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TORONTO (AP) — Canada is getting a fourth vaccine to prevent COVID-19 as the country's health regulator has cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two, officials …
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By ROB GILLIES
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3/5/21
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More than 27 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to keep waiting for guidance from federal health officials for what they should and shouldn’t do.
The Biden …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON, MIKE STOBBE and ZEKE MILLER
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3/5/21
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Friday postponed plans to vaccinate Palestinians who work inside the country and its West Bank settlements until further notice.
COGAT, the Israeli military agency …
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3/5/21
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Friday ordered a judge to reconsider adding a third-degree murder charge against a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s …
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3/5/21
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from the global COVAX initiative, with officials …
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
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3/5/21
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar called Friday for urgent Security Council action to reverse Myanmar’s military coup, saying about 50 peaceful protesters were killed in …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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3/5/21
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa journalist faces trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international …
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By RYAN J. FOLEY
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3/5/21
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DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Police Department allowed an officer to continue patrolling for more than a year while investigating whether he ordered two people to be killed because it didn't want to …
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3/5/21
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the second time this week, a pair of astronauts floated outside Friday to get the International Space Station ready for new solar panels.
NASA’s Kate Rubins and …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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3/5/21
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TOKYO (AP) — Myanmar's security forces . The new junta has jailed journalists — and anyone else capable of exposing the violence. It has done away with even limited legal protections. The outside …
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By VICTORIA MILKO and FOSTER KLUG
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3/5/21
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — YouTube removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its guidelines, it announced Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and …
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3/5/21
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BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq to deliver a message of hope to the country's dwindling Christian community following years of unrest and amid a devastating …
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3/5/21
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LEGANÉS, Spain (AP) — A voice shouts “Red Alert!” from the end of the corridor. An ambulance has just delivered the latest resident of an elderly care home in the Spanish capital. He's in a …
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By BERNAT ARMANGUE
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3/5/21
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and SAMYA KULLAB
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3/5/21
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BAGHDAD (AP) — In Iraq, two decades of back-to-back conflicts have left ancient Christian communities that were once a vibrant and integral part of the landscape scattered and in ruins.
Iraq was …
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By The Associated Press
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3/5/21
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Friday in the ocean off New Zealand, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the …
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By NICK PERRY
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3/4/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Interest rates keep marching higher, and Wall Street keeps shaking because of it.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed back above 1.50% Thursday, prodded higher by comments …
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By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA
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3/4/21
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As the trial approaches for a white Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, prosecutors are putting the time Derek Chauvin’s knee was on …
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By AMY FORLITI
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3/4/21
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel, Denmark and Austria agreed on Thursday to join forces in the fight against COVID-19 with an investment in research and roll-out of vaccines to protect people against …
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By LAURIE KELLMAN
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3/4/21
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Heart inflammation is uncommon in pro athletes who’ve had mostly mild COVID-19 and most don’t need to be sidelined, a study conducted by major professional sports leagues suggests.
The results …
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By LINDSEY TANNER
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3/4/21
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