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Oscar-nominated Romanian film reveals health care failings

The Romanian documentary film “Collective” is nominated for two Oscars this weekend

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

UK military prepares for big role in Prince Philip's funeral

Soldiers, sailors and air force personnel are making final preparations for Prince Philip’s funeral

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

3 resign from Auschwitz council after politician appointed

Three members of an advisory council for the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland have resigned after the government appointed a former Polish prime minister from the country’s right-wing ruling party to serve on the council

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Indian vaccine maker asks US to ease export curbs

The chief executive of Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest maker of vaccines and a critical supplier of the U.N.-backed COVAX facility, has asked President Joe Biden on Twitter to lift the U.S. embargo on exporting raw materials needed to make the the jabs

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US has been wracked with several mass shootings in 2021

After a significant drop in mass shootings in the United States during a pandemic-hit 2020, this year has seen several deadly ones

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Iran starts enriching uranium at 60%, its highest level ever

Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 60% purity, its highest level ever, after the sabotage at its Natanz nuclear site this past weekend

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Head of Tokyo Olympics again says games will not be canceled

Tokyo Olympic organizers are again being forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months despite surging COVID-19 cases in Japan

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Germany's Merkel urges lawmakers to support pandemic bill

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged parliament to pass a bill that would mandate a nationwide “emergency brake” when the spread of the coronavirus becomes too rapid, saying that it is needed to prevent the country’s health care system from becoming overwhelmed

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Asian shares rise as vaccine wait tempers Wall St optimism

Asian shares have advanced after China reported its economy expanded at an 18% annual pace in the first quarter of the year

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Pakistan blocks social media access amid anti-France rallies

Pakistan has blocked access to all social media, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Day workers fill trains out of Mumbai as virus dries up jobs

Migrant workers are swarming rail stations in India’s financial capital Mumbai to go to their home villages as virus-control measures dry up work in the hard-hit region

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

California woman says she drowned children to protect them

A California woman says in a jailhouse interview that she drowned her three young children to protect them from abuse by their father in the midst of a custody battle

DATE: April 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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