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MERSHAM, England – Since work began on the post-Brexit border crossing, villagers have complained of construction noise, a cloud of dust, damage to their homes, nasty rubbish and giant trucks that blew their horns at night and got stuck on small country roads. But the real problem begins as a clockwork every night, when hundreds of floodlights from the giant …

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ISLAMABAD – Many countries offer incentives to entice people to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Pakistan is taking a more punitive approach. Authorities in the 220-million-strong country are threatening those who refuse to accept the shot with penalties ranging from cutting off their cell phone connections to withholding their salaries. Punishments contrast with the rewards that hang elsewhere in the world. …

People visit a makeshift memorial on the site of a former Indian housing school in Kamloops after the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc council encouraged mourners to take part in a national day of prayer in honor of the remains of 215 children found at the site in Kamloopsa Bri , Canada, June 6, 2021. REUTERS / Jennifer Gauthier // File Photo …

Beijing plans to maintain restrictions on a pandemic at the border for at least another year as officials worry about new options and a calendar of sensitive events, according to sources, despite a coronavirus vaccination campaign that has exceeded one billion doses. The timetable for the second half of 2022 was set during a cabinet or State Council meeting in …

Two Catholic churches on the First Nations Reserves in Western Canada were destroyed by night fires, which investigators treat as suspicious. Early Monday morning, fires engulfed both Sacred Heart Church in the Indian Penticton Orchestra and St. Gregory Church in the Osoyoos Indian Band. Both churches, built mostly of wood, were more than a century old. The fires, which occurred …

Written by Jack GuyNicola Ruotolo, CNN Italian art police repatriated an “archaeological treasury” of nearly 800 stolen artifacts from Belgium in one of the largest operations of its kind in the country. The collection includes “artifacts of extreme rarity and invaluable value,” a press release from the Carabinieri’s cultural heritage unit said in a press release on Monday. Among the …

GOUDOUBO, Burkina Faso (AP) – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited war-torn Burkina Faso to show solidarity with people who continue to welcome displaced people despite struggling with their own insecurities, and said the world is not doing enough, to help. “The humanitarian crisis in the Sahel seems to me to have been completely ignored. It is being treated as a …

The United States will narrowly miss Biden’s July 4 vaccination target, White House says The Washington Post Biden drops AstraZeneca vaccine from the last donation POLITICO Biden is expected to fail to achieve COVID-19 vaccine sharing goal ABC News White House admits likely to miss original July 4 vaccination target NBC News President Joe Biden will visit the NC WMBF …

A student has turned to his mother since he was vaccinated last month at a school vaccination clinic against COVID-19 for students aged 12 and over in San Pedro, California. Damian Dovarganes / AP hide caption switch the caption Damian Dovarganes / AP A student has turned to his mother since he was vaccinated last month at a school vaccination …