#US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally

#US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally

“#US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally” The US will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower-income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. President Joe Biden was…

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#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past

#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past

“#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past” SANAA – A bronze statue of the main god of the kingdom of Saba, located in what is now the Yemeni province of Marib, lies in a dark and fortified room of the Sanaa National Museum. The piece was made by a man named Hawtar Athat in the first…

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#Mark Zuckerberg slinging spears with ear protection in video

#Mark Zuckerberg slinging spears with ear protection in video

“#Mark Zuckerberg slinging spears with ear protection in video” First it was sunscreen. Now Mark Zuckerberg is on to another form of protection. The Facebook boss raised eyebrows across the internet after filming himself chucking spears at targets while wearing ear protection. The Z-man had originally posted the bizarre clip to Facebook, but it’s since…

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#Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground

#Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground

“#Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground” As Enbridge Energy prepares to finish rebuilding an oil pipeline across rural northern Minnesota, protesters are occupying part of the construction area and pledging a “summer of resistance” on the ground and in court. Enbridge, which has obtained all necessary state and federal permits for the Line 3 project, says it will be…

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#Columnist fired for suggesting ‘Georgina Floydina’ for royal baby name

#Columnist fired for suggesting ‘Georgina Floydina’ for royal baby name

“#Columnist fired for suggesting ‘Georgina Floydina’ for royal baby name” A high-profile UK newspaper columnist has been fired after she suggested Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should have named their newborn daughter “Georgina Floydina.” The Sunday Telegraph’s Julie Burchill was accused of “disgusting racism” with her tweet about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s already…

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#Russian sailors rescue stranded dog from Arctic ice

#Russian sailors rescue stranded dog from Arctic ice

“#Russian sailors rescue stranded dog from Arctic ice” A fluffy white dog found stranded on cracked Arctic sea ice was rescued last week by Russian sailors in the autonomous Yamal-Nenets region.  One-year-old Samoyed “Aika” had strayed far from her owner and village, wandering near the “Alexander Sannikov” icebreaker. Video from the scene shows the moment the vessel’s crew decided to rescue the…

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