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WHO calls for reinvigorated action to fight malaria

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. A better targeting of interventions, new tools and increased funding are needed to change the global trajectory of the […]

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Unable to meet in person, some A.A. members ‘thank Zoom for their very survival.’

Their meetings used to take place discreetly in the basements of churches, a spare room at the Y.M.C.A., the back of a cafe. But when the pandemic hit last spring, members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other groups of recovering substance abusers found those doors quickly shut. What happened next is one of those creative cascades […]

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President-elect Joe Biden Sprains Ankle While Playing With Dog

NEWARK, Del.: President-elect Joe Biden sprained his ankle while playing with one of his dogs but didn’t appear to suffer any broken bones, his office said on Sunday, citing Biden’s personal physician. The incident happened on Saturday, Biden’s office said in a statement, with the 78-year-old Democrat visiting an orthopedist on Sunday for x-rays and […]

Technology

Exclusive-Twitter Suspends Thai Royalist Account Linked To Influence Campaign

BANGKOK: Twitter has suspended a Thai pro-royalist account linked to the palace that a Reuters analysis found was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favour of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the monarchy. The Reuters review found tens of thousands of tweets that an expert said appeared to be from […]

Sports

Denver Broncos QB Drew Lock sorry for ‘slip’ in following COVID-19 protocols

DENVER — As former practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton warmed up inside Empower Field at Mile High to start at quarterback Sunday for the Denver Broncos, the team’s usual starting quarterback, Drew Lock, took to social media to apologize for a “mistake” in following the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols. Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles, […]

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With Art Basel canceled, Miami looks inward — and the show goes on.

Art Basel Miami Beach, the annual fair that usually draws the contemporary art world to South Florida and was scheduled for this week, has been canceled — a cultural casualty of the coronavirus. But the city’s art scene is anything but quiet these days. Previously closed museums announced ambitious new in-person exhibitions. Galleries were rolling […]

Sports

We got the blueprint from Hardik’s bowling: Finch | हमें हार्दिक की गेंदबाजी से ब्लूप्रिंट मिला : फिंच

सिडनी, 29 नवंबर (आईएएनएस)। भारत को दूसरे मैच में 51 रनों से मात देने के बाद आस्ट्रेलिया के कप्तान एरॉन फिंच ने कहा है कि उनकी टीम को हार्दिक पांड्या की गेंदबाजी से इस बात को जानने में मदद मिली की सिडनी क्रिकेट ग्राउंड की पिच पर किस तरह की गेंदबाजी करनी है। आस्ट्रेलिया ने […]

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Mysterious monolith in US desert reportedly disappears

LOS ANGELES: A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it got there, has apparently disappeared, officials said. The Bureau of Land Management in Utah said Saturday it had received “credible reports” that the object had been removed “by an unknown party” […]

Business

Biden Expected to Name Top Economic Officials This Week

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to name top members of his economic team this week, including Neera Tanden, the chief executive of the Center for American Progress, to lead the Office of Management and Budget, and Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton labor economist, to run the Council of Economic Advisers, according to […]

Sports

New York Giants QB Daniel Jones leaves game with hamstring injury

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones left with a hamstring injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s 19-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Colt McCoy took his place as the Giants held on for the win, leaving them tied for first place in the NFC East with the Washington Football Team. The Giants (4-7) have […]