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Students return to NYC schools once more after virus closure

NEW YORK (AP) — It's back to school again for thousands of New York City schoolchildren who returned to classrooms Monday after a roughly two-week shutdown spurred by the city's rising coronavirus caseload.

The Latest: Canada to get up to 250,000 vaccine doses

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will get up to 250,000 doses of the vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech before the end of the December.

Trudeau: Canada to get Pfizer vaccine by end of this year

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday Canada will get up to 249,000 doses of the vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech before the end of December.

Yemen 'on edge of precipice' as UNICEF launches aid appeal

JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen is “on the edge of a precipice” after years of civil war, a senior U.N. official has warned on Monday, with millions of children suffering from malnutrition and facing the risk of famine.

Alabama sheriff removes 'thugshots' Christmas tree post

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff’s department has removed a photo of a Christmas tree adorned with what they called “thugshots” of people who have been arrested after criticism that it was demeaning and cruel.

Trudeau says Canada to get 250,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech before the end of the December

TORONTO (AP) — Trudeau says Canada to get 250,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech before the end of the December.

UAE royal buys stake in controversial Israeli soccer club

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Beitar Jerusalem soccer club, which has gained notoriety for its racist fans and refusal to have an Arab player on its roster, announced on Monday that a member of the Emirati ruling famil…

Georgia to again certify election results showing Biden won

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top elections official said his office plans to recertify the state's election results Monday after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Bide…

French-Lebanese linked to Sarkozy probe released in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prosecutor general on Monday ordered the release of a Lebanese-French businessman linked to the probe of alleged illegal funding of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's election campaig…

Nor'easter leaves tens of thousands without electricity

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Utility workers restored power to more than 150,000 homes and businesses in Maine following a weekend nor’easter, but tens of thousands of customers remained without Monday.

EXPLAINER: What has Japanese space mission accomplished?

TOKYO (AP) — A small capsule containing asteroid soil samples that was dropped from 136,700 miles (220,000 kilometers) in space by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft landed as planned in the Australian Outback on Sunday.…

South Africa says yearend school parties are superspreaders

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has identified yearend school parties as COVID-19 superspreader events and ordered all students who have attended them to immediately go into a 10-day quarantine.

Retirees protest against Belarus' hardline leader

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred retirees took to the streets of the Belarusian capital Monday to demand the ouster of President Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus' authoritarian leader who won his sixth term in off…

Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Monday, a project initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled t…