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New Zealand has suspended its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for at least eight weeks due to a growing COVID-19 cluster in SydneyByThe Associated PressJuly 23, 2021, 5:36 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail…

The European Medicines Agency has recommended clearing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the shot has been authorized for people under 18By MARIA CHENG and LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical WritersJuly 23,…

Vietnam has announced a 15-day lockdown in the capital Hanoi as a coronavirus surge spread from the southern Mekong Delta regionByThe Associated PressJuly 24, 2021, 7:20 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this…

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities to protest lockdown restrictions amid another surge in casesByThe Associated PressJuly 24, 2021, 8:06 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail…

The Justice Department says it has decided not to open a civil rights investigation into government-run nursing homes in New York over their COVID-19 responseBy MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated PressJuly 24, 2021, 5:29 AM• 2 min readShare to…

The Chinese government says everyone in a county in the southwest near Myanmar will be tested for the coronavirus following a spike in infectionsByThe Associated PressJuly 24, 2021, 4:44 AM• 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail…

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM Associated PressJuly 24, 2021, 3:42 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBOGOR, Indonesia -- Wearing hazmat suits and masks, gravediggers at the Cipenjo Cemetery in Bogor on the outskirts of…

The family of entertainer James Brown has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer’s estateBy MEG KINNARD Associated PressJuly 24, 2021, 2:10 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this…

Germany is listing Spain and the Netherlands as “high-incidence areas.”ByThe Associated PressJuly 23, 2021, 2:30 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBERLIN -- Germany is listing Spain and the Netherlands as…

Pandemic restrictions on Florida-based cruise ships are no longer in place under the latest ruling by a federal appeals court, while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention try to fight a Florida lawsuit challenging the…