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St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations

Officials in St. Vincent say they are extremely worried about a COVID-19 outbreak given the lack of water and more positive cases being reported as thousands of evacuees fleeing the erupting volcano crowd into shelters and private homes

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

J-Rod are done: Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez have split

J-Lo and A-Rod are no longer J-Rod — officially

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Mideast's largest mall operator to expand amid vaccine hopes

The Middle East’s largest operator of malls expects revenue and earnings to climb back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year and is moving full steam ahead with plans to develop its biggest mall ever

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Africa CDC urges India to lift COVID vaccine export limits

The Africa CDC director says he wants to believe that India will lift export restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, warning that “India is not an island” while some African nations still have seen no shots at all

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Blinken urges nations to add $2B more to UN vaccine program

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appealed for other countries to inject $2 billion more to a U.N.-backed effort to ship coronavirus vaccines to the world’s poorest countries — at a time when rich countries have seized the lion’s share of them

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change

The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other places around the world

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Iran to purchase 60 million COVID-19 vaccines from Russia

Iran has finalized a deal with Russia to purchase 60 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Coronavirus hug image named World Press Photo of the Year

A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” has been named the World Press Photo of the Year

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Divers aim to reach capsized ship in search for survivors

It’s become a race against time in the search for 12 missing people from an oil industry platform ship that capsized in the Gulf of Mexico

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Germany sees drop in crime during 1st year of pandemic

Germany saw a drop in reported crime last year, partly due to pandemic restrictions that kept people indoors, although there was a rise in child abuse, domestic violence and cybercrime

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Body of US Capitol Officer William Evans returns to hometown

The body of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans has been returned to his home in Massachusetts for a funeral Mass and burial

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Judge orders release of 6 detained over Lebanon port blast

Lebanon's state news agency says the judge leading the investigation into last year’s massive blast at Beirut’s port has ordered the release of six persons who had been detained for months

DATE: April 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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