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Mohammed Elfarawi, left, speaks to Khalid Sbitan, a human rights worker for Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, right, in the severely damaged room that belonged to his son Adam who was killed when an airstrike targeted the apartment below prior to a cease-fire that halted an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Gaza City. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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UN: Israeli strikes may be war crimes

by Jamey Keaten Associated PressMay 27, 2021

FILE - In this March 10, 2011, file photo, then Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months of the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

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Biden, Putin arrange June summit

by Aamer Madhani Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressMay 25, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron talks to the press as he visits a giant vaccination center against the Covid-19 during its inauguration at Porte de Versailles convention centre in Paris, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Christophe Archambault, Pool Photo via AP)

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US backs easing vaccine patent rules

by Jamey Keaten Associated PressMay 6, 2021

A cat pauses to look at visitors to a temple in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Feb. 9, 2021. A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is "extremely unlikely," according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. The report said that highly similar viruses have been found in pangolins, but also noted that mink and cats are susceptible...

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Study: COVID jumped to humans from animals

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, and Ken Moritsugu Associated PressMarch 29, 2021

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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WHO, allies lament Trump cut to funding as virus rages

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, and Maria Cheng Associated PressApril 15, 2020

FILE - In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding on the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. After the new coronavirus erupted in China, the World Health Organization sprang into action: It declared an international health emergency, rushed a team to the epicenter in Wuhan and urged other countries to get ready and drum...

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Trump attacks WHO for coronavirus response, threatens to strip funding

by Jamey Keaten Associated PressApril 8, 2020

Police officers wearing masks patrol an empty St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library as the Vatican implemented Italy’s drastic coronavirus lockdown measures, barring the general public from St. Peter’s Square and taking precautions to limit the spread of infections in the tiny city state.For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough....

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WHO declares coronavirus crisis a pandemic

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, Maria Cheng Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressMarch 11, 2020

FILE - This Jan. 26, 2020, file photo, shows a view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Mitzpe Yeriho. The United Nations Human Rights Council released a list of more than 100 companies it says are operating in Israel's West Bank settlements. In a report Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, the council said the companies' activities “"raised particular human rights concerns.” The list is dominated by Israeli companies, but it also lists a number of international firms. (AP Photo/Oded...

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UN list targets firms linked to Israeli settlements

by Josef Federman Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressFebruary 12, 2020

A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. (Chinatopix via AP)

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WHO declares global emergency

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressJanuary 30, 2020

Funeral workers disinfect themselves after handling a virus victim in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. (Chinatopix via AP)

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UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressJanuary 30, 2020