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The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant was meant to help small independent venues, theaters and other entertainment spaces hit hard by the pandemic. But it’s taken six months to get up and running. (Image credit: Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

The energetic leader of the small, right-wing Yamina party has managed to leverage his modest electoral gain for a shot at the top job.

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A coalition opposed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says they’ve finalized a deal to oust him from office. A vote in parliament is expected in days to install his replacement.

Delegations from Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain, Iran and the U.S. have been holding talks in Vienna aimed at making Tehran comply with a 2015 deal curbing its atomic ambitions and also bringing the U.S. back into the accord.

The dramatic announcement by opposition leader Yair Lapid came moments before a midnight deadline and prevented the country from plunging into what would have been its fifth consecutive election in just over two years.

The agreement, which came moments before a midnight deadline In Israel, still needs to be approved by the Knesset in a vote that’s expected to take place next week. (Image credit: Ronen Zvulun/AP)

India’s COVID-19 outbreak has spread to neighboring Nepal, where it’s straining an even smaller, less-resourced health system. The virus has even reached Mount Everest, where climbers have fallen ill.

The agreement marks a major political shake-up as Israel seeks to protect a fragile truce with Hamas and amid the fallout from a bout of communal violence between Jewish and Arab citizens.

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