronavirus restrictions in what is often described as the largest religious festival in the world.Images... Read More.

Turkish authorities rebuff UN inquiry into murder of Syrian-American journalist

Thursday, January 14 by ABC News

By PETE MADDEN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Turkish authorities have rebuffed a request from the United Nations for more information on the murders of Syrian-American journalist Halla Barakat and her mother, Orouba Barakat.In a letter dated Oct. 7, published by... Read More.

Tower of London’s ‘Queen Raven’ is missing and presumed dead

Thursday, January 14 by ABC News

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) -- The Tower of London’s ‘Queen raven,’ Merlina, is missing and presumed dead after not being seen for several weeks, Historic Royal Palaces said.Legend has it that if there are less than six ravens at... Read More.

How COVID-19 vaccinations are going, on a global scale

Egypt unlocks more secrets in Saqqara with discovery of temple, sarcophagi

Russia extends Navalny’s detention as outcry over his arrest grows

Migrants from Honduras moving through Guatemala, hoping to reach US

Prince William is ‘proud’ his grandparents received COVID-19 vaccine

Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny detained upon arrival in Moscow

Lebanon enacts all-day curfew after new surge in coronavirus cases

Sending carrier back to Middle East will keep tensions low after Soleimani death anniversary, admiral says

COVID-19 mutations spark global concerns

Huge religious festival of Kumbh Mela goes ahead despite coronavirus pandemic

Turkish authorities rebuff UN inquiry into murder of Syrian-American journalist

Tower of London’s ‘Queen Raven’ is missing and presumed dead

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