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Despite an increasingly brutal crackdown by the military authorities that has seen more than 50 people killed, protesters took to the streets again in towns around the country to denounce the February 1 coup.

The mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, said Friday her husband has died, several hours after police found a dead man at the couples home.

The hack of a company that manages passengerprocessing and frequentflier data for major global airlines including Star Alliance and One World members has compromised the personal data of an unspecified number of travelers.

Authorities have erected tall steel antiriot barriers around Mexico Citys National Palace ahead of planned protests to mark International Womens Day on Monday.

President Joe Biden's administration is instructing longterm facilities that hold immigrant children to lift capacity restrictions enacted during the coronavirus pandemic to open up muchneeded beds in a system facing sharply increasing needs.

The United States has banned a Ukrainian tycoon and former regional governor, who was also a key supporter of Ukraines president, from entering the country.

Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers, 55-and-over Americans and other groups as the U.S. races to beat back the virus and reopen businesses and schools.

A metal railing can be seen giving way under the weight of the pushing and shoving students, with several plummeting to the concrete floor below at the El Alto university near La Paz.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the U.S. governments pandemic response, has donated his personal 3D model of the COVID19 virus to the Smithsonians National Museum of American History.

An armed separatist group in Irans restive southeast assaulted a vehicle carrying members of Irans Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force Tuesday, state TV reported, as unrest continues to roil the impoverished region.

Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 42,000 Texans.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to live in the seat of state government in Charleston, ending a longrunning challenge over his residency.

A young American on trial in Rome for the slaying of an Italian police officer has told the court that he stabbed the victim because he feared he was being strangled by a thug.

An appeals court considering whether to reinstate a thirddegree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd reacted with skepticism Monday to his attorney's arguments for keeping the charge out.

The social media network started promoting public health information before COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. It also aimed to remove demonstrably false or misleading content about the virus that had the highest risk of causing harm.

Anthony Fauci's comments come after the US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday authorised Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, adding a third vaccine option for Americans.