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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.

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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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

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

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

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

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

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’

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.