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The White House is not expected to meet President Biden’s goal of partially vaccinating 70% of adults aged 27 and older against COVID-19 by July 4th, but officials told Fox News on Tuesday that the Biden administration has already met its goal of provide at least one dose for 70% of adults over 30 years of age. A White House …

People performed a funeral ceremony on May 9, 2021, for a girl killed in powerful explosions in front of a high school in the predominantly Khazar district of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Kiana Hayeri / The New York Times) KABUL, Afghanistan – The killing of students, mostly teenagers, in a teacher’s center. The death of young athletes in a suicide bombing at …

The Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in continental Europe, increasing the risk of infection recovery and slowing economic return to the region. The option, first discovered in India late last year, prompted Portugal to seal its capital, Lisbon, over the weekend. In Germany, where Delta is still a rarity, scientists expect it to account for the majority …

The seven-day incidence rate in Cornwall and the Isle of Man increased from 4.9 per 100,000 in early June to 130.6 per 100,000 on 16 June, the Guardian reported. The incidence of infections is particularly high in the Carbis Bay, where the summit was held, and in several nearby areas, where delegates to a meeting of world leaders were staying. …

Saturday’s Iranian election, embroiled in controversy following the disqualification of a number of candidates, brought victory to Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner who already holds a firm stance on US-Iran relations. Critics of Iran’s nuclear deal, concluded by former President Barack Obama and abandoned by the Trump administration, have cited their inability to deal with issues such as Iran’s ballistic missile …

At least 48% of Palestinians killed during the May 10-21 war in Gaza are linked to terrorist groups, the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center said on Tuesday. In a copy of the report received for the first time from The Jerusalem Post, the intelligence center’s report smashed more than 200 Palestinians killed by an association of a terrorist …

The Greek pilot, who admitted to killing his British wife, reportedly may have had accomplices – as a new video appeared in which he hugged their daughter before the 20-year-old woman was strangled to death. Authorities investigating the shocking crime said the “case is not over”, although it received a confession from 33-year-old Babish Anagnostopoulos, who appeared in court on …

In remarks on Tuesday, Covid-19 White House Coordinator Jeff Zients will point out that 70 percent of Americans in their 30s or older have received at least one shot, an administration official told CNN. Officials expect that 70% of Americans aged 27 and over have recently received at least one Covid-19 vaccine. Biden has not yet publicly acknowledged that he …

A plague of mice that devastated large parts of Eastern Australia forced the prison to be evacuated as authorities repaired gnawed electrical cables and cleaned dead and decaying mice from walls and ceilings. About 200 staff and 420 inmates will be transferred from the Wellington Correctional Center in New South Wales to other prisons in the region over the next …

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to imprison people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines fights one of the worst outbreaks in Asia, with more than 1.3 million cases and more than 23,000 deaths. “You choose whether to vaccinate or send you to jail,” Duterte said in a televised address Monday after reports of …