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‘It’s Not Adding Up’: Off-Duty Deputy Tells Supervisor ‘People Are Hostile’ After He Guns Down Black Man In Front of His Home; Some Claim Victim Was Run Down By Deputy’s Pickup, Then Shot

January 12, 2022 in International

A 37-year-old Black man was shot and killed in the street outside of his home in North Carolina by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy over the weekend in an incident that has sparked protests in the town of Fayetteville amid swirling claims about what led to...

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U.S. reports 1.35 million COVID-19 cases in a day, shattering global record

January 11, 2022 in International

Jan 11 (Reuters) - The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total for any country in the world as the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant showed no signs of slowing. The previous...

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AstraZeneca Vaccine Fails To Protect Against The South African Variant, Says Study

January 10, 2022 in International

Two doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine were found to have only a 10.4% efficacy against mild-to-moderate infections caused by the B.1.351 South Africa variant, according to a phase 1b-2 clinical trial published on Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. This is a...

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Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to quell protests

January 07, 2022 in International

ALMATY (Reuters) - Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of Kazakhstan's main city on Friday after days of violence, and the Russian-backed president said he had ordered his troops to shoot to kill to put down a countrywide uprising. A day after Moscow sent...

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What is ‘flurona?’ Coronavirus and influenza co-infections reported as omicron surges.

January 06, 2022 in International

New year, new coronavirus term? Many people around the world kicked off 2022 by searching for more information about "flurona," after Israel reported that two young pregnant women had tested positive for both the coronavirus and the flu. Doctors have long been concerned about the potential impact...

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