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President Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary is promising to help reopen schools but says much of the hardest work will come after that as schools try to address long-standing disparities worsened by the pandemic. “These inequities will … [Continue reading] about Education nominee vows to tackle problems worsened by virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top infectious disease expert doesn’t want the Super Bowl to turn into a super spreader. Dr. Anthony Fauci, says when it comes to Super Bowl parties during the pandemic, people should “just lay low and cool it.” He … [Continue reading] about Fauci warns against Super Bowl parties to avoid virus spread
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Erima Nishimura sure picked a decent day to bring her 9-year-old son, Yoshiharu, to Melbourne Park for the first time to see some tennis. So much tennis: There were 89 matches on the schedule Wednesday, featuring Serena … [Continue reading] about So many events in Melbourne, until COVID disrupted the plan
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Twitter on Tuesday limited access to a tweet by Turkey’s interior minister, who referred to students protesting the appointment of a government loyalist to head their university, as “LGBT perverts.” For weeks, students and … [Continue reading] about Twitter limits access to Turkish minister’s LGBT tweet
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative as part of its ambitious diplomatic and business efforts to distribute Chinese … [Continue reading] about China to send 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses abroad
