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Prayer Vigil Held Outside NY Hospital For Rapper DMX
Supporters and family of the rapper DMX chanted his name and offered up prayers Monday outside the New York hospital where he remained on life support.
US Shuts Once-secret Guantanamo Prison Unit, Moves Prisoners
The prisoners at Camp 7 were transferred to a facility adjacent to where the other detainees on the base are held
Italy Enters 3-day Easter Lockdown Amid Vaccination Snags
Italy entered a threeday nationwide coronavirus lockdown Saturday to deter Easter travel and gettogethers even as the country's variantfueled spike in new infections began to wane.
No Trade with India Under Current Circumstances: Imran Khan on Cotton and Sugar Import
Imran Khan held consultations with key members of his Cabinet on Friday and decided that Pakistan could not go ahead with any trade with India under the current circumstances.
Feds: Couple Wanted Freighter Ride To Islamic State Fight
A newlywed husband and wife intent on fighting for the Islamic State group were arrested Thursday at a port near New York City as they attempted to board a cargo ship that an undercover law enforcement officer said would take them to Yemen, prosecutors sa...
UK Logs 30 Blood Clot Cases After AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Jabs
Up to 24 March, 22 reports of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) and eight of other thrombosis events with low platelets were logged.
World Bank to Provide $ 120 Mn to Pakistan for Its Green Stimulus Initiative
The Green Stimulus initiative was launched last year by PM Imran Khan after COVID-19, for creation of green jobs for the youth
Daughter: Bystander Disrupted Attack On Asian American Woman
The daughter of an Asian American woman attacked in New York City said Thursday that a person not seen on surveillance video helped the woman by screaming to distract her assailant while others watched and did nothing to intervene.
Palin Confirms COVID-19 Diagnosis, Urges Steps Like Masks
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she tested positive for COVID19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, such as wearing masks in public.
Man Pleads Guilty To Stalking, Killing Estranged Wife
An Indiana man was convicted Tuesday of stalking his estranged wife to Florida, shooting her and burying her body in Tennessee.
Remains In Mali Identified As Kidnapped Swiss Missionary
The body of a Swiss woman who was held hostage for more than five years by an extremist Islamic group in Mali has been found and identified, the Malian foreign ministry said Wednesday.
UN Envoy: Myanmar Faces Possibility Of Major Civil War
The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war at an unprecedented scale and urged the U.N. Security Council to consider potentially significant action to reverse the Feb. 1 military coup and restor...
Judge: Man Who Killed Library Patron Was Mentally Ill
A Massachusetts man charged with fatally stabbing a woman studying to become a doctor at a public library and injuring a man who came to her aid was found not guilty Wednesday because of his mental illness.
EU Drug Watchdog Says No Blood Clot Risk Factor Yet Linked to AstraZeneca Vaccine
The EMA's statement comes after several countries including Canada, Germany, France and Spain limited use of the drugmaker's shot to certain populations at high risk, including older people and essential workers.
Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Declares a Hunger Strike
Navalny has declared a hunger strike in order to persuade the prison in Russia holding him to provide him with proper medical care.
Breonna Taylor's Death: A Push To Limit No-knock Warrants
Kentuckys lawmakers passed a partial ban on noknock warrants Tuesday, more than a year after the death of Breonna Taylor during a police raid on the Black woman's home.
