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‘Feels a lot like Dubai’: New UAE envoy ends preliminary Israel visit

Mohammad Al Khajah thanks Tel Aviv for ‘warm greeting,’ promises to return soon after meeting leaders, scouting out location for embassy

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Canadian newspaper deletes op-ed comparing COVID lockdown to Anne Frank’s ordeal

‘What would Anne do?’ the removed piece wondered; The Globe and Mail apologizes for article ‘not meeting their standards’

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Pfizer CEO postponed Israel visit because he isn’t fully vaccinated — report

Television network says Albert Bourla and members of his delegation not given both doses yet; visit expected in late spring

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Pope arrives in Iraq for historic first-ever papal trip to nation despite security and COVID fears

The Pope has arrived in Iraq for an historic weekend visit which carries both symbolism and risk.

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What China’s Big Tech CEOs propose at the annual parliament meeting

The annual meetings of the Chinese parliament and its advisory body are underway in Beijing this week. Top executives from some of China’s largest tech firms are among the thousands of delegates who attend and put forward their opinions. Here

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AG says won’t rule now on whether PM can eject Gantz from gov’t after election

Blue and White leader says he fears Netanyahu will fire him, seek broad changes to democratic system if he fails to enter Knesset; Mandelblit: Matter is currently ‘theoretical’

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Bolsonaro tells Brazil to ‘stop whining’ over COVID despite world’s second highest death toll

President Jair Bolsonaro has told Brazil to stop “whining” about coronavirus and move on from the disease.

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VP Harris casts tie-breaking vote, stimulus bill gets Senate reading – The Denver Channel

VP Harris casts tie-breaking vote, stimulus bill gets Senate reading  The Denver Channel Covid Relief Bill Advances In The Senate Without Republican Support | NBC Nightly News  NBC News Republican Sen. Ron Johnson forces Senate to read all 628 pages of Biden’s

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Texas Lt. Gov slams Biden’s ‘Neanderthal thinking’ comment on lifting COVID restrictions – Fox News

Texas Lt. Gov slams Biden’s ‘Neanderthal thinking’ comment on lifting COVID restrictions  Fox News ‘It’s too soon for it’: Small business owners react to Texas dropping mask mandate  CNN Texas Gov. Abbott blames Covid spread on immigrants, criticizes Biden’s ‘Neanderthal’ comment  CNBC Is

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Why the far-right is obsessed — but very wrong — about the Byzantine Empire

White supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts often display medievalist imagery in rallies and riots; what is behind their adoption of the archaic Eastern Roman Empire?

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