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Tokyo Olympics’ Creative Director Resigns Over Derogatory Remark

Drugmakers Prepare COVID Vaccines Against Variants

Report: White Supremacist Propaganda Surged in 2020

Mass Migration, COVID Return FGM to Shadows, Aid Group Says

Kenyan Court Upholds Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

Biden Mystified by Opposition to COVID Vaccinations

Famed Metropolitan Opera Conductor James Levine Dies at 77

Japanese Court Says Official Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional

Moderna Begins Testing its COVID-19 Vaccine in Young Children

Regenerative Sea Slug Offers Distant Hope for Humans

How a Little Chip is Contributing to Ocean Clean-up

Pakistan Faces Third, More Infectious COVID Wave

South by Southwest Goes Virtual with More International Visitors

Britain’s Prince Philip Leaves Hospital After Treatment

France Battles a Third Wave of COVID Infections

3 New Strains of Bacteria Discovered by ISS Researchers

Facebook Signs Deal to Pay Australia’s News Corp for Content

White House Launches ‘Help is Here’ Tour

Semiconductor Chip Shortage Causes GM to Cut Fuel Management Module from Trucks

Fauci Says US Going In ‘Right Direction’ With COVID

‘Mank’ Leads Academy Awards Nominations With 10 Nods

New Music App Organizes Virtual Competitions – With Real Prizes!

Beyonce, Taylor Swift Make Grammys History

Survivors Struggle as Scientists Race to Solve COVID Mystery

Beyoncé Set to Make Grammy History; Styles, Eilish Perform

Facebook Scraps Trans-Pacific Cable

Macedonian Artist Makes Breathtaking Model Replicas of Ships

Fauci: US Normalcy Soon, but Cautions on Premature Easing of COVID Restrictions

Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Beyonce Battle for Grammys Top Prizes

Worldwide COVID-19 Cases Approach 120 Million, Johns Hopkins Says

Russia Clamps Down on Twitter

Norway Museum: Munch Wrote ‘Madman’ Sentence on ‘The Scream’

NASA Supply Ship Arrives at ISS

WHO Chief Tells Rich Nations: ‘Don’t Undermine COVAX’

Grammy-Winning Duo Daft Punk Break Up After 28 years

International Red Cross Issues Emergency Appeal to Halt New Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

Israel Shuts Mediterranean Shore After Oil Devastates Coast

Israeli Economy Reopening Following Coronavirus Shutdown

Weather Disrupts US COVID Vaccine Delivery

COVID Conspiracy Disinformation Campaign Has Had Vast Reach, Study Finds

Argentine Health Minister Resigns Amid COVID Vaccine Scandal

Naomi Osaka Shines to Claim Second Australian Open Crown

With Louvre Mostly Closed to Public, Staff Gets Rare Chance to Catch Up on Chores

WHO: ‘Growing Movement Behind Vaccine Equity’

Google Fires 2nd AI Ethics Leader as Dispute Over Research, Diversity Grows

Africa’s Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 100,000

US Rejoins Paris Climate Pact

Suspected Russian Hack Fuels New US Action on Cybersecurity

Biden Tours Pfizer Vaccine Production Center

Biden Pledges $4B to WHO’s COVAX Vaccine Cooperative

South African Medics to Row Northwest Passage From Canada to Alaska

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Effective at Standard Freezer Temperatures

It’s Final: Harry and Meghan Won’t Return as Working Royals

Peru Investigates COVID-19 Vaccination Scandal

Venezuela Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Experts Try to Debunk Myths About COVID

China Blocked Clubhouse App Fearing Uncontrolled Public Discourse

COVID-19 Shaves 1 Year off US Life Expectancy

Perseverance Probe Successfully Lands on Mars

NASA Rover’s Mission and Tricky Landing