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As interest in the coronavirus vaccine continues to lag, Iowa public health officials are trying to make it easier to get a shot.

Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and six wounded in an ambush by militants from Afghanistan along the border between the two countries on Wednesday, Pakistan's military said.

Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO's twopart documentary The Crime of the Century opens with a body bag.

The decision of the Maoist party to withdraw support to the government comes two days after Oli announced that he will seek a vote of confidence in Parliament on May 10.

Ponytailed Spanish politician Pablo Iglesias abruptly retired from politics on Tuesday night, a month after stepping down from his post as deputy prime minister of the central government.

A 2-year-old girl rescued from a Maryland bay after a five-vehicle crash on a bridge has been released from a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, according to authorities.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed on the need for a global rollout of COVID19 vaccines to end the pandemic, Downing Street said on Tuesday after the pair met in London.

President Joe Biden on Monday vastly overstated the number of Americans who've been vaccinated against COVID19. And when addressing the racial gap in vaccinations, he claimed progress that is not apparent in the statistics.

Congo will replace civilian authorities with military administrations in two conflicthit provinces for a month, the government said on Monday, announcing the details of a state of siege to address worsening bloodshed in the east.

Australia will review the 99yearlease of a commercial and military port in its north to a Chinese firm, the Sydney Morning Herald reported late on Sunday, a move that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra.

Bald eagles that nest in a back yard near New Orleans have lost their chick. It's the latest in years of troubles for the pair of federally protected birds.

Germany said on Friday it rejected Russia's decision to bar eight officials from European Union countries from entering the country in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russian citizens by the EU.

A requirement that people on planes and other forms of transportation in the U.S. wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 will remain in place through at least Sept. 13, the Transportation Security Administration said Friday.

The more than 4.2 million people like Gadr who make up the Indian diaspora in the U.S., according to census estimates.

Sputnik V said earlier Thursday it was "undertaking a legal defamation proceeding in Brazil against Anvisa for knowingly spreading false and inaccurate information."

Rescue workers had initially said that chaos erupted when a section of stadium seating collapsed but later revised that account to say the casualties had been caused by a stampede.