Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off northern Japan
The quake was centered off the coast of Miyagi prefecture, in the country's rugged northeast, which was heavily damaged during the huge earthquake and tsunami of 2011.
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Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympics
About 1 million tickets are reported to have been sold to fans from outside Japan.
Professor threatens to fail student without internet in Myanmar
Myanmar's military has intermittently blocked internet across the country for weeks following a February 1 coup.
U.N. ambassador gives powerful address on racism
"I grew up in the segregated South," said United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. "...Let us leave our children a less hateful, more hopeful world."
Countries have some unusual rules to combat COVID-19
From 6 p.m. curfews, to "no talking" rules, to men and women being allowed outside only on alternating days, coronavirus restrictions around the world are constantly evolving.
Aspirin may reduce severe illness or death from COVID, study says
Researchers call the association a "huge win" — aspirin is one of the cheapest, most widely available drugs.
Finland remains world's happiest country – even amid pandemic
Trust in each other and in government is one of the main reasons Finland remains No. 1.
UN says Myanmar security forces violently occupying schools
UNICEF calls the "escalation" of the post-coup crisis a "serious violation" of kids' rights, as defecting police say they were told to shoot their "own family."
First baby born with COVID-19 antibodies to vaccinated mother
At 36 weeks pregnant, a Florida health care worker received her first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She gave birth three weeks later to a healthy baby girl — with COVID-19 antibodies.
House passes bills with path to citizenship for "Dreamers" and farmworkers
The bills may represent Democrats' best chance of getting immigration legislation through the evenly divided Senate
Sparks fly in 1st direct U.S.-China talks of the Biden era
Top U.S. and Chinese officials offered sharply different views of each other and the world as they met face-to-face for the first time since President Biden took office.
Billions lack drinking water, handwashing facilities and toilets
Billions of people are still dealing with the pandemic without hand washing facilities or toilets. The United Nations said Thursday the world is "seriously off-track" to fix the situation.
Bush calls for path for citizenship for undocumented immigrants
The former president spoke at SXSW as the Democrat-controlled House passed two bills that would legalize subsets of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.
First known interstellar visitor likely a pancake-shaped planet shard
At first, researchers debated heavily if the mysterious object, named 'Oumuamua, was an asteroid or a comet — and some believed it could be an alien artifact.
AstraZeneca vaccine not linked to blood clots, EU drug agency says
Over a dozen countries paused the rollout of the vaccine, a stumbling block in efforts to contain the virus.
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