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Torch Relay for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Begins

Measuring Climate Change: It’s Not Just Heat, It’s Humidity

Pharmacy Giants to Pay $590 Million to US Native Americans Over Opioids

US Lightning Bolt Leaps Into Record Books at 768 Kilometers Long

Waste from COVID-19 Gear Poses Health Risk

Cyberattacks Increasingly Hobble Pandemic-Weary US Schools

US FDA Gives Full Approval to Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

Military to Aid Outback Town Cut Off by Australian Floods

Holocaust-Era Letters Prompt Writer to Dive Into Family’s History

Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Rams Advance to US Pro Football Championship Game

37 Olympic Athletes, Officials Test Positive Sunday in China

Beijing Seals Off More Residential Areas, Reports 12 Cases

2 NY Nurses Allegedly Forged COVID Vaccination Cards, Made $1.5 Million

Myanmar Cybersecurity Law ‘Days’ Away as Coup Anniversary Nears

Hong Kong Allows Pet Stores to Resume Hamster Sales After COVID Cull

Despite Reports, No Decision on Tom Brady Retirement, Sources Say

Australia Promises Multimillion Dollar Plan to Tackle Great Barrier Reef Pollution

Cameroon Deploys Police to Control Football Supporter Influx

Joni Mitchell joining Neil Young in protest over Spotify

Sales Soar for ‘Maus’ After Its Banning in Tennessee

Scientists Call Rich Nations’ Failure to Provide Vaccines to World ‘Reckless’

Omicron Drives US Deaths Higher Than in Fall’s Delta Wave

Innovative Electric Vehicles on Display at Washington Auto Show

FAA, Telecom Companies to Turn On More 5G Towers

Homeless See Progress from COVID-19 Policies, But Can it Last?

Toyota Heading to Moon with Cruiser, Robotic Arms, Dreams

Sundance’s New Frontier Draws Art Lovers into Virtual World

CDC: Immunocompromised Could Benefit From Extra Shot of Moderna, Pfizer Vaccines

Journey Ends for Webb Space Telescope; Now Comes Work

6 Cancer Patients Sue Utility Over Fukushima Radiation

Nigerian Authorities Raise Concerns Over Low Life Expectancy

Fighting Taliban and Mistrust, Pakistan Marks One Year Polio-Free

Astronomers Predict SpaceX Space Junk Will Crash Into Moon

Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – Day 16

Only 14 Cases of Guinea Worm Infection Reported Globally in 2021

California Hotels Use Robots to Do Service Jobs

Nigerian Language Advocates Seek Inclusion of African Languages in Tech Devices

Solar-Powered Oxygen Saving the Lives of Somali Children

Explainer: What’s Known About ‘Stealth’ Version of Omicron?

Mekong Region Sees 224 New Species, Despite ‘Intense Threat,’ Report Says

 Uganda Ends COVID Curfew, and Nightlife Reopens

Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – Day 13

Delay in Creating New US Cybersecurity Board Prompts Concern

Report: Anti-corruption Fight Is Stalled, COVID Not Helping

South Sudan Holds Peace Olympics to Foster Reconciliation

At Least Eight People Dead in Stampede at Cameroon Sports Stadium 

FDA Limits Use of Regeneron, Lilly COVID-19 Antibody Treatments

WHO Chief: World Will Live with COVID for Foreseeable Future

From Alaska to Washington DC – Theatre Director Molly Smith Has Seen it All

To Stream or Not to Stream? COVID Turns Film Industry Upside Down

Ghanaian Football Team Scores Against Sea Turtle Poachers

French Fashion Designer Thierry Mugler Dies Aged 73

California Nursing Homes Use Robotic Pets to Help the Elderly

UNESCO Lists Viking-Era Wooden Sailboats on Heritage List

US Anti-Vaccine Activists to Rally at Lincoln Memorial

San Francisco’s Chinatown Opens for Cautious Lunar New Year Revelry Despite Omicron

Comoros Loses Both Goalkeepers as COVID Sweeps Through Squad

UAE Bans Flying of Recreational Drones After Fatal Attack

New Zealand PM Ardern Cancels Her Wedding Amid New Omicron Limits

Facebook Removes Kurdish Pages Linked to Misinformation on Belarus Migrant Crisis