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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy News Site Closes After Police Raid and Arrests

(HONG KONG) — A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested seven current and former editors, board members and a journalist in a continuing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese

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Amanda Gorman Releases End-Of-Year Poem—New Day’s Lyric

(NEW YORK) — Amanda Gorman is ending her extraordinary year on a hopeful note. The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration made her an international sensation, released a new work

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US appoints envoy to defend Afghan women’s rights

Washington (AFP) – The United States on Wednesday appointed an envoy to defend the rights of Afghan women, signaling a key priority as the Taliban ratchet up restrictions. Rina Amiri, an Afghan-born US scholar and mediation expert who served at

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How the Pandemic Could Finally End the Mommy Wars

What does it mean to be a good mother? For most of my life, I’ve received conflicting answers to this question. Growing up, my parents revered mothers like mine, who walked away from a career in medicine to stay at

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Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on President Biden’s Upcoming Phone Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia – The White House

Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on President Biden’s Upcoming Phone Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia  The White House

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Watch: TIME’s Best Short Documentaries of 2021

This year, many of us turned to film to be transported outside the confines of our homes. With that in mind, at TIME we commissioned documentaries that took viewers on journeys—whether inside the mind of a beloved pet, along for

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New COVID-19 Cases in U.S. Rise to Highest Levels on Record

(CHICAGO) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the

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France puts pressure on the unvaccinated as it again breaks its COVID-19 case record

France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs.

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Holmes jury resumes deliberations after closed-door meeting

The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes will resume their lengthy deliberations amid some intrigue raised by a closed-door meeting among her attorneys, federal prosecutors and the judge presiding the case.

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The best thing Donald Trump has done in years – CNN

The best thing Donald Trump has done in years  CNN Donald Trump … A RINO?  Daily Kos President Donald Trump tells supporters: COVID-19 vaccinations work  Fortune Donald Trump Said He Got a Booster Shot and His Supporters Booed  The New York Times Donald Trump

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