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Vaccination ‘passports’ may help reopen the world. They also may foster inequity

Governments say getting vaccinated and having proper documentation will smooth the way to travel, entertainment and other social gatherings in a post-pandemic world. But who stands to gain and who is at risk of being left behind?

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Vaccination ‘passports’ may help reopen the world. They also may foster inequity

Governments say getting vaccinated and having proper documentation will smooth the way to travel, entertainment and other social gatherings in a post-pandemic world. But who stands to gain and who is at risk of being left behind?

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House Democrats poised to pass $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package

The relief bill would provide millions of people with $1,400 direct payments. It contains billions of dollars for vaccines and COVID-19 testing, schools, state and local governments, the ailing restaurant and airline industries and emergency jobless benefits while providing tax

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House Democrats poised to pass $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package

The relief bill would provide millions of people with $1,400 direct payments. It contains billions of dollars for vaccines and COVID-19 testing, schools, state and local governments, the ailing restaurant and airline industries and emergency jobless benefits while providing tax

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Marjorie Taylor Greene faces backlash after attacking congresswoman with transgender daughter – USA TODAY

Marjorie Taylor Greene faces backlash after attacking congresswoman with transgender daughter  USA TODAY Marjorie Taylor Greene posts anti-transgender sign across hall from lawmaker with transgender child  CNN Marjorie Taylor Greene escalates LGBTQ rights debate with attack on colleague’s transgender daughter  Yahoo News Congresswoman

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‘If This Task Was Urgent Before, It’s Crucial Now.’ U.N. Says World Has 10 Months to Get Serious on Climate Goals

The language of diplomacy rarely allows for a true sense of emotion or urgency. But reading between the lines of the latest report commissioned by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the body representing the 197 member nations

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Coronavirus vaccines block disease, but do they hinder infection?

Herd immunity usually achieved when 60%-80% percent of a population inoculated or recovered, but ‘escape variants’ carry greater risk of virus continuing to circulate

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Alexei Navalny leads Russians in a historic battle against arbitrary rule, with words echoing Catherine the Great

Tens of thousands of young Russians are protesting the leadership of Vladimir Putin nationwide in freezing temperatures. Thousands have been arrested. Central to these well-organized protests is Russia’s opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. His courageous actions and words have inspired demonstrators

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Brandwatch is acquired by Cision for $450M, creating a PR, marketing and social listening giant

Online consumer intelligence and social media listening platform Brandwatch has been acquired by Cision, best known for its media monitoring and media contact database services, for $450 million, in a combined cash and shares deal. TechCrunch understands Brandwatch’s key executive

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‘Netanyahu resorts to bigoted lies’: Iran says Israeli PM seeks to demonize it

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh claims Jewish state’s leader is ‘angry at losing his dupe in the White House’ and conjuring ‘racist Iranophobia’

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