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Vaccine misinformation spawns 'pure blood' movement

Vaccine skeptics blocking transfusions for life-saving surgeries, Facebook groups inciting violence against doctors and a global search for unvaccinated donors -- Covid-19 misinformation has bred a so-called "pure blood" movement.. Taking the hysteria to the next level was the recent high-profile case of a New Zealand couple, who sought to block life-saving heart surgery of their infant on the grounds that any blood transfused could have come from a vaccinated donor.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 3 mins read

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Grief grips Asian Americans after California mass shootings

Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people dead -- with the alleged gunmen in both cases being older men of Asian descent.. Investigators were still probing the motives behind the two incidents, which stood out among the scourge of mass shootings in America both for the community impacted -- gun violence is usually seen as rare among Asians and Asian Americans -- and for the age of the suspects, 67 and 72.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 4 mins read

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'Total torture': Sick Ukrainians gasp for oxygen amid blackouts

Valentyn Mozgovy cannot breathe on his own, and keeping his ventilator powered during Ukraine's blackouts has become a matter of life or death.. Valentyn had to breathe on his own for ten excruciating minutes.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 3 mins read

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Jacinda Ardern replaced as New Zealand PM at official ceremony

Jacinda Ardern was officially replaced on Wednesday as New Zealand prime minister, after stunning the country by announcing her abrupt departure from the role last week.. But Ardern on Tuesday said she would "hate" for her departure to be seen as "a negative commentary on New Zealand". 

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 2 mins read

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Jacinda Ardern replaced as New Zealand PM at official ceremony

Jacinda Ardern was officially replaced on Wednesday as New Zealand prime minister, after stunning the country by announcing her abrupt departure from the role last week. . Ardern said last week she no longer had "enough in the tank" after steering the country through natural disasters, its worst-ever terror attack and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 1 mins read

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Jacinda Ardern leaves New Zealand parliament to resign

Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday made her last public appearance as New Zealand prime minister, walking out of parliament as a crowd of hundreds broke into a spontaneous round of applause. . A crowd of some 300 staff members, fellow politicians and members of the public gathered on the parliament lawns to bid her farewell. 

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 1 mins read

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US sues Google over dominance of online ad market

The US Justice Department sued Google on Tuesday for its dominance of the online advertising market, launching a fresh legal battle against the California-based tech giant.. The case was launched by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in conjunction with eight US states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 2 mins read

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Peru's president calls for 'truce' after weeks of unrest

Peru's President Dina Boluarte called  Tuesday for a "national truce" to end weeks of unrest that has left at least 46 people dead as protesters press for her resignation and fresh elections.. "I call on my dear country to a national truce to allow for the establishment of dialogue, to fix the agenda for each region and develop our towns.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 2 mins read

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Peru president calls for 'truce' after weeks of unrest

Peru President Dina Boluarte on Tuesday called for a "national truce" as thousands of protesters continue to call for her resignation and fresh elections.. "I call on my dear country to a national truce to allow for the establishment of dialogue, to fix the agenda for each region and develop our towns.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 1 mins read

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Pompeo says US averted nuclear war between India, Pakistan

Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo wrote in a book published Tuesday that India and Pakistan came close to nuclear war in 2019 and that US intervention prevented escalation.. India, he informed me, was contemplating its own escalation," Pompeo wrote.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 1 mins read