It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates Fauci says

It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates Fauci says

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon.

Sunday on ABC News, Fauci was asked whether it’s time to start relaxing indoor masks requirements. Fauci replied, “I think so, and I think you’re going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated.”
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Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

 

While hospitals plead for life-saving oxygen and Covid-19 patients die in their thousands, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing ahead with a $1.8 billion parliamentary revamp — including a new home for the country’s leader.

The decision to continue with the project in the capital, New Delhi, has infuriated the public and opposition politicians,

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Stiliyan Petrov’s dream job was cut short by cancer; now he wants to help soccer stars plan for the future

Stiliyan Petrov’s dream job was cut short by cancer; now he wants to help soccer stars plan for the future

 

 

You might gawk at Premier League footballers’ million dollar salaries but playing careers are short and can sometimes be curtailed by injury, illness or poor form.

And when a career comes to its inevitable end, many players are left scrambling to reinvent themselves.

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Chelsea humbles Real Madrid to set up all English Champions League final

Chelsea humbles Real Madrid to set up all English Champions League final

 

 

Chelsea ensured it will be an all English affair in the Champions League final this season after beating Real Madrid in the semifinals on Wednesday.

The Blues went into the second leg level at 1-1, but goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount settled the tie, setting up a clash against Premier League rival Manchester City.

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IPL: Australian cricketers scramble to leave India amid Covid-19 crisis

IPL: Australian cricketers scramble to leave India amid Covid-19 crisis

 

Australian and other overseas cricketers who have been participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) are scrambling for ways to leave India as it faces the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will help move Australia’s entire IPL “cohort” to the Maldives or Sri Lanka ahead of the weekend,

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Biden says the GOP going through a ‘mini revolution’ as party moves to oust Liz Cheney

Biden says the GOP going through a ‘mini revolution’ as party moves to oust Liz Cheney

 

 

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he thinks the Republican Party is going through a “sort of mini-revolution” amid the push by GOP House members to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position.

“It seems as though the Republican Party is trying to identify what it stands for and they’re in the midst of a significant sort of mini-revolution,”

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The world sent India millions in Covid aid. Why is it not reaching those who need it most?

The world sent India millions in Covid aid. Why is it not reaching those who need it most?

 

 

As India’s Covid-19 crisis tipped past breaking point last month, dozens of countries pledged critical aid.

Planeloads of ventilators, oxygen supplies and antiviral drugs began arriving last week, with photos showing massive parcels being unloaded at New Delhi airport.
There’s just one problem: for many days,

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The pandemic can’t end unless the world helps India. Immediately

The pandemic can’t end unless the world helps India. Immediately

 

 

This time a year ago, as Indian American physicians, we watched helplessly as the United States, our home, succumbed to the first wave of Covid-19. This past week, we watched our ancestral home, India, succumb to a catastrophic surge of the virus with no end in sight. As hospital beds fill, so do our WhatsApp messages with pleas from family and friends abroad who are suffering —

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Why are Australian officials hinting at war with China?

Why are Australian officials hinting at war with China?

 

 

For a country with a much smaller military and no nuclear weapons, Australia is suddenly hinting an awful lot about a war with China.

On April 25, the symbolic date of Anzac Day, when Australia honors its war dead, newly appointed Defense Minister Peter Dutton said a conflict with China over Taiwan shouldn’t “be discounted,”

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Cheney sees cratering support in House GOP as McCarthy says she isn’t ‘carrying out the message’

Cheney sees cratering support in House GOP as McCarthy says she isn’t ‘carrying out the message’

 

Rep. Liz Cheney’s days as the No. 3 in House GOP leadership appear to be numbered, with speculation growing about her replacement and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy contending she has failed to do her job in driving the party’s message to take back the majority.

Cheney has grown increasingly isolated within her conference amid her feud with former President Donald Trump,

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