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Many African Countries Toughen Covid Restrictions as Fourth Wave Spreads

Infections have more than doubled or tripled in many countries, prompting the authorities to reimpose curfews and quarantines and introduce vaccine mandates as the holiday season gets underway.

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How America’s ICUs Are Dealing with Another Christmas of Death and Distress

The toll on health care workers, many of whom are giving up their holiday to treat dangerously ill Covid patients, is severe.

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Man Killed in Apparent Shark Attack Off California, the Authorities Say – The New York Times

Man Killed in Apparent Shark Attack Off California, the Authorities Say  The New York Times Surfer killed in apparent great white shark attack off California coast on Christmas Eve  Fox News Christmas Eve shark attack ends in fatality at California Beach  WFLA Day

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How does the veteran Hubble compare to the new Webb space telescope?

Device scheduled for launch on Saturday is seen as a successor to the 32-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, which gave mankind awe-inspiring images of the universe

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Decades in the making, Hubble telescope’s more powerful successor to soar into space

James Webb Space Telescope will seek out the faint, twinkling light from the first stars and galaxies, providing a glimpse into cosmic creation

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30 years ago today, Gorbachev’s resignation marked the end of the Soviet Union

Political experts argue to this day whether the last Soviet leader could have held onto his position and saved the USSR

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Accused of complicity in opioid crisis, Teva launches nasal spray to treat overdose

Company says its generic version of Narcan is the first to arrive in markets; firm faces multiple legal challenges for allegedly stoking opioid epidemic

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Israeli producers put passion into movie version of Ferrante’s ‘The Lost Daughter’

Pie Films’ Talia Kleinhendler and Osnat Handelsman-Keren turn Maggie Gyllenhaal into a director and the Italian novel into a film

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Lebanese opposition figure: Country ‘taken hostage by Iran and Hezbollah’

Sami Gemayel says in upcoming elections, Lebanese must choose between taking first step away from quagmire or a return to ‘cycle of compromises that destroyed the country’

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Ethiopia’s fight to win back looted treasures after descendants of UK soldiers ‘try to sell on stolen goods’

Any historian determined to write a comprehensive account of the life and times of Ethiopia – and those who have lived there – will have to go back a long, long time. 

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