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China eases anti-COVID measures following protests
AP
BEIJING, China - China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
Lady Susan Hussey quits over remarks to charity boss Ngozi Fulani
BBC NEWS
The late Queen's lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey has apologised and resigned after she repeatedly asked a black British charity boss where she was "really" from.
Colombia asks for legal status for its people already in US
AP
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting 2 million Venezuelans who fled their homes.
Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of ‘zero COVID’
AP NEWS
BEIJING, China — A campaign to vaccinate the elderly has sparked hopes China might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign, but the country faces daunting hurdles and up to a year of hard work before “zero COVID” can end.
Brazil expels US fishing tour company from Indigenous land
AP
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tourism company to leave a remote Indigenous area of the Amazon after prosecutors filed charges of operating without government authorization and manipulating Indigenous people, which is illegal in the country.
Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing teen and wounding 18
AP
ISREAL, Jerusalem - Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem at the height of morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing a Canadian-Israeli teenager and injuring at least 18, in what police said were attacks by Palestinians.
Heartbreak' as seven dead in US Walmart store shooting
BBC NEWS
Seven people including the gunman have died in a shooting at a Walmart supermarket in Chesapeake, Virginia on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, police say.
Donald Trump announces he's running for president in 2024
INSIDER
Donald Trump formally announced on Tuesday evening that he is running again for president, portraying a dark picture of President Joe Biden's America in what quickly became a meandering speech to kick off his comeback campaign.
Leprosy bacteria unexpectedly regenerates organs
BBC
LONDON, UK - Leprosy bacteria may hold the secret to safely repairing and regenerating the body, researchers at the University of Edinburgh say. Animal experiments have uncovered the bacteria's remarkable ability to almost double the size of livers by stimulating healthy growth.
In ‘zero-COVID’ China, 1 case locks down Peking University
AP
BEIJING, CHINA - Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a “zero-COVID” approach despite growing public discontent.