Tag: Health
EXPLAINER: Japan’s latest Olympic controversy
<p>TOKYO — Japan's latest Olympic controversy — the reluctant resignation of Japanese organizing committee head Yoshiro Mori over sexist comments — comes as its...
Israeli protesters call on PM Netanyahu to step down
JERUSALEM — Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, demanding his resignation.
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In Denmark, some school classes resume amid lockdown easing
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish schools on Monday resumed teaching younger children — from pre-school to the fourth grade — as Denmark has seen a...
AP Interview: Salvador Illa, Catalonia’s quiet gamechanger
BARCELONA, Spain — As the head of Spain’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Salvador Illa transformed from a mostly unknown, bespectacled civil servant into...
Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history
Associated Press — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...
German drug firm to pay $50M in US purity case at India site
LAS VEGAS — An international pharmaceutical company has agreed to plead guilty in a U.S. court and pay $50 million for deleting and hiding...
Hard-hit restaurants feed COVID doctors, nurses to survive
PORTLAND, Ore. — It was the week after Christmas and coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations were soaring in Portland, Oregon.
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New virus rules in Norway rule out winter sports hosting
OBERHOFEN, Switzerland — Winter sports hub Norway can no longer host World Cup skiing events this season because of stricter pandemic-related rules imposed Thursday...
Drivers competing in the 2021 Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The 40 drivers competing in the 2021 Daytona 500, in order of starting position:
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Czechs re-declare state of emergency to keep restrictions
PRAGUE — The Czech government on Sunday re-declared a state of emergency for next two weeks to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in one of...