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Ephrata residents honor veterans during annual parade
EPHRATA — American flags lined Basin Street Wednesday morning as veterans, community members and local organizatio…
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Congress approves $900B COVID relief bill, sending to Trump
Kushner joins Israelis on landmark visit to Morocco
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner led a delegation from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday on the first known direct flight since the two countries agreed to establish full diplomatic ties ea…
The Latest: Germany says virus infection decline weeks away
BERLIN — The head of Germany’s disease control center says it will probably be several weeks before infections in the country, which is nearly a week into a toughened lockdown, start to decline.
Sudan says US Congress moves ahead on ending pariah status
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's Justice Ministry said Tuesday the U.S. Congress has moved forward on Washington's promise to end the African country's pariah status, passing legislation that grants Sudan some immunity from le…
Indonesia leader reshuffles Cabinet amid virus crisis, graft
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president announced a Cabinet reshuffle Tuesday following the arrest of two of his ministers on corruption charges and his administration’s lackluster pandemic response.
Spain holds huge Christmas lottery with virus restrictions
MADRID (AP) — Children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school have begun calling out prize-winning numbers in Spain’s bumper Christmas lottery known as “EL Gordo” (the fat one), which is being held under tight conditio…
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China imposes new visa limits in back-and-forth with US
BEIJING (AP) — China hit back with reciprocal actions Tuesday against unnamed American officials in the latest back-and-forth, following a U.S. announcement of new visa restrictions on Chinese officials.
Scientists urge concern, not alarm over new virus strains
Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won’t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new strains of the coronavirus, especially the one now moving through England. Scie…
World shares mixed after US Congress greenlights stimulus
European shares and U.S. futures advanced Tuesday after American lawmakers approved a $900 billion package of measures to help the economy get through the pandemic.
Still stuck: 1,500 France-bound trucks stranded in England
LONDON (AP) — More than 1,500 trucks were stranded in England on Tuesday morning amid fears that Britain could face food shortages if travel restrictions put in place to slow the spread of a new strain of the coron…
FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over museum
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has filed a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of its loss-making soccer museum in Zurich.
FIFA files criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over finances of soccer museum project in Zurich
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA files criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over finances of soccer museum project in Zurich.
BioNTech CEO confident vaccine will work on UK variant
BERLIN (AP) — German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the
BioNTEch CEO confident vaccine works against UK variant, but further studies needed to be sure
BERLIN (AP) — BioNTEch CEO confident vaccine works against UK variant, but further studies needed to be sure.