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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Georgians vote in local elections on Saturday that could escalate a political standoff between the ruling party and the opposition a day after the arrest of ex-president and opposition politician Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili, who left Georgia in 2013

The White House sees the loan to support women-owned businesses as a model for the kind of project that the U.S. plans to support to compete with China’s Belt and Road initiative. (Image credit: Eduardo Munoz-Pool/Getty Images)

Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials  The White House

It took just over a year since disease emerged to reach toll of 2.5 million, but next 2.5 million deaths occurred in just under 8 months, according to Reuters analysis

‘It doesn’t matter when’: How Biden gave feuding House Democrats an off-ramp  CNN Congress is still at odds over Biden’s infrastructure, budget plan. What would a deal mean for the president?  USA TODAY Opinion | Progressives are making reconciliation and the Biden

In her memoir, Crying In H Mart, released earlier this year, author and musician Michelle Zauner explores how cooking helped her understand her identity as a Korean American after her mother’s death. (Image credit: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)

Suspects taken in for interrogation by Israel’s security services; incident follows death of Palestinian man also seen approaching border this week

Billboards showing female soccer players, musicians and Holocaust survivors are repeatedly vandalized by religious extremists in Jerusalem and other cities

Israel Institute for Biological Research indicates over 80 percent of volunteers in ongoing clinical trials developed antibodies, Channel 12 reports

California to Mandate Covid-19 Vaccines for All Students as Soon as Next Fall  The New York Times California to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for students  CNN California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren  Yahoo News Editorial: Newsom’s school COVID-19 vaccine mandate is weak