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In further sign that the pandemic is abating, only 0.5% of tests come back positive, the lowest rate in almost a year

Biden quietly ramping up funding to Palestinians, has long said he would reverse freeze put in place by predecessor Trump

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with India’s ambassador to the U.S. Taranjit Singh Sandhu about India’s response to the pandemic, vaccine diplomacy, climate change and the U.S.-India relationship.

A group of paleontologists in Patagonia, Argentina, discovered a new dinosaur species resembling a T-rex that “causes fear.”

The health of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is deteriorating as he keeps up his hunger strike in prison, his lawyers said Wednesday, with US President Joe Biden’s administration saying it is “disturbed” by the reports. Last Wednesday President Vladimir Putin’s

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The United States agreed in talks Wednesday with Iraq to remove all remaining combat forces deployed to fight Islamic State extremists, although US forces will still provide training. After a first “strategic dialogue” under President Joe Biden’s administration, the two

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‘Damn it … I’m sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced’: Biden defends corporate tax hike  POLITICO Biden tries to sell $2 trillion infrastructure plan  CNN Corporate America tears down Biden’s infrastructure plan  POLITICO The strategy Biden needs to pass his infrastructure