Rosmarie Trapp, whose Austrian family the von Trapps was made famous in the musical and beloved movie “The Sound of Music,” has died.She died Friday at the age of 93 at a nursing home in Morrisville, Vermont, Trapp Family Lodge…
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North Korea Hails ‘Good Results’ On COVID as Fever Cases Pass 2 Million
North Korea said Friday it was achieving “good results” in its fight against its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak, as the number of people with fever symptoms rose past 2 million.A wave of COVID infections, which North Korea first confirmed last…
Read MoreMyanmar junta tribunal sentences 7 youths to death in Yangon
Myanmar’s junta condemned seven youths to death this week in the Yangon region, with a secret military tribunal finding them guilty of murder, a state-run Myanmar’s junta condemned seven youths to death this week in the Yangon newspaper said.The seven,…
Read MoreNew Zealand Hands Out Extra Cash to Fight ‘Inflation Storm’
New Zealand’s government said Thursday it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to more than 2 million lower-income adults to help them navigate what it describes as “the peak of the global inflation storm.”The payments are part of…
Read MoreUS Health Advisers Urge Pfizer Booster for Children Ages 5 to 11
Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly adopted the panel’s recommendation, opening a third COVID-19 shot to healthy …
Read MoreMyanmar junta gets effective diplomatic downgrade as a result of military coup
Myanmar’s 15-month-old military junta is suffering a diplomatic downgrade as Western and some Southeast Asian neighbors are withholding ambassadorial appointments to the country and increasingly meeting with elected officials overthrown by the army ear…
Read MoreExperts: North Korea Likely to Dismiss International Anti-COVID Aid
Experts say North Korea is likely to dismiss almost all international anti-virus help, at least for now, despite its first acknowledged outbreak of suspected COVID-19 cases surging across the country.The country is scrambling to deal with rapidly risin…
Read MoreHealth Officials Say Parts of US May Consider Calls for Mask Wearing
COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infe…
Read MoreMigrant Border Entries Rise in April, Boosted By Ukrainians
U.S. authorities said Monday they stopped migrants more than 234,000 times in April, one of the highest marks in decades as the Biden administration prepares to lift pandemic-era restrictions on claiming asylum.U.S. Customs and Border Protection offici…
Read MoreFDA Clears COVID Booster Shot for Healthy Kids Ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward.Everyone 12 and older already was supposed to get one booster…
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