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Mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit gets rolling in rural Maine

By Patrick Whittle 4 minutes ago
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine deployed its mobile vaccination unit on Monday as part of an effort to get COVID-19 shots to remote corners of the state. ...

FILE - Lady Gaga attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 6, 2019, in New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday that the annual high-wattage celebration of both fashion and celebrity -- held virtually in 2020 because of the pandemic -- will return in person, first in September, then again on its usual date on the first Monday in May. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Sidelined last year, the Met Gala is returning -- twice

By Jocelyn Noveck 47 minutes ago

A healthcare worker prepares to inject a man with a dose of the Sinovac vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination point for seniors in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Sputnik vaccine helping Russia regain LatAm foothold

By David Biller And Christopher Sherman 47 minutes ago

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press 50 minutes ago
Traverse City Record-Eagle. April 9, 2021. Editorial: Stop the threats There are a plethora of ways to vent frustration...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press 50 minutes ago
Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 11, 2021. Editorial: Shame on Ohio General Assembly members who prevaricate when asked to lead by example and...

A young boy waits for the result of rapid COVID-19 test before entering his class at a kindergarten in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 12, 2021. The Czech government has agreed to start easing the tight lockdown in one of the hardest-hit European countries and has given a green light for at least some children to return to schools. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Czechs start to ease lockdown, youngest kids back to schools

By Karel Janicek 51 minutes ago

Miners continue strike in Alabama after contract rejected

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BROOKWOOD, Ala. (AP) — A strike is continuing at two Alabama coal mines after union members rejected a contract proposal. The United Mine...

A man rides his bicycle along the main Black Rock road, covered with ash coming from the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in the neighboring island of St. Vincent, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Brandis)
'Huge' explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting

By Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto an hour ago

Vermont opening COVID-19 vaccines to those 30 and older

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont is opening registration for COVID-19 vaccinations to people age 30 and older. The Vermont Health Department...

A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for a woman in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 12, 2021. Thailand's Health Ministry warned Sunday that restrictions may need to be tightened to slow the spread of a fresh coronavirus wave, as the country hit a daily record for new cases. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thailand sees record new infections ahead of major festival

By Patrick Quinn And Busaba Sivasomboon 4 hrs ago

Early morning shoppers in Oxford Street, London, Monday April 12, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
Chilly weather doesn't dampen UK joy at lockdown easing

By Jill Lawless 4 hrs ago

A high school student has his body temperature checked as he enters a school at Glyfada suburb, west of Athens, Monday, April 12, 2021. Home tests have been distributed to teachers and students aged 16-18, as authorities reopened high schools for students in the final three grades on Monday. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Greece pins hopes on mandatory home testing, opens schools

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FILE - In this Monday, June 27, 2016 file photo, the then Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to address Parliament on Britain's European Union referendum choice to leave. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has broken his silence on allegations that he improperly lobbied government officials on behalf of a financial services firm, saying there are “important lessons to be learnt” from the scandal. The comments, released late Sunday April 11, 2021 in an 1,800-word written statement, are Cameron’s first since Greensill Capital collapsed more than a month ago, threatening thousands of jobs at a British steelmaker it had financed. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
UK lobbying scandal snares Ex-PM; government launches probe

By Danica Kirka 4 hrs ago

A person receives the COVID-19 vaccine as members of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra play at the vaccination center in Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, Jutland, Denmark, Monday April 12, 2021. (Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system

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Tennessee offering free online courses amid pandemic

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee labor officials are continuing to offer free online courses to help people without work during the COVID-19 pandemic advance...

Devotees take holy dips in the river Ganges during Shahi snan or a Royal bath at Kumbh mela, in Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, April 12, 2021. As states across India are declaring some version of a lockdown to battle rising Covid cases as part of a nationwide second-wave, thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the river Ganga for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela. The faithful believe that a dip in the waters of the Ganga will absolve them of their sins and deliver them from the cycle of birth and death. (AP Photo/Karma Sonam)
Huge gatherings at India's Hindu festival as virus surges

By Neha Mehrotra And Sheikh Saaliq 5 hrs ago

A medical worker in a booth takes a nasal sample from a man at a coronavirus testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 12, 2021. The new mayor of South Korea's capital demanded swift approval of coronavirus self-testing kits, saying that his city urgently needs more tools to fight the pandemic and keep struggling businesses open. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asia Today: India records another surge in COVID-19 cases

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People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 12, 2021. Asian shares were lower on Monday, as investors grew wary over the recent surge in coronavirus cases in many places while vaccinations are making scant headway. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
US stocks open slightly lower, pulling back from record high

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Bhutanese people wearing face masks as precaution against coronavirus walk through a street in Thimpu, Bhutan, Monday, April 12, 2021. The tiny Himalayan kingdom wedged between India and China has vaccinated nearly 93% of its adult population since March 27. Overall, the country has vaccinated 62% of its 800,000 people. (AP Photo)
Small but quick: Bhutan vaccinates 93% of adults in 16 days

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Armin Laschet, CDU federal chairman and minister president of North Rhine-Westphalia, arrives at the CDU presidium meeting in front of party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 12, 2021. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Leader of Merkel's party moves forward in bid for chancellor

By Geir Moulson 7 hrs ago