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Palestinians say they’ll start vaccine rollout by mid-February

Israel delivers 2,000 doses to Palestinians, who say they expect the arrival of 50,000 more from various sources in the coming weeks

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Indian Budget Promises More Spending to Recover From Covid-19 Recession

Indian stocks jumped on the news, as New Delhi’s spending plans were larger than investors had expected.

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Daughter of Warsaw Zoo directors who saved 300 Jews in Holocaust dies at 77

Zoo says Teresa Zabinska-Zawadzki ‘talked with pride about her parents and their heroism’ made famous in ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’

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Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit $240M in payments processed last year, up 89% from 2019

In 2018, Carbon, a Nigerian fintech startup, made its financials public for the first time. Although typical for foreign private startups, it’s almost an anomaly in Africa. There have been rare cases in the past, for instance, when Rocket Internet

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US can’t return to nuclear deal just by signing up for it, warns Iran

Spokesman says Tehran will insist Washington lift sanctions before rejoining 2015 pact

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GOP senators to meet Biden Monday on coronavirus relief as Dems ready to pass bill without Republican support – Fox News

GOP senators to meet Biden Monday on coronavirus relief as Dems ready to pass bill without Republican support  Fox News White House open to scaling down stimulus checks to families making more than $150,000 in Covid-19 relief bill  CNN Biden to meet

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Daniel Pearl’s family to challenge Pakistan murder acquittals

The family of American journalist Daniel Pearl will challenge an order by Pakistan’s top court to release a British-born militant acquitted of masterminding his kidnapping and brutal murder in 2002. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of Ahmed

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Trump’s legal team exited after he insisted impeachment defense focus on false claims of election fraud – The Washington Post

Trump’s legal team exited after he insisted impeachment defense focus on false claims of election fraud  The Washington Post Trump names two new lawyers for impeachment trial a day after his defense team collapsed  CNN Trump’s PAC has over $31 million stockpiled

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Effort to Include $15 Minimum Wage in Relief Bill Poses Test for Democrats – The New York Times

Effort to Include $15 Minimum Wage in Relief Bill Poses Test for Democrats  The New York Times White House open to scaling down stimulus checks to families making more than $150,000 in Covid-19 relief bill  CNN GOP senators offer Covid-19 relief counterproposal

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Before She Refused to Give Up Her Seat, Rosa Parks Had a Long History as a Voting Rights Activist

Since Election Day 2020, pundits and historians have pointed out that many Black women organizers throughout U.S. history deserve credit for laying the groundwork for the surge in Black voter turnout nationwide. That groundswell helped elect Joe Biden and Kamala

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