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Biden announces new vaccine czar, massive spending to stem COVID-19 'suffering' in U.S.
President-elect Joe Biden has picked a former Food and Drug commissioner to lead vaccine science in his drive to put 100 million shots into the arms of Americans in his administration's first 100 days to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Travel ban over Brazilian variant precautionary, U.K. transport minister says
A Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is significant enough to justify stopping flights from South America as a precaution, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Friday, as a leading scientist said it had been detected in Britain.
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Stalin-themed kebab shop reopens old wounds in Russia
A Moscow kebab shop owner faces a backlash after he opened a take-out food shop bearing the name of Joseph Stalin, as Russians remain deeply conflicted over the totalitarian wartime leader's legacy and how they should see him today.
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U.S. says Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' officials: court filing
Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended "to capture and assassinate elected officials."
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At least 34 dead after quake sets off landslides, topples homes in Indonesia
A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 34 people.
