EXPLANATION: COVID-19, far right, are the main topics of the elections in Madrid
Residents of Madrid, one of Europe’s worst-hit regions in a pandemic, are voting Tuesday for a new regional assembly in elections that test people’s resistance...
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All schools in Ontario close and go to study online
All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and switch to online learning due to a record number of coronavirus infections fueled...
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Kim compares North Korea’s economic woes to the famine of the 1990s
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls for another strenuous march to combat severe economic hardship, comparing them for the first time to the famine...
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Christians celebrate Good Friday amid the long-running troubles of the virus
JERUSALEM – Christians in the Holy Land this year celebrate Good Friday in the midst of signs coronavirus the crisis is descending, and religious sites...
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WTO: Delayed vaccination poses a threat to global trade recovery
World trade will accelerate this year, but there is still a long way to go before it reaches pre-pandemic levels ByAssociated Press March 31, 2021,...
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The open father of a missing activist killed in the Iraqi south
Law enforcement and security officials say the father of a missing anti-government activist believed to have been abducted by militias in southern Iraq has been...
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Voting in El Salvador could strengthen the president’s rule
People in El Salvador are voting in legislative and mayoral elections seen as a referendum on whether to break the congressional stalemate that tied the...
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Guatemalans outraged by fake COVID-19 tests
Guatemalan lawmakers, human rights official seek investigation into 30,000 fake COVID-19 tests purchased by public health officials ByAssociated Press February 22, 2021, 10:45 p.m. •...