China pushes to expand virus origin search beyond its border

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BEIJING — Chinese health officials pushed Wednesday to expand the search for the origins of the coronavirus beyond China, one day after the release...

UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale”...

Brazil leader names new top diplomat amid Cabinet shake-up

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Amid a slide in his popularity, President Jair Bolsonaro has shaken up the Cabinet, including replacing Brazil's foreign minister who...

Some medical experts unconvinced about holding Tokyo Games

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TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Organizers say...

Afghan officials: 3 women working in polio drive killed

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the anti-polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after...

N. Korea calls South’s leader ‘a parrot raised by America’

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called South Korea’s president “a parrot raised by America” Tuesday, resuming its trademark derisive rhetoric against its rivals...

Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine

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NEW DELHI — The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi....

N. Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its reaction to the North’s recent missile...

Overseas Tokyo ticket holders may get only partial refunds

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TOKYO — Many fans living outside Japan who bought Tokyo Olympic tickets from brokers — so-called Authorized Ticket Resellers — will not get full...

Hungary first in European Union for vaccinations, and deaths

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary has vaccinated more of its population than any other country in the European Union, according to figures from an EU...