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How Singer Cher Is Helping Kaavan, The ‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Icon­ic singer and actress Cher is in Pak­istan to cel­e­brate the depar­ture of Kaa­van, dubbed the “world’s loneli­est ele­phant,” who will soon leave a Pak­istani zoo for bet­ter con­di­tions after years of lob­by­ing by ani­mal rights

Suspected North Korean Hackers Target COVID-19 Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca

LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) — Sus­pect­ed North Kore­an hack­ers have tried to break into the sys­tems of British drug­mak­er AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two peo­ple with knowl­edge of the mat­ter told Reuters, as the com­pa­ny races to deploy its

Ethiopians Flee Tigray Capital In Fear Of Imminent Assault

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopi­an Prime Min­is­ter Abiy Ahmed again ruled out dia­logue with the lead­ers of the defi­ant Tigray region Fri­day but said he is will­ing to speak to rep­re­sen­ta­tives “oper­at­ing legal­ly” there dur­ing a meet­ing with three

Pig Guts And Punches Fly In Taiwan Parliament Over Imports Of U.S. Meat

TAIPEI, Tai­wan (AP) — Law­mak­ers in Tai­wan got into a fist­fight and threw pig guts at each oth­er Fri­day over a soon-to-be enact­ed pol­i­cy that would allow imports of U.S. pork and beef. Pre­mier Su Tseng-chang was

Austrian Village Tweaks Name After Visitors Kept Stealing Its ‘F**king’ Signs

VIENNA, Nov 26 (Reuters) — The Aus­tri­an vil­lage of F**king is chang­ing its name, the may­or of the munic­i­pal­i­ty where it is locat­ed said on Thurs­day, after res­i­dents appar­ent­ly grew tired of the snig­gers it prompt­ed in the English-speaking

U.S. National Security Adviser Reportedly Gets Typhoid Mary Treatment In Vietnam

White House Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Advis­er Robert O’Brien and his entourage were treat­ed like COVID-19 con­ta­gion threats in Viet­nam at the start of his trav­els to South­east Asia, Bloomberg report­ed. He and his aides were rel­e­gat­ed to a sin­gle floor in

Venezuelan Judge Convicts 6 American Oil Executives On Corruption Charges

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Six Amer­i­can oil exec­u­tives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of cor­rup­tion charges by a judge Thurs­day and imme­di­ate­ly sen­tenced to prison, defense lawyers said, dash­ing hopes of a quick release that

Pope Francis Urges Solidarity In A COVID-19 World In Rare Op-Ed

Pope Fran­cis called for sol­i­dar­i­ty in a world gripped by the coro­n­avirus, praised health care work­ers and chas­tised gov­ern­ments and indi­vid­u­als who self­ish­ly thought only of them­selves dur­ing a glob­al pan­dem­ic, writ­ing in a New York Times op-ed published

Why Oxford AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus Vaccine Data Has Come Under Scrutiny

Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty and AstraZeneca have acknowl­edged a man­u­fac­tur­ing error meant some tri­al par­tic­i­pants received only a par­tial dose of their exper­i­men­tal COVID-19 vac­cine. The announce­ment has raised ques­tions about why researchers did not men­tion the

Happy Thanksgiving!

Novem­ber 26, 2020 Hap­py Thanks­giv­ing! The Center’s dai­ly brief­ing of media news is on hia­tus on Thurs­day and Fri­day for the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day. The brief­ing will be updat­ed again on Mon­day, Novem­ber 30. Pag­i­na­tion Old­er Daily