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South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs

South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health care workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from Covid-19, particularly against the variant dominant in South Africa, the health minister announced Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rz2LcE

Indian-Americans are more liberal in US, conservative in India: Survey

Indian-Americans' policy views are more liberal on issues affecting the United States and more conservative on issues affecting India, said the Indian American Attitudes Survey (IAAS). Issues such as the equal protection of religious minorities, immigration, and affirmative action, Indian-Americans hold relatively more conservative views of Indian policies than of US policies. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3p4f6E3

Indian-Americans are more liberal towards issues in US, conservative in India: Survey

Indian-Americans have relatively more conservative views of policies in India while on issues affecting the US, the diaspora has a more liberal take, according to a survey of the political attitudes of the influential community in this country. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3p4f6E3

Imperative that the world learns as much as possible about the earliest days of Covid-19: US

It is imperative that the world learns as much as possible about the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic so that the world can understand its origins and prevent future biological catastrophes, the US has said after international experts investigating the origins of the disease have dismissed as unlikely a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3cXA6df

Covid origins still a mystery as WHO-China probe ends

The WHO mission -- which China repeatedly delayed -- was dogged by fears of a whitewash, with the US demanding a "robust" probe into the origins of the pandemic in late 2019, and China firing back with a warning not to "politicise" the investigation. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3a488uA

New Zealand leader ejected from parliament for not wearing a necktie

A New Zealand Maori leader who was ejected from parliament this week for refusing to wear a necktie in the chamber said forcing him to a Western dress code was a breach of his rights and an attempt to suppress indigenous culture. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3qaExFm

Trump fumes, GOP senators baffled by legal team's debut

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Myanmar military raids Suu Kyi's party offices

The latest assault on Myanmar's civilian leadership came as anger at last week's coup and the detention of Suu Kyi by the generals has driven hundreds of thousands of people into the streets, defying a junta ban on rallies. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pajzVU

Minnesota clinic shooting: Elderly man arrested

An elderly gunman shot one person to death and wounded four others inside a Minneapolis-area medical clinic on Tuesday before the suspect, believed to be a disgruntled former patient, was arrested at the scene, police said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jzDwUY

Venezuela soon to receive Russian vaccine: Maduro

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Elderly man arrested in Minnesota clinic shooting that killed 1, wounded 4

An elderly gunman shot one person to death and wounded four others inside a Minneapolis-area medical clinic on Tuesday before the suspect, believed to be a disgruntled former patient, was arrested at the scene, police said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3jzDwUY

Six Republicans who said Trump's post-presidential impeachment trial is constitutional

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US senators transfixed by riot footage shown at Trump trial

Despite the sergeant at arm's command that all 100 senators remain silent "on pain of imprisonment," an informal, detached mood descended Tuesday on the Senate's Republican side, where many lawmakers have said they oppose holding the unprecedented second trial of Donald Trump. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Op94Bx

Explainer: How the UAE probe reached Mars' orbit

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Myanmar anti-coup protests resume despite bloodshed

In Naypyitaw, hundreds of government workers marched in support of a civil disobedience campaign that has been joined by doctors, teachers and railway workers, among others. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LzfCwa

World’s second-oldest person survives Covid-19 at age 116

The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people thought to be 110 or older, lists Frenchwoman Lucile Randon — Sister André’s birth name - as the second-oldest known living person in the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3p5Quec

Taiwan wishes China happy new year, but says won't yield to pressure

​China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has increased its military activity around the island in recent months, responding to what Beijing calls "collusion" between Taipei and Washington, Taiwan's most important international backer. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aRiugt

Attorney-at-paw? Filter makes lawyer look like cat in court

An attorney accidentally joined a Tuesday video conference of a civil forfeiture court hearing while using a Zoom filter that made him appear like a fluffy white kitten. “I’m here live. I’m not a cat,” Presidio County Attorney Rod Ponton said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aPhGsG

Violent crackdown against coup protests in Myanmar

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US senators transfixed by riot footage shown at Trump trial

Despite the sergeant at arm's command that all 100 senators remain silent "on pain of imprisonment," an informal, detached mood descended Tuesday on the Senate's Republican side, where many lawmakers have said they oppose holding the unprecedented second trial of Donald Trump. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/2Op94Bx

US closely monitoring situation along India-China border: Official

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Violent crackdown against coup protests in Myanmar

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