Eritrean soldiers opened fire on civilians in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, injuring 19 people, doctors and witnesses said Tuesday.

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Eritrean Troops Injure 19 In Tigray Shooting: Doctors, Witnesses

OTTAWA -- Health Canada says it’s closely watching the situation south of the border, where federal health and safety officials have paused the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over concerns of a small number of rare blood clotting events.



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Canada closely watching U.S. pause of J&J COVID-19 vaccine over rare blood clots

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities impounded a massive cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month amid a financial dispute with its owner, the canal chief and a judicial official said...

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Suez Canal chief: Vessel impounded amid financial dispute

The African Union on Tuesday announced the launch of a  partnership to manufacture vaccines at five research centres to be built on the continent within the next 15 years.

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African Union Wants Five Vaccine-making Centres On Continent

The United States is “deeply disappointed” by Somalia’s approval of legislation that extends the terms of the president and members of parliament by two years, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Tuesday.

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U.S. 'deeply disappointed' by Somalia bill extending terms for president, parliament

Benin's President Patrice Talon was easily re-elected to a second term, provisional results showed Tuesday, after a weekend election critics said was already stacked in his favour following a crackdown on his opponents.



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Benin's Talon reelected president with 86 percent of vote

Twenty-seven Senate Democrats backed President Biden's efforts to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal amid indirect negotiations over the fate of the Obama-era pact.The Democrats, led by Sens. Tim Kaine (Va.), a member of...

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Democrats back up Biden bid to return to Iran nuclear deal

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he was suing prison officials for denying him access to the Muslim holy book, the Koran, in .

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Navalny vows to sue Russian prison for withholding Koran

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that obligatory vaccinations can be seen as necessary in democratic societies, in a landmark judgement after a complaint brought by Czech families over compulsory jabs for children.

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Obligatory jabs 'necessary in democratic society': Europe rights court

The state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to demand cruise ships be allowed to start sailing immediately, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday.

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