Village inherits fortune decades after helping man flee Nazis
Eric Schwam, who died at age 90 on December 25, wrote the surprise gift into his will for the town of Chambon-sur-Lignon.
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EU regulator authorizes use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
Blanket approval will be welcome news amid vaccine shortages across the bloc of 450 million people and worries about limited trial data for older adults.
72-year-old bottle of whisky fetches over $54,000 in auction
Despite the economic uncertainty brought by the pandemic, interest in rare whiskies remains high.
Novavax offers 1st hopeful vaccine trial data on COVID variants
U.S. company's vaccine shows highly promising results against U.K. variant and lower, but "still pretty good" efficacy with South Africa strain.
China lashes out over U.K. plan to give Hong Kongers an escape route
Beijing says Britain's plan to give Hong Kong residents a legal, easy path to citizenship, "infringes on China's sovereignty."
Biden to end pandemic limits on immigrant visas, top adviser says
Trump's order has restricted family-based green card applications and work visas, like those for the H-1B program, throughout the pandemic.
Shark and ray populations are collapsing, nearing "point of no return"
If nothing changes, overfishing could soon wipe them out completely.
Navalny vows from jail cell that Russia's opposition will fight on
As court denies his appeal, Vladimir Putin's No. 1 foe says "tens of millions" of Russians are behind him, and they won't "allow these people to take over and steal our country."
2021's first full moon — the "Wolf Moon" — shines bright tonight
Look up! The full moon reaches peak illumination this afternoon.
Massive protests as Poland implements near-total ban on abortions
New restrictions have tightened up what were already some of Europe's strictest laws on the procedure, and the reaction on the streets has been one of fury.
Religious police in Indonesia publicly cane 2 men for having sex
Homosexuality is legal in the world's most populous Muslim nation everywhere but the conservative Banda Aceh province, where Shariah law was imposed in 2015.
WHO team finally gets to work in Wuhan tracing COVID's origin
As the team urges patience and an open mind after months of delay by Chinese authorities, one expert says it's still a valuable mission.
Research finds singing in some languages could spread more COVID
But professional choir directors stress that with the right precautions, group singing in any language can be done safely.
Pakistani court orders release of key suspect in Daniel Pearl killing
Slain U.S. journalist's family left in "complete shock by the majority decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan" to free the man accused of planning the murder.
92-year-old Holocaust survivor reflects on deadly U.S. Capitol riot
Ben Lesser also told CBS News that a big concern of educating people about the Holocaust is "what's going to happen after the survivors are gone."
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