Pariah with benefits: US aiding Saudi defense despite chill

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades.

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J&J asks US regulators to OK its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could

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Japan expresses concern to UK over new Chinese maritime law

TOKYO  — Japan’s foreign minister and defense minister expressed strong concern to their British counterparts on Wednesday over a new

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US urges Ethiopia’s PM to allow ‘immediate’ help to Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a call with Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday expressed “grave

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Malawi setting up field hospitals to cope with virus surge

BLANTYRE, Malawi— Malawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country where a presidential residence and

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Uganda’s president orders suspension of European-backed fund

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the suspension of a multimillion-dollar fund backed by European nations

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Tigray opposition parties assert 50,000-plus civilian deaths

NAIROBI— A trio of opposition parties in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region estimates that more than 50,000 civilians have been killed

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Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines

DODOMA, Tanzania — Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after

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South Africa welcomes first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

JOHANNESBURG  — South Africa gave a hero’s welcome Monday to the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines — 1 million

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